Passion for Paraguay

Book fair – Freedom of expression Its was the beginning of the 12 th , annual book fair. This event is organized by a local university as one of its arms into the community. Publishers, book sellers and authors come to present their books. Until Sunday Sept 11 th , kids, professors from different schools will come and visit plaza de armas (city square of weapons) in downtown Encarnacion to learn and interact. In parallel with the book fair, workshops are going on all day, dealing with topics as wide as social media, religion, politics, team work, biographies, and history. Just to refresh our memory, until 1989 Paraguay had only two universities in the country. The country was governed by a dictator for 35 years. Freedom of expression could cost exile, jail or even death. That’s only about 30 years ago. Today there are 54 universities, but still only about 4% attending university. People are gaining their voice without fear of repression after two hundred years. You can i...

I love learning by reading. Not sure where it all started. But between my parents and siblings, three of us love books, and the other three just read to get by. My mom has always had books on the shelve and has been my first and earliest reading champion. Thanks mom. As i was thinking about my personal growth for 2016, I was encouraged by someone to read in one of these five categories: Best practices : books on how to become better at something History : learning about the past and thus learning about good decision making. Biographies : get inspired by people who have left a legacy in a specific field. Theological : to deepen one's Christian growth. The Bible is a daily must read. Fiction : this is a category I have given very little attention to. Here are some books on the list for this year.  Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings by Martin Luther What kids need most in a dad by Tim Hansel Rich Christians in an age of hunger by Ronald Sider Travel the wor...