We met shortly after we arrived in Chengdu, China to start a great adventure of serving as Peace Corps volunteers in Western China in the summer of 2017. A jet-lagged group of volunteers would gather to go for an early morning run at the Sichuan University track, and that is where we first got to know each other. Ali asked James to hold her water bottle while she was getting ready for the run, and we did not stop chatting until we returned back to the hotel! By that point, we both knew that this was the start of a chapter in our lives that would last forever. || Nos conocimos en Chengdu, China a los pocos días de empezar el servicio de voluntariado. Todos teníamos jet lag a sique nos reuníamos por las mañanas temprano para ir a correr. Ali le pidió a James que le sujetara la botella de agua y no dejamos de hablar hasta que regresamos al hotel. Fue en ese momento que los dos supimos que este era el principio de una nueva etapa de nuestras vidas que durará para siempre.