My First Day

I made it to Buenos Aires! Everything has been pretty good so far. When I got on the plane I was kind of freaking out a little bit about the fact that I'm going to a different country where I do not know anyone and I only know how to speak a little bit of Spanish. I was basically feeling scared for the first time about these next 9 months. I wanted the plane to turn around and take me home ha. The feeling I felt was very similar to the feeling I felt when I went skydiving with my brother and sister. While we were in the plane, all I could think of was "I am NOT jumping out of this plane!" I really wanted to back out of it, but once my feet finally hit the ground (after the longest minute of my life free falling) I was overcome with joy and happiness. So while I was on the plane to Argentina, wanting to go back home, I just remembered how glad I was that I actually went through with skydiving (I was pretty proud of myself actually ha), so I knew that whatever adventures lie ahead of me in South America, that I would be ok and be extremely happy about everything I am going to learn while down here.


I am living with a host mom. Her name is Teresa and I absolutely love her. I think we are going to be a really good fit together. She loves to talk, and I really need someone to practice my Spanish with and she is extremely helpful. I'm really looking forward to getting to know her better


Today was my first day of volunteering. It was a lot of fun! We handed out Toms shoes today to the kids and their moms. It was really neat to actually see the whole Toms motto (buy one pair, give one pair away for free to kids) in action. The kids are so cute and everyone in the calle (slum) is very nice. Today was a little hectic since we were handing out shoes, so I'm looking forward to when things slow down, and I can actually play with the kids. It was nice meeting some of the other volunteers. There is a big group from Australia, so that's kind of neat to meet people from other countries. I can't wait to actually make friends! Hopefully that will happen sooner rather then later ha, but we'll see. I start my spanish class on Tuesday, and I'm really looking forward to that.


Until next time, 
Liz