On My Way

Sooo, as you can tell I didnt exactly have time to make a post on here until right now. I am so bad with packing and all that stuff that I of course waited till the last minute and had to spend all of my time working on that. Not to mention, I had a lot of people to see!

So just a quick update of whats going on for anybody who doesnt already know. I have been to Costa Rica four times before this on various length mission trips and have absolutely fallen in love with the country, the people (especially the kids), the language, etc. Because of this, I have decided that I am going to go down to Costa Rica for an extended period of time to do missions. This first week that I am here, I am going to be spending my time with my family in Los Guido, playing with my kids and just having a good time. Starting next week, though, I have an internship where I will be a group leader and translator for mission groups that come in from the United States. From what I have heard, there are 6 of us in all so I am really looking forward to getting to know these people.

During these 10 weeks, I will have to make a decision about what I want to do next. If i absolutely love what I am doing, it is possible I might stick with this organization and just keep translating and leading groups. Another thing that I really want to do, though, is work at the bilingual Methodist school that is right down the street.

I do have to leave Costa Rica every 90 days since I do not have a work visa and that is all they allow with your passport. Some of those times I might come home but other times I will probably go to Nicaragua or Panama for the 72 hours before I come back.

I have so many mixed emotions right now as I'm sitting at the airport in Ft Lauderdale waiting for my second flight which will take me to Costa Rica. I am SO EXCITED!!! There is not doubt about that. I know this could be difficult for me at points because I am going to miss my family and friends soooo much. I feel like I have always been pretty dependent on my parents and still rely on their advice and such so much. This will be a challege to get to the point where I am okay with the fact that I can only talk to them once or twice a week instead of every day like I was doing before.

BUT mostly right now I am just excited and happy and anxious. I know this is where God is calling me to right now and I can't wait to see where this takes me and how I will grow over my time here. I love each and every one of you so much and I want to thank you for all of your love and support and advice, etc.

Hopefully I will be able to update this thing often enough. I'm thinking once a week might be as often as I might be able to do it, but maybe more. (Hopefully not less).

I know some of you wanted an address for where to send donations and such so I will let you guys know what that is as soon as I figure it out myself. Haha.

Los quiero a todos! :-)