Training in Toronto

Hello from the lobby of the Days Inn, in Toronto!!
I have been in Toronto with my group for the last two days. All of the volunteers in my group are really cool people! There are actually two Nicaraguan groups, and the other pales in comparison to our's. We all really seem to click. We've been undergoing all sorts of training and preperation, and it turns out that the focus of our program will be on Health Care. I can hardly wait until Thursday, when we ship out to Nicaragua.
On an interesting side note: while doing a little extra reading on Nicaragua, I read about one of the scarier insects which can be found in the country. It's called the Chaga bug (also known as the Kissing and Assassin bug). It bites it's victim on the face, usually on the lips, sucking it's fill of blood. It then deficates on the new wound. 2% of victims develop something called Chaga disease. The disease goes into remission for 5-30 years, and then the lining of your heart swells up, sometimes causing death. There is no cure. Scary stuff, I'm quite glad that I have a bug net.

Packed and Ready to Go!

I'm all packed, and ready to leave Arden! I am both excited and nervous for the next couple days, not knowing quite what's in store. I head to Toronto tomorrow and stay there until the 3rd of September, when we'll be shipped out to NICARAGUA!!! EXCITED!
Anyway, I'm almost just as excited to meet all my fellow volunteers tomorrow. I'm sure they're all going to be pretty cool people. It is a very diverse group.
Over the next couple months I'm not sure how much internet access I will have or even if I will have the ability to post photos, but I will post updates as often as possible. I hope I get plenty of responses. :)