1/365

I am here! I arrived safe and sound in Guatemala City Saturday afternoon with no delays due to weather!!! Erika, the volunteer coordinator and her husband, Sandro, picked up myself and another volunteer at the airport.  Here, unlike Logan Airport, there is only one area to pick people up and everyone anxiously awaits their family and friends outside. It is very overwhelming to walk out of customs and be greeted by hundreds of faces. Luckily I was able to quickly scan the crowd and find Erika holding a sign with my name on it.

We tossed our suitcases in the back of the pick up truck and started winding up the roads to NPH. We made a quick stop in Antigua to pick up another volunteer and continued our trek up the hill and arrived at the NPH gates about twenty minutes later. We were warmly greeted by new and old volunteers alike. Sandro helped us drag our suitcases down to casa 2…where we will stay until the old volunteers leave. The house is full, with three girls from the US, myself included, six girls from Europe, and two lone boys. We got there just in time for dinner, which consisted of tortilla chips and beans. Beans for every meal...will have to get use to this. After dinner we all sat around and learned/played a German card game until we could not keep our eyes open. Sunday was a day to explore/learn our way around and the fun begins on Monday morning!