Day 1: Home sweet home

So let me just start by saying that today was a really really realllllyyyyyy long day!!!!!!!!!!!!! It all began with everyone at my place at around 11pm. We decided that it would be best to have everyone in one space so that no one would miss the shuttle to the airport. We watched family feud and before we knew it, it was 3:15am and it was time to get on the shuttle. Once we arrived at the airport everything went smooth. Our flights we're fine, I got the window seat on the place to DR so I was extra happy! Once we arrived at the airport in Santo Domingo we tried to get a sim card for the phone  AB have us but apparently there's a new rule about not being able to register a phone without a Dominican ID, which though I am Dominican citizen I do not have. In the end, we figured it out and got on the van headed to our temporary home in DR! The drive was INTENSE! We knew it would be a 4-5 hour drive but it in reality it felt as if we had been driving for an entire 24 hours! Our driver is awesome though and the commute was simply long so there was nothing we could do to avoid it. We also stopped at a  restaurant and everyone loved the food which was great :) After traveling since 3:15am we FINALLY got home around 9:00pm! The villa is soo beautiful! (which will be talked about later because the villa deserves its own separate post lol) We met Bob from Las America's and he talked about all the awesome things the organization is about and briefed us on what we'll be doing tomorrow. All I can say is though today was such a tiring day, I can't wait to recharge and start our service tomorrow!
 Below are pictures I took through out the entire day!