This is my (Trinity's) first post, and I must let you all know that I am not nearly as well-written and creative as my dear husband.  But I'll do my best....

Marshall and I are making final preparations for Ecuador, and I get a new email everyday from my supervisors Jaime and Silvia.  So far, here's the news...
1. Apparently my name is strange and the people I work with will have a hard time saying it.  Having spent 2 years in Colombia (Ecuador's northern neighbor), I'm surprised that my name (pronounced TREE-NEE-TEE) is so hard to say in Ecuador since Colombians had no trouble with it.  So, I'm thinking of changing my name to Trilili to make it a bit easier...
2. Since I will be interning with The Nature Conservancy, my supervisor Jaime sent me a plan of work which says....

-          Support the development of a climate change adaptation strategy with local communities in the dry forests

-          Support in the organization and development of workshops with local communities in the dry forests

-          Support the implementation of climate change adaptation activities with local communities in the dry forests

-          Support in compilation and systematization of relevant information regarding climate change adaptation

I don't really understand what this means, but apparently I'll be doing a lot of supporting which I think I'm pretty good at...
3.  We get to Guayaquil on a holiday, so we'll be heading to a nice hotel for two days to rest and gear up for our move to Manglaralto.  It's only two days, and I don't know about Marshall, but I'm going to treat it as a second honeymoon :)

So, that's about all the news I have for today.  Four days to go until Ecuador!

Un abrazote,
Trilili