I’ve been back in the states for nearly 2 months now. All this time I’ve had this video and these pictures ready and waiting to be posted. Why the wait? Sure, I’ve been busy, like every other American who puts too many plans into any given day. But that’s not why it’s taken me two months.

When I left Paraguay, I left 2 very important parts of my life there, Katherine and Ofelia. Being back here without them has been very difficult, and very lonely at times. I realized that by not posting these pictures and this video about our trip to the Jesuit Ruins, I was avoiding a piece of having left Paraguay, and my family there.

Things are going very well for me in my graduate program, but I deeply miss many things about Paraguay and my time there. I still drink terere every day (my colleagues have gotten accustomed to me and my termo) and I’m even studying Español every day– and still I miss Paraguay.

I’ll soon be going to Paraguay to bring my beautiful wife and daughter back to Cleveland. So now I can share this video and these pictures with all of you. We can all stop waiting for Jesus!

We shot these great photos and this video back in late June when Kate and my mom and Kamilah were visiting. We took a weekend road trip with Gladys, Roberta  and Francisco to Encarnación. The video is from the Jesuit Ruins at the town of Jesus– about 12km off of the paved road, and about 45 minutes drive from Encarnación. Translation: the middle of nowhere, but unbelievably beautiful and impressive. Some of the photos are from another Jesuit ruin site also in the Encarnación area.

Enjoy!

Ruinas Jesuiticas from Weylin Burlingame on Vimeo.

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