wednesday-- a meeting with the big players

Hi! I just have a few minutes to fill you in on the morning but Ill try to post some recent videos soon! 

This morning I had coffee with my lawyer friend Raul. He was accompanied by four friends -- all working professionals here in El Salvador. There were two lawyers, two construction business owners and a farmer. Last time I was in El Salvador I got to visit the farmers land ... it was incredible! He grows guavas...and other things, im sure!

They were all interested in Traveling Stories and promised to spread the word about our work to their friends. I told them I wanted to work with anyone and everyone! Raul called his friend Jaime, whos the president of the sports federation here in El Salvador. He does a lot of community work and said hed like to meet with me to learn more about Traveling Stories! YAY! I hope to set up a meeting with him tomorrow or Friday. Raul says he speaks English! (ive got my fingers crossed!). 

I felt so bad-ass having coffee with all these prominent salvadoranian businessmen. They were giving me feedback on my ideas ...offering help...making phone calls.... telling me more about the situation here in El Salvador!

I have lunch with Raul in 20 minutes to talk more about registering our work with the government here. Since he is a lawyer he said he could handle the paperwork. The benefit to registering is that we wont pay fines and will have an easier time bringing things in and out of the country. 

Ill let you know how it goes! On a sidenote -- I got to visit with some of my university friends here in San Salvador last night! It was so good to see them and walk around the city feeling like a local! Thanks to all of you who are reading! Thanks for the comments!! See you soon! 

love, emily