Hello everyone,
Merry Christmas! This is my first Christmas away from home and it's a little different. First off, its not cold here. Also there is no Christmas music playing consistently and few Christmas carols sung. I did bake cookies when I was in Santa Cruz for our Christmas pool party (strange isn't it to think of having a Christmas pool party). In Moro Moro Christmas is mostly celebrated with fireworks and feasting on pork. Tonight I'll have a late night feast on roasted pork with Andy's family who is visiting and some Moro Moro neighbors. There will be plenty of fireworks in the plaza.
I'm looking forward to a vist from my dad and brother. We plan to visit Santa Cruz, Amboró National Park, and my home and worksites in Moro Moro. I'm looking forward to receiving good ol' PA pretzels and some more books to read.
My current work project is measuring contour lines for planting strips of grass in really sloped fields to control erosion. Erosion is a major problem here. This morning as I was driving my motorcycle to Vallegrande I saw several places where large portions of rich topsoil had washed down onto the road with our most recent rainfall. There is a lot of interest in this project because people realize that erosion is a problem. Also we are giving fencing to make a garden as an incentive to cooperate with the project.
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas!
yo lil bro! anyeong heseyeo from korea! (hello from korea!) seems like u're having fun. make sure u take plenty of pictures and update ur blog when dad and josh comes to spend time w/ u in Bolivia. i'll be thinking about u guys during then. have a blast!
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