Hello friends and family!
Today was our first full day in country! We arrived safely late last night and got to our site.
Today we got up and at breakfast at 9! We had eggs, cereal, toast, fruit and more! Very delicious!
After breakfast we had our safety orientation! We learned all about how to best stay safe, and some general rules for the trip!
We then loaded up on the bus, and headed to La Basilica! It was so beautiful! We learned about the history behind it, and then got to go up to the top! We got to look into the church, see some beautiful stained glass, and then we adventured higher! We climbed up some very steep steps that were well worth it for the incredible view of the city around us!
From there, we headed to see the capitol building and the Independence statue! It was neat to learn more details about the country!
From there, we walked to lunch! Lunch was a few different courses! We had a juice, some sort of yummy orange-mango-passion fruit blend! We also had some plantain chips! Then we had soup, either a carrot and broccoli soup or a plantain soup with tuna! After that, we all had rice and some sort of meat! We ended the meal with some refreshing watermelon! Everyone enjoyed their meals, and then we headed back to our home site.
Once we got back here, we learned how to make cheese empenadas! This was such a fun experience learning from our hosts mom! Everyone got to make some, some looking better than others, but all tasting delicious! We got to enjoy these, and then headed to orientation!
During orientation, we got to learn more about the organization and its roots. It was so cool to see all the ways that God has grown this organization/ministry here in country!
We then got to hear from the manager of an organization who helps women who are being sex trafficked! This ministry helps them become more established in businesses, and we got to experience that! We were able to look and shop the jewelery that these women have made! All of the pieces were stunning!
We then had some fun team time, some playing soccer, others playing uno. We then headed inside for some more yummy dinner, and ended the day in a debrief! Today was an overall great first day, allowing us to see the culture here, and we are so excited to start ministry tomorrow!
-Amelia
