During PC: Hi Gene, "We were in Jatai for a year. (We were there when they got lights.) We then moved to São Paulo. I am an Occupational Therapist and worked in a rehabilitation center starting a pediatric program. Barry worked with a social worker and a retired military police general with prevocational classes for boys "at risk". I hope you hear from others in our group. Karen" Everyone in our group remembers the radishes--many many radishes. Our trainers suggested that to get the children involved in our Clubes Agricolas gardens, radishes were a good first crop as they mature quickly. Well, when the boys took the radishes home they were back at our door 15 minutes later because their mothers wanted recipes for the radishes. We sent out an SOS but no volunteers ate radishes any way other than raw, I guess. We found a couple of recipes in Fannie Farmer. When we asked later how the radishes turned out they answered that they had sold them to the other Americans in Jatai. Shortly after we moved to Sao Paulo and worked in social services and rehabilitation. After PC: We now grow flowers instead of radishes in Minnesota where we moved "temporarily" after Peace Corps. Our two daughters are grown. Barry is the City Administrator in our town and Karen is splitting her school roles between Occupational Therapy and School Psychology. We have hosted the children of our "Host Country National Counterpart" as Foriegn Exchange Students and keep in touch with some things Brazilian through friends in the Twin Cities Brazilian community. Karen and Barry Johnson
July 2000 | 
