Sorry for the lack of updates but it's been a little crazy since the swearing in ceremony. So I am done with training (or I have been for the last week). I can't believe it's over. It feels like these past three months have gone by so fast. I still can't believe I've been in Ecuador for 3 months. Sometimes it feels like I've only been here for three weeks.
So swearing in was a huge mixture of denial, exhilaration, relief, sadness, and uncertainty. All the normal things you'd expect from someone who is about to be shoved onto a bus to leave everything they know in Tumbaco for something completely unknown and uncertain. I tried to tell myself that I was as prepared as I was ever going to be and there is nothing to do but close my eyes and JUMP into this new world and hope for the best....so far I feel as though I'm doing pretty well.
I really miss my host family in Tumbaco. It was really difficult to leave them, they are such a wonderful family and the next volunteer who gets to live with them is sooo lucky. I cried a lot the morning before I left and Marta (my host mom) did as well. Which I was a little surprised about and made me cry all the more.
I hope everyone is well in the States...I miss you guys....Come visit....Be happy....
Family Appreciation Day. Marta (mi madre), Mayri (back left), y Gaby (back right)
Kristin and Whitney at our Swearing in!
The boys
The Girls
Christina and Kristin...We did it!! We're Volunteers!
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