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After a few tearful goodbyes this morning before 5am, we left for the airport. A quote that I like says, "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." I am so blessed to have so many people supporting me on this journey and I´m grateful for all of you. :) We traveled from Washington D.C. to El Salvador and finally to Guatemala. Our flights went very smoothly and we arrived at CASAS in the late afternoon. We then had a little bit of free time to explore Guatemala City. Because of our arrival time, we were not able to go to the bank yet, so we didn´t have money to spend at the local shops. The weather is absolutely gorgeous! In fact, some from the group are wearing shorts right now. Tomorrow, the real challenge begins when we meet our host families tomorrow afternoon. We will be spending the rest of the weekend with our new families, which has all of us pretty nervous but excited!