Yesterday I had an orientation with three other future exchange students in Denver! At first, everyone introduced themselves and said: how old they were, where they were going, and where they were from. We then had a discussion with the returnees where they answered all our ridiculous questions. We then split up into two groups, the students and returnees and the parents (obviously I was with the students). We discussed how to react to different situations that we would be facing while abroad, and asked even more questions. Later the two groups conjoined into one again, and took a little "quiz". It was pretty much trivia about AFS and the world and if we answered a question right we received little AFS trinkets like pens and key chains. Towards the end of the orientation, the returnees called us up for a ceremony where we received our AFS Colorado shirts and took a group picture. I thought it was pretty cool because we all chose the same color to show unity between us. The last activity was writing a letter to ourselves about what we think everything will be like halfway through out the exchange, that eventually would be sent to us while we're abroad. After finishing our letters, we thanked all the returnees and volunteers for the orientation. We wished one another good luck and said our goodbyes. I thought it was a great orientation and good time to meet everyone from the Colorado chapter. In addition to that, today is my one month mark! I sent in my visa application to Houston last week and hopefully I'll get it back soon. When people at school ask me if I'm excited, I say "yeah", but it still hasn't hit me that I'm leaving in a month and I don't think it will until the car ride to the airport. I forgot to put a picture of my host city so I'll put that on right now.
Hope everything is well with everyone,
Nevo
Here is a picture of my host city Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
