1. Going to the San Salvador lookout point on the way home from the airport
2. Eating Pupusa’s all month – which is a traditonal El Salvadorian cuisine.
3. Watching a burrito made in front of me
4. Participating in P. E. at the local elementary school
5. Playing soccer with the little kids in the Hope Restored program
6. Becoming friends with Mario and Juan at the local supermarket (feat. is Mario)
7. Hiking to an active volcano, trying on fun traditional outfits and holding volcanic rock
8. Visiting Mayan ruins
9. Bringing the veterans food
10. Training with the kids/teens on Saturday’s (basketball and soccer)
11. Adoring the bright walls and pretty plants on a daily basis
12. Going to Playa Del San Diego and surfing for the FIRST time
13. Watching beautiful El Salvadorian sunsets
14. Celebrating women’s day at the elementary school, talking about Hannah from bible, and watching the little girls dance in their traditional outfits
15. Teaching English to our lovely high school students. They are amazing humans.
16. Swimming in a volcano crater
17. Visiting the famous cathedral in Santa Ana
18. Meeting the Lipscomb soccer team
19. Playing soccer in an official stadium
20. Watching the little kids hit piñatas in the slums
21. Correcting a random guy’s squat form
22. Going to a beautiful, bright, and light filled special needs orphanage to hang out with them for a day- it was fun serving them snacks and dancing
23. Shopping at a traditional market, eating free pupusa’s, drinking a fresh smoothie & meeting Steve! He’s currently writing a book and his dream is to work in Amsterdam or London to support his family.
24. Visiting a congressman’s sugarcane/coconut plantation
25. Experiencing the town Fiesta- which was a week long festival. We enjoyed yummy burritos, VIP beauty pageant seats, churros, & a parade
26. Doing a choreographed dance for the elementary school
27. Laughing hysterically when our sink fell. (Don’t worry, my host said it happens occasionally. Everything is fine.)
28. Visiting a colonial town
29. Hiking Devil’s door to a breathtakingly beautiful view and drinking hot local drinks (feat. below is a hot cashew drink and a hot corn drink)
30. Celebrating my birthday in the cute surf town of El Tunco (El Tunco means pig and that is what this rock is supposed to look like. However I struggle to see it…..)
31. Hiking to a waterfall and swimming
32. Eating oysters with the congressman and getting a free bag of coffee from his coffee plantation that is located in a volcano
33. AND FINALLY, having an amazing host who shared these moments with us
