(Wednesday, August 25, Day 65)

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Phrase of the day:
Entonces, eso estuvieron interesante... So, that was interesting.

I'm not sure what happened today (I mean, I totally know what happened, but it's just interesting how things work here)...

During breakfast this morning my counterpart asked me to come to the high school around 11am. Naturally, I went, but only to find that I was there to talk to one of his Strategic Planning class. What!?! Why would I be talking to his class already? It's like day number 3 here. And what would I even talk about? Priceless.

Luckily, he introduced me to the class and said what I was there to talk about. And after translating what he told them (us) into English, I winged-it for the rest of class... It seems he wants to begin 6 projects: Neighborhood Organization, Community Planning, Radio Communication, Trash Organization, Tourism, and Girls Soccer (more details to follow, for sure). I get to use his class to help me with these said projects. We split up the students into 6 groups, and I'll begin meeting with them this coming Monday to work on the projects. (Umm, hopefully I'll learn a bunch of Spanish by then!).

Then in the afternoon, Luis said we were going to the cascades. I had no idea what to expect... and I still don't, because we didn't make it, haha. BUT we did try!
We drove through creeks, up and down mountains, and finally made it to a path we could walk on.
After a mile through the forest, we made it to the river and tried to scramble our way to the cascades. (Think Great Falls on a much smaller scale).
We had to leave our shoes, cameras, and other valuables under some rocks when it came time to cross the river to continue on. Unfortunately, we didn't make it all the way to the cascades before it began to get dark. But when you visit, we'll definitely be going back! And as always, we'll pile 16 people in the truck.