I'm not the kind of person that shares too much about his life. But the week I spent in Guatemala deserves to be an exception. 2015 wasn't a motivating year for me. I had some personal issues and Scouting wasn't working for me as a way to reduce stress and get energy for the rest of my activities as it used to do. In August, I was told to apply to ILT by Abril, a previous participant and now staffer of the event, and a big friend of mine. To be honest, I was not very interested in this event before, but she convinced me by telling me some stories and experiences she had. So, an hour before the application deadline of my NSO ended, I applied. Later on, I was told that I was one of the two people selected to participate in ILT 2015. Time passed for me and I was still not convinced, until the days of ILT came closer. I prepared my backpack a few hours before and prepared for the trip as I'm used to. I was going to take a plane for my first time, so I was excited at this point, although being able to see through the window didn't go as I expected because my flight was at night and I didn't get to see many cities lights. Once in Guatemala, I arrived the day before the event started. We did an obstacle course, where I got to meet a lot of awesome people. I'm a bit shy, so it wasn't very easy for me, but playing around the course was a great way for me to start feeling comfortable for the next day. The moment came and that's where all the magic happened. The magic I'm talking about was meeting a lot of wonderful people. I got to meet my fellow red team members, who are great friends for me now. We are named the "Team Delayed", a name we inherited from our Team Advisor, Emily, who had over 40 hours of delayed flights to get to Guatemala. It seemed that after that, we all got delayed in some way. I also got to make many more great friends from many countries, which is a really nice experience because we now know that wherever we go into America, we'll have someone to have fun and have a nice time with. I also got to meet Marcelo, the course director. Although he is from Uruguay like me, to the surprise of many, I didn't know him before. I discovered that he is a nice and cool person. He and the staff, also gave the course an interesting and funny touch with his Marcelo coins, the 30cm rule and the Star Wars, Avengers, and Galaxy Quest theme. At this point I should say that Marcelo did an awesome job and hope I get paid as much as promised for the mention. The other part of this magic were the things we learned. I wouldn't know how to list everything I learned. I didn't expect to learn so much, actually, I was confident on what I already knew from each of the topics, but I realized that there was still a lot to learn. We didn't have to rest (don't worry, we had enough time to sleep -I mean during the day- although I barely slept because of socializing) but it didn't matter to me. Working on the MoP project with the team was an exciting and motivating experience for me. In Uruguay, at least from my experience, it is really hard to make a project. I don't know why, but seeing how each of us could give ideas and make the project better in a solid manner was something really awesome for me and an was unique experience. I'm now convinced I can work with people from 7 other countries in a project in order to create a better world, which is something difficult to imagine. Also, I learned a lot of skills to help with teamwork such as decision making, or leadership skills such as conflict solving or when to make an individual or team decision, which I know won't just be useful for my scouting career, but in my life itself as well. All this magic, the people I met, the things I learned, made ILT one of the most wonderful experiences I have had. Right now, I feel as motivated and fresh as when I started as a cub when I was 10. Right now I feel empowered to complete any project I propose to myself. I think of scouting as an excellent educational movement that should reach a lot more of people of every kind and every place to deliver the necessary tools to make peace and build a better world that this movement can give. I think of ILT in the same way. It should be shared with a lot of leaders all over the world. It is planned to have 10 editions that would generate around 600 leaders in the region. But I think that's not enough, I think that a lot more of people should have the experience I had. Even though it has been done in some countries already, I think this should be local in every place possible to empower all youth. I'll be trying to get that done in my country as soon as I can, and maybe even helping to spread this marvelous experience in some other places outside my country. So, in summary, I had a great time and experience, and now I have a lot of work to do to create a better world. But as we learned during the course:-Never give up! Never surrender!