Day 1

Here is a picture of the team that went to Uruguay. This was taken just a few minutes before we left. 

We started the trip by driving down to Charlotte, NC where my grandpa drove us to the airport and we flew from there to Miami to Montevideo. The trip went very smoothly, without any complications. When we arrived we were greeted by 

Danny Vallette 

and 

Bruno Couto 

the two missionaries we were working with. 

Here is a picture of us once we arrived at the airport after 24+ hours of traveling.

We spent the first night at the Vallette's house and then traveled four hours north to Paysandu, where the camp was and where the Couto's lived. 

Saturday when we arrived we were able to go to the beach and relax for a little bit before the youth rally that evening. The youth rally was a success, and it was fun to interact and get to know the teens there, even though none of them spoke English and none of us spoke Spanish. Here are a couple pictures of the event. 

The church the youth rally was held at.

Mike, one of the guys on the trip spoke at the service through an interpreter, Danny Vallette.

These are some of the games we played. Most of them were name games. Not sure what the first one was, but the second was the game of swat. 

Our group with the teens. 

All of this was the first day, when we first got there, so we were all pretty tired and worn out from the trip, but it was a lot of fun.