Hey all, This is Heather... We went to San Ramon this morning after a nice desayuno tipico (traditional breakfast), to meet with the various people and organizations that support us during our time in San Ramon every year. First we met with Dona Nelly, whose rancho we will be occupying during much of our time in San Ramon and whose delicious food we will be consuming, and were greeted with much love and hugs. Alvaro, USFT's faithful friend and driver since 2004, met us at Nelly's and then took us to his mother's house and then to visit his little daughter, who was very excited about the cartoons she was watching. We then went to the UCA San Ramon to meet with Darling, the coordinator of the UCA's fair trade tourism project, and we stumbled upon a meeting being facilitated by Chris Bacon and his wife Mari! It was a joyful reunion, as Chris is a longtime member of the Advisory Board, and we had the chance to chat with him and Mari over lunch. We then met with Elisa from Cafenica, and chatted about the Youth Forum we will be participating in with youth from the 12 CAFENICA cooperatives on the 14th. It looks like it will be an interesting event. The rest of the afternoon has been spent compiling documents needed for the next 10 days, printing, copying, and generally preparing. We are superexcited to meet many members of the CC at the airport tomorrow and getting started on a new year! More this week...