Week Seven!

Well, this is my seventh week here! Wow, it seems like time has flown by! It feels like just yesterday I was boarding the plane and wishing everyone goodbye. I feel like I have done so many things in just seven weeks. I've traveled to Buenos Aires and around the city of Montevideo. I've learned to live with a new family, learned so much about the culture here, and learned a lot more Spanish. I've made a ton of new friends along the way, as well.

I still feel like I have a lot to learn about the people and the world down here. Pretty much everyday I am thoroughly shocked over something. You see kids here going though the gargage bins searching for clothes and food. Something that I definitely haven't got used to and hopefully never will. Also, buses crash a lot here and just the other day one hit a lady and she died. Completely shocked when I heard that! It feels like a completely different world down here than I'm used to in rural Tennessee. This experience, like my time in Costa Rica, is eye opening. It makes me realize just how blessed I am . . .

Anyway, I am getting excited because in two weeks exactly Daniel is coming to visit me. This was a kinda spur of the moment plan, but it all worked out and he is headed down here on September 23rd through October 8th. I can't wait for him to experience life down here and see what he thinks of it all.

Well, thats all for now. Tomorrow a bunch of us exchange students are headed to the big soccer game between Uruguay and Ecuador (man I miss football)! I'll let you know how that goes. . .

By the way in this pic are some of us girls: Amy, Laura, Abby, me, Maddy, Catherine, and Claire.