After a first daunting, confusing, amazingly overwhelming, and pleasantly surprising first day, our second full day with the Ecuador program arrived with an almost unexpected ease. We've now known each other for roughly forty-eight hours and already we've almost completely lost that signature awkwardness and timidity that surrounds most strangers. Today, we learned who leads, who invents, who nurtures, and who plans as we were led by a speaker from DePauw. We ran and jumped and fought the wind in a head-to-head battle of ultimate frisbee. We simultaneously realized we all LOVE Sandro Barros. We attempted and succeeded in leading each other, blindfolded, through an obstacle course in Leis Hall and took baby steps in order to avoid cups in the obstacle course in Montgomery Hall. We stumbled over beds, climbed under chairs, and even ran into doors (I'll admit to that one!). Overall, we learned that we're learning to trust each other, and that we're all here to help each other. I can tell you first-hand.. it's an amazing feeling. ¡Qué chevre!
-Kenzie Weeks
