Over the weekend, I got together with Amanda (the other future outbound to Chile), Pauli (the inbound from Chile), and Mariel (the inbound from Mexico) and we cooked some authentic Chilean cuisine. We were up until 3am on Friday night making cheese empanadas and pumpkin sopaipillas. On Saturday morning we all gathered in Canby for our first Rotary training since the Eastern Oregon trip in February. All of the future outbounds, current inbounds, rebounds, and country officers assosiated with Latin American countries (Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil) gathered around noon and everyone brought a prepared dish that was native to their certain country. Of course, Pauli, Amanda, and I brought our empanadas and sopaipillas. At the gathering, Amanda and I were introduced to a rebound that went to Chile named Becky and she told us lots of fun stories of her year abroad! At around 5:30pm, we had dinner with our parents. There was SO much food, and it was all so delicious!! I can already tell I'm going to gain a lot of weight while I'm abroad. Anyways, I passed on the option of the sleepover because I was so tired so I went home with my parents after dinner.
I still don't know where exactly I'll be living next year, or who my host family and host school will be, but I'm sure no matter what happens it will be great! I'm so excited, I just want it to hurry up and be August already. It's crazy that I'll be leaving in 4 months!
