On Tuesday, I left from Charleston to go to DC for our one day welcome. There I met the 34 other Peace Corps trainees of Peru 21 and began to learn how this crazy cool thing will go. Our training class consists of youth development volunteers and community economic development volunteers. Apparently our two sectors train together and then health and environment sectors come together in September. Wednesday we left the hotel early to begin the long travel day to Peru. We flew from DC to Houston, a flight I mostly slept through, and then from Houston to Peru, a flight I couldn't fall asleep on to save my life.
We got in to Lima about 10:00pm and were welcomed by many exciting and wonderful Cuerpo de Paz staff members, including one of our doctors. We then took a bus ride for about an hour and a half out of Lima to arrive at Villa de Paz. After struggling to carry my luggage to the room, I fell fast asleep as soon as I got in my bed.
Today was a full day with breakfast at 7. We have had a crash course in safety, medical, Spanish, and more in preparation to meet our training host families tomorrow. I am pretty nervous for that just because my Spanish is probably one of, if not the, worst. But that will change quickly (hopefully) with immersion, immersion, immersion! Excited to share about my host family soon! 
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