Tengo un hogar!!

Hey everyone
Where do I even start! I am so excited right now and everything is just amazing. So this morning we woke up pretty early and got on a bus to Curico which is going to be my hometown for a while. When we got there there was no one to pick us up but no worries because they got there eventually :) We then got taken in taxis to the department of education where we got a little bit of an introduction to a few important people and just kind of chatted it up as best we could considering the language here is really fast and kind of hard to understand! I´m starting to get used to it though so hopefullyI´ll catch on sooner or later¨:) My family actually came right then to meet me and that was so nice! There was Maria (mom) Augusto (dad) Daniela (sister, 16 years old) and Javi (other sister, 11years). They were so welcoming and telling all my friends that they must come visit their home and just being really warm so we got off to a great start! They took my bags for me (also amazingly nice) and then they left because we were supposed to have lunch with the staff at the dept of education. So we took a little tour around the city and then went to lunch.

Lunch was muy rico, we had chicken and soup and some sort of mousse for dessert! I was really full but in a good way :) So after that we went back at 3 and all teh families were there waiting for us! It was a little intimidating just because we had to sit in front of everyone like a panel. I tried to answer all their questions and it was actually really fun to just see who everyone would be with.

After the introductions we went with our families. They were so nice and willing to talk slow so I could understand. We took their car back to the house and they pointed out the school I will be teaching in which is where Dani goes to school. We went home and just had some really nice conversations. I have the cutest room and I can´t wait to post pictures for you guys. (That has been a complicated process). The house is really nice and they are just telling me that whatever I need they can get and just to feel right at home.

We went to pick up Maria from her work (at a hardware store) and it was really cute because all of her coworkers wanted to meet me and I was waving to people from across the store like I was something special . I was like, its just me and I´m not that exciting lol but it was fun at the same time. She was just as nice as the rest. We went home and had once which is basically a tea time where we all sit together and chat it up. We had bread tea and some really good lemon pie! After that we went shopping and they surprised me by getting me a phone which was so nice I can´t even say! I mean they are just so sweet and want me to be able to call if I´m in trouble or anything. I feel bad accepting it but they were really excited to give it to me so I just thanked them muchisimo!!!! They also got me some beautful flowers that are now in my room and some chocolate :) After once we went to the mall and got a few groceries (oh ya and before I gave them my gifts and they really loved them so I´m so excited!) . We also went to see Marias mother which was so sweet. They are really taking me in and making me feel part of the family.

Now we are back at home and everyone is just hanging out. None of them speak much English so that will actually make me practise more so this is great! We exchange words and its really a lot of fun for all. Tomorrow I guess there is a vollyball game of some sort and Daniela said her friends want to meet me so we will see how that goes :) She is such a sweetheart and I know we are going to get along really well.

So I´m off to bed soon but just wanted to say I have a home and I´m really excited!!