WOW

El Salvador has been amazing thus far! We haven´t actually started work but we have been meeting with partners and getting things up and running. We start actual work with the people on Monday! But hey, it is only my 2nd full day here. Here are some highlights (good or bad) of the first 2 days (they are in no particular order-

1. Getting stranded at the airport with no cell phone, hot, and having people yell ¨taxi, taxi¨ at me every 2 seconds. But it worked out well, my Country Director came and picked me up and now I know that I can deal with things in a positive way and I am more confident in my abilities to work through things and figure things out.

2. Eating at Estella´s or Mama´s. Estella is our wonderful cook who feeds us dinner Mon - Fri. It is authentic and very delicious. She has some cute granddaughters that we are able to play with and help with homework.

3. Going to the black sand beach.

4. Our competition to see who could get the grossest/ craziest thing at the fish market on the pier. It gave us a great opportunity to smell fabulous, talk to the people, and have fun. Oh did I mention that we had to get us home with us, which inluded carrying it all day and an hour bus ride home (I held mine out the window the whole way.)

5. Eating pupusas - they are delicious here!

There have been other great moments, but this is all I have time for now! My team is awesome and an´t wait to get started on the work!