The most exciting part of the whole trip!! I anticipated this part of the trip ever since I knew I would return. We were here for three days and two nights, two years ago and it was amazing!! This time we are here for a week!! I learned, even three days is enough to forge lasting relationships.
When we got to Pijal, we picked up Antonio, the president of the community cooperative, whom we had met last time!! I hoped I would be able to live with the same host family that I stayed with the last time I was here. As we were driving to the community center, the road changed. It was great fun!! I had faith in Juan Carlos who was driving the bus. He was driving pretty close to the hill and if the bus moved in the opposite direction, we would have an adventure. I am not sure why, but I was actually having fun!! When we got to the community center, we all got off and the community greeted us with open arms. We saw many familiar faces and it was very emotional. Everyone introduced themselves to everyone. We also met Mercedez, one of the community leaders, who we also met last time. It was really great to see familiar faces again!! As they were figuring out where everyone was staying, there was a little girl who I was playing peekaboo with!! After the families were set up, everyone was updated as to what was going to happen.
After that, those that lived close to the community center went to get their luggage and went with their host families. The little girl that I was playing with went with us on the bus. She was four years old and we were enjoying the wind blowing in our faces while we were dropping people off.
When we got to Pijal, we picked up Antonio, the president of the community cooperative, whom we had met last time!! I hoped I would be able to live with the same host family that I stayed with the last time I was here. As we were driving to the community center, the road changed. It was great fun!! I had faith in Juan Carlos who was driving the bus. He was driving pretty close to the hill and if the bus moved in the opposite direction, we would have an adventure. I am not sure why, but I was actually having fun!! When we got to the community center, we all got off and the community greeted us with open arms. We saw many familiar faces and it was very emotional. Everyone introduced themselves to everyone. We also met Mercedez, one of the community leaders, who we also met last time. It was really great to see familiar faces again!! As they were figuring out where everyone was staying, there was a little girl who I was playing peekaboo with!! After the families were set up, everyone was updated as to what was going to happen.
After that, those that lived close to the community center went to get their luggage and went with their host families. The little girl that I was playing with went with us on the bus. She was four years old and we were enjoying the wind blowing in our faces while we were dropping people off.