10th day

Today I got my censo and set up my trabajo voluntario. Maria took me and another girl to Quito, where I got my censo, which has my picture, my nationality, my activity here, and passport number. Looks like now I’m official. After visiting a place for young women with children that’s run by nuns because the other girl is going to do her work there, we went to the clinic where I’ll be working. I met the physical therapist and saw the small room where she works. I’ll be volunteering 8:30 to 11:30 or so Tuesdays and Thursdays. I’m not sure how I feel about 8:30 because I haven’t figured out when the buses all come, but we’ll see. The physical therapist had a girl from Illinois work with her before for the entire semester, so that’s good news. If I stick with it, I’ll end up with 90 hours of volunteer work with a physical therapist in Ecuador, which will look good on an application and improve my Spanish. Now I finally feel as if this studying abroad makes sense for my future studies and career.