Hello world,
As of right now I’m not sure how I’m going to organize my blogs. Either chronologically, maybe like a journal (sounds too much). Or monthly, sounds typical and fitting. But who knows. I’m also not a fan of writing, poetry, or grammar. I will be posting a video about staging.
I’ll be talking about staging mostly chronologically.
Once upon a time…
After Carlos saying goodbye to many of his friends and family members, it was hard to believe how this trip would be very different from the rest, a big change in time. But Carlos wanted to give it a try, no regrets. The story begins…
After spending A LOT of money, I tried fitting the limits in luggage (2 50lbs suitcases, the duffel bag, and a carry-on).
I bought: a new sleeping bag, a 65L backpacking pack, a tent, a pair of chacos, 2 flashlights, working gloves, toiletries, business casual clothes, game cards, duct tape, new socks, new underwear, among others. If you want specifics, Google that, other blogs have exact counts.
Well, so it begins with more goodbyes. On September 10th we drive up to Houston Intercontinental to sleep there overnight. Early September 11th I check in the two bags, and head inside to the terminal for United Airlines. The Internship movie came up, I really wanted to see it but my eyes were just taped up during the flight.
As I arrive there, I see Brad and Brittany, so we all carpool to Capitol Skyline Hotel. Right away, I change in the bathroom to business casual and get in line for check-in.
We 55 volunteers get a passport to use on the way to Peru, we get a $120 credit card, and an itinerary. We’re all tired. The informationals were from 1pm to 7pm with a few breaks. After that I hanged out with my “long-time-no-see” cousin Fernando. We walked all the way to the White House in my chacos, damn they hurt.
September 12th we head to Reagan airport again to wait for our next flight, YES, Houston Intercontinental. Whoop, back to h-town. No big deal though. Then to our next 7 hour flight to Lima. We arrive, go through customs, then get on two buses. Takes us like 1.5 hrs to get to some nunnery place. Stayed there two nights. September 13 we had more informationals there: intro to Spanish, Peru culture, get syllabus, get a big nice medical kit, get our picture taken (I smiled, hopefully I wasn’t the only one), and we got 40 soles (~$7). Our family also gets 27 soles per day.
September 14 we head up to the Center at Chaclacayo, where we’ll be doing training at. In the morning current PVCs give us an overview of life in training with a family. At noon we head up to see our family. Really excited. It was funny and joyful just seeing everyone leave with a Peruvian “mom” or “dad.”
Well I’m getting ahead of myself. That’s going more into training. I’ll tell yall about my family on the next blog.
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