Where are we again?

This morning I woke up and freaked out because I wasn't sure where I was. Unpacking did not take half as long as packing up everything took. We packed and repacked to get all our bags to weigh 50 pounds and no more. Our apartment is located in a compound with a gate and barbwired fences all the way around it. There are several houses in the compound and different apartments in all of those. We kept hearing over and over that our apartment is the coveted apartment and we found our it's because it has a bathtub. They are non existent around here so we are lucky I guess :) I went to lunch at the school with Andrea ( another new teacher) and Kelly ( one of the principals) We ordered in Subway--funny for one of our first few meals in Bolivia. Grant went with Steve and some of the guys from the school to Los Lomitos a steak place near downtown.

We went grocery shopping for the first time this afternoon. It was crazy how different the grocery store was but it was a lot of fun to pick out food. I did however pick up a package of hamburger and blood ran all over my hands yuck :( There was nothing to do but rub my hands together and keep moving. Rick and Lori who picked us up from the airport picked us up for dinner and we went to Los Lomitos again :) But it is the missionaries favorite and it was very good. We ate the typical Bolivian dinner. Yuca (bland fried root) which is tasty with ketchup, french fries, tomato salad, and lots of meat. We had a huge steak and a sausage. Meat is important and very readily available and Lomitos means meat here.

After dinner we had orientation at Rick and Lori's. They just moved in from the country and have a great house with a pool and futbol field. Anyway, it was a great day-we met a lot of people and had a lot of new experiences and had a great time doing it.