Posts tagged South America
This Global Walk Outside | Day 21: Paraguay
This Global Walk Outside | Day 21: Paraguay

This is the outdoor space right before you enter the apartment building. Unfortunately, there is no green space at this place but the different trees inside and outside the complex help brighten things up. During different times in the year the Lapacho tree blooms different colors of flowers like yellow, pink, and purple.

Most houses in Paraguay have chairs right outside their living area (for my host family there’s are in the back out on their patio). Paraguayans love community and being together drinking terere outside under shade trees because it gets really warm during the day in the sun.

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This Global Walk OutsideTaking Route EditorsThis Global Walk Outside, Series, 31 days series, Southeast Asia, Paraguay, South AmericaComment
This Global Walk Outside | Day 18: Peru
This Global Walk Outside | Day 18: Peru

We live in a second-floor apartment in a little 5 apartment building in Lima, and unfortunately we do not have our own outdoor space. We would love to have a outdoor yard, or at least a balcony, but houses and larger apartments in Lima can be quite expensive to rent.

We really lamented not having our own outdoor space from March to August 2020 when we were in a fairly strict quarantine and our son wasn’t allowed to leave the apartment complex. Thankfully we have very understanding neighbors who didn’t mind him scooting in the front entryway or allowed us to go up on the roof to get some fresh air and blow bubbles! Will learned how to ride his bike on the roof of our building.

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This Global Pandemic with Melissa in Brazil | TRP 35
This Global Pandemic with Melissa in Brazil | TRP 35

Next in our “This Global Pandemic” series we are travel to São Paulo, Brazil to visit Tennessee native, Melissa. Melissa along with her husband and three kids are determined to thrive and not just survive this pandemic. Melissa tells how they dealt with a visiting team of co-workers from America when the world began to shut down and she shares how regular tea times for heart checks with our children is instrumental. She has learned to laugh at the unexpected that comes moving to a new apartment during this crazy time.

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This Global Kitchen | Day 21: Ecuador

I’m Tina Ferry and our family of four lives in Ecuador. We’ve been abroad about five years and still feel like we are getting our feet wet. When I saw that Taking Route was planning “31 Days of the Global Kitchen,” I was thrilled to have the opportunity to participate. Food and the kitchen are central for our family’s hobbies, health, sense of home, and our ministry — which often centers around hospitality. Upon returning home from any trip or the start of any week the question is always, “What should we cook?” This is a family discussion with many opinions and much excitement.

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