Back at the Office!

After two days of being confined to the hotel, Marcelo and I were able to go back to the office on Wednesday.  Although we weren't sure right away.  We planned on going, went down to the lobby only to find that our driver was not able to make it to the hotel due to the demonstrations.  Then we thought it was going to be another long day at the hotel.  But, by mid-morning, we were able to go into the office.  It was nice to be able to work with our clients again and redo our schedule to ensure we get everything done we plan on doing.  We're a little behind on some training, but did quite well with getting our presentations ready (multiple ones needed for training, final report, overall team presentation, etc.) since we were at the hotel for two days.

Marcelo doing some training in the office (Wednesday)

 We went to a nice place by the ocean for a quick lunch on Wednesday.  I think I could have sat there all day as it was gorgeous out!  However, there are only so many days left for us to work, so back to the office we went to finish up for the day.

On Thursday, we were able to spend the whole day working (not in the hotel).  We started by attending part of a storytelling contest sponsored by our main client.  The kids who were in the contest were amazing!  Even though I didn't know the language, you could get an idea of the story by how they told it.

We left the contest early to go to the office and do some catch up work.  I was really pleased at the end of the day as I spent about 1.5 hours or so training a couple of people in on a tool.  They really see the value and were catching on quickly.  I am starting to see what some of the benefits will be to this organization after we leave and it is both exciting and cool!  Sometimes I wish we had more time to implement more, but I guess I can relate that to the saying about housecleaning - there is always more to do!

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