As you know, if you read my previous posts, we landed in Bolivia around 3AM on December 12th and headed directly to our Orientation Camp. The camp was outside of Santa Cruz by about 45 minutes, and it was very isolated from everything so we really got to concentrate on getting accustom to Bolivia.
Our orientation camp was held in a hostel/religious compound type thing. It was a gorgeous location! We were the only ones there, other than the people who lived and worked there. It was made up of a big building with two wings; a woman's wing and a men's wing. In between were a few communal rooms, and a kitchen. There was also a little church, and a house for the people who lived there. The compound was fenced in, for safety reasons, and also had a basketball/soccer court and a pool.
Around it was the Bolivian country, so essentially a lot of cows and very few people!
Here are some more pictures from the orientation camp!
I also met a few girls who worked in the kitchen there, and had the chance to get to know them pretty well. Two of the girls were deaf and mute, which made communicating with them a challenge. But interestingly enough it was these two that I became the closest with! Here is a photo of Dana and I with some of the girls!
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