¡Ciao!
Alright so one of the greatest things about Bolivia is actually living in a room, and having a place to call “home.” I mean, the last few months have been great. Mainly, cause I got a room to call me own. Yes, at Moreau Seminary (at Notre Dame) I had my own room, but that was different. So in my Bolivian house, I have a closet and a place to put my clothes. Its great! I am not living out of a backpack anymore.

The hardest thing during the first month and a half of joining HCA, was saying goodbye to people. Of course, it was hard saying goodbye to my family, I mean I would have to be a robot not to have been sad about leaving. But it was nice to meet the new faces of HCA at orientation. After spending a week together, all the HCA domestic people left to their respective sites. That meant another goodbye. Then international orientation started at Norte Dame and for two weeks I got to hang out with some really cool people. But that was shorted lived and yet again…another emotional goodbye. Then in Chile we hooked up with the HCAers over there…and after a week…yep you guessed it, another goodbye. This experience has been all about “goodbyes” or “until we meet again” the first few months.

Finally down in Bolivia, I actually got to make some friends and didn’t need to say goodbye after a week. It was something new. But as you know, all good things must come to an end, and yes…another goodbye. In order to say “hasta luego” to our friends, we went out with a bang. Many of the students at the instituto got together for a few hours and just chilled. Since a party also includes pizza, we had to order one, and man was that thing huge. Everyone had a great time, as sent best wishes to our friends.

Best of luck David, Emma, and Eileen!!!