Day 1 Bolivia

Sept 5

Today was my first day in Bolivia. I arrived at our house about 330am and slept till 9. I tried to get everything unpacked all morning and they had this big lunch to welcome me here. It was lovely they had a huge poster and all made cards and a picture with everyone who currently lived here and what they did. Very helpful and so excited to see me! I enjoyed them all and trying to get the rhythm of things down at some point since they all have different schools and schedules. They made me a packet with all the mission statement, slogan and prayers of the house and a map of the city. My initial reaction was I’m never going to figure this out. The map looks like some kind of ripple and then within the rings every street and every neighborhood of the city. Then I take the bus and it is zooming by barely allowing people to get on and off before it guns of into traffic. Stephanie and I just glanced at each other every now and then as we saw burger king and subway on our way down. We went to this huge shopping center slash flea market thing that was HUGE. Crisscrossing isles of just about everything, it was great. Stephanie and I bought some stuff we didn’t bring and Carmen, my coordinator, picked up things for the girls before we returned to the house. To say the least my first day was exciting with welcomes, native foods, public transportation and some shopping. It gave us a good view of the city and the people and how certain things work. It was also great to be able to do it with Stephanie before she goes to her site.