Hola todos!

I´m finally here! This blog may not be long because I am just stopping by an internet cafe in Guaimaca. I just finished buying a few groceries for the first time. It´s going to take a little while to get adjusted to living here, especially without speaking much Spanish. The flight went well and I arrived safely two days ago. I spent the whole day yesterday working in the toddler house. There are 38 kid there now- a few babies and special needs children as well. We had our hands full, but it was a wonderful start to being here. Today I took 14 of the medium boys to la cancha (the court)to play soccer. This afternoon we are planning on doing an activity with the kids called Bread on a Stick - it´s something that the Danish girls here do back home. It´ll be interesting to see how that goes. Right now there are 8 other girls in the team house, but in just a few weeks we will have 22. Pray for us all haha. Last night we had a staff and volunteer dinner and hangout. It was a really great way for me to get to know a few of the volunteers and staff a little bit better.

I was really nervous and uncomfortable once I was unpacking my things my first evening. My thoughts were along the lines of ¨what have I gotten myself into¨...but once I got started working with the kids, I´m really excited and thankful to be here. This is where I´m supposed to be right now. It´s going to be hard (and hot) but I´m preparing daily for what is to come. We are blesed. Gotta run.