Sunday, June 10

In Flight...HOME!
It's over. I can't believe I made it. It didn't got by as quickly as I had hoped, but it's finally over. I get to go home & contine my mission.
I don't believe I've been called to mission to foreign nations, to build foundations & tote around large rocks. I'm a listener and a writer, not a hard-core tough worker type of girl.
The experience was incredible & wonderful. It's certainly something I'm glad to have done.
I don't think I'll be going back to Nicaragua on a mission trip again. If I ever go on a foreign mission trip again, it'll be somewhere that has a national language of English or French. I hated going most of the week unable to understand the children and not being able to order food on my own. Most of the others on the trip berated me for not knowing Spanish.
I'm kinda proud of myself, though. When speaking to the natives, I kept poping out French phrases. They came almost naturally. One of my long-term goals is to be able to speak French fluently. That I was able to unconsciencly speak & think in French brings a smile to my face.
It's wonderful to be in this air conditioned plane. Most of us breathed a deep sigh of relief as we stepped into the Managua airport. It was actually kind of COLD. I loved it.
We're flying over the ocean, and it reminds me of how eager I am to continue training for Nationals. I am extremely pleased tha tthe cold shower, three Ibuprofens, & heat pack relieved my back. It's only slightly harder on the right side than the left. This comparison is based on last night, when my right side was knotted as hard as a rock.
I'm excited about starting to work again. I'm considering taking a second job at CVS or Walgreens. I'd love to work in the photo lab again & since I'm 18, there's the possibility of becoming a lab tech.
The plane meal was excellent, & I ate it up like a starving person.
We've flown over several bodies of land (small islands) that I couldn't find on the map of our route. I'll have to look it up when I get home.
Home...a few more hours. I can't wait to run to my family...my mom, dad, & Jimmy. I can't wait to snuggle up in my bed, to brush, floss, really clean my teeth, to take a long, warm shower & to shave...these are the things I've missed, & the things I'll find soon.