Being the Face of America

On a rainy Saturday night a few weeks ago a local photographer showed up at my house to request that I be the Face of America for the upcoming state book fair. He explained that his wife is an artist and would paint me then he would take photos. Ok I agreed. As a Peace Corps volunteer I kinda am the face of America already for those in my community. So I showed up to the Gobernacion, the state governement building, the next day at the appointed time. There I learned that rather than paint my portrait they intended to paint my face with the United States flag and take photographs. They were doing it for all of the countries that would be participating in the World Cup this summer.

The photo is now hanging with the others in an exposition at the weeklong book fair. Several times a day I am asked about it. I am now literaly the face of America here in Coronel Oviedo.