To Paraguay, or not to Paraguay...?

Let me set this up for you.

I've been looking for a long time to do something humanitarian this summer. For some reason I keep getting the impression that I need to be somewhere this summer. I just haven't been able to figure out where!

A few days ago, an opportunity came up for me to got to Asuncion, Paraguay for a month this summer! I would be working with a school down there called Escuela Pa'i Puku that provides good educations to kids whose parents can't afford to send them to school. I would also be going alone. Holy smokes! I would love nothing more than to go!. But I have so much to take into consideration before I make a decision, like...

1. I don't speak ANY Spanish. So if someone would be willing to teach me a little...

2. Money, money, money. The bane of my existence.

3. School. I'm signed up for classes over summer term, so do I really want to postpone them?

4. My mission. I will be turning in my mission papers in September, and then I'll be out of here, hopefully in December!

5. Safety. I would just be a little white girl alone in Paraguay! Well, not completely alone. I would be living with a Paraguayan woman Mom knows through Folkfest.

With finals this week, I haven't even had time to process everything. But I can't not think about it. How absolutely i.n.c.r.e.d.i.b.l.e. would it be, right???

Oh, p.s. Paraguay is bordered by Brazil, Bolivia, and ARGENTINA!! Just saying- Only 500 miles away from a certain someone, not that that matters! But still... :)