Wednesday, June 9

Tuesday, Day 1
We have arrived! We began in Nashville Monday afternoon and found out that our flight to Miami was delayed 2 hours. This meant that we were in risk of missing our connecting flight to La Paz. If we had missed the flight, we would have either had to stay in Miami for 3 days or go to Argentina to catch another flight. We landed in Miami and had to book it to our new gate. It was like a movie scene with all of us sprinting through the airport. Keanan fell while running and almost didn´t make the flight! We had a less exciting flight overnight and once we landed in La Paz, we realized we only had a few minutes to make our next flight to Cochabamba. Once again we found ourselves running through the airport. Finally we made it to Cochabamba, and we were on our way to La Morada.

Once we arrived at La Morada we were greeted by the two women who would be cooking for us for our visit, Celia and Lystra. We had some much needed tea and bread, followed by a nap. After we woke up, we had a wonderful lunch. We had a peanut soup, followed by chicken, vegetables, and potatoes. To end the meal we had strawberry and orange jello. It was delicious! Next we were on our way to La Villa to meet all the children, especially those at Kantuta House. Right as our bus pulled up, Wilson came running out and jumped on John, and didn’t ever want to let go. We walked around and learned all about the amazing things that Amistad does.

Next we went to meet the members of Kantuta House including Mama Maria. They were all so cute and welcoming. We got to see all their individual photo albums. These contained photos of the children and all of their visitors. We headed up to the gym and the boys started a game of soccer, while the girls sat in a circle with Marina and Maria and passed around a ball. It was so fun to play with them and see all the kids laughing. Today was Alex´s 8th Birthday, and we were invited to go to his birthday party. His godmother was there, along with the children from Kantuta. He blew out his candles, and then lunged into the cake with his face. We then said our goodbyes and we are now sitting in the common room playing Uno and watching the Simpson´s in Spanish. We will soon go eat a delicious dinner, and then head off to bed! Hope to update you tomorrow as well.
Love,
Your youth and lovely adults
this post was created by Karina and Kelsey