Only TWO more weeks to go! Yeah!!! Everybody is counting down. Last project is completed! I just have to present it next Monday. WooHoo!! ECO's, oral test, is this Thursday and no classes on Friday. But my last time with my friends that have children with disabilities will be on the 3rd of Dec. the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. I will miss them.
This Thanksgiving was definitely different. I went with Paul, Gabriella, and Emanuel to San Gerardo de Dota and the surrounding area. We had breakfast at this fabulous Cloud Forest Lodge, Dantica, owned by a Dutch fellow. The food was great, but the bread was wonderful with homemade marmalade. It was mora which is the blackberry. And then they took me around the valley and to the trout farms, rainbow trout. Wow, there were several ponds full of them. And guess what we had for lunch? Yep, trout. Great stuff. While we were at this little Mom & Pop's restaurant eating lunch, a tourist bus came with European travelers. They were stopping to bird watch. This area is known for the Quetzal. Paul saw one for the first time in his life so that made the day special for him. Even though it rained off and on, it was a day to be thankful. I definitely missed seeing my kids and families. Other than the date on the calendar, it didn't feel like Thanksgiving Day. But God always gives us things to be thankful for and the greatest, of course, is being his child, thanks to Jesus.
So now I'm cleaning the apartment getting ready to leave. I've washed the windows, ceiling fans, and cabinets. Will finish the fridge and stove next week. And I have started packing my bags. My fridge is almost empty as are the cabinets. And it's a little difficult to know how much food to buy especially when you are used to buying for more than a week or two at a time. The only thing that remains the same are changes!
Our conversation class has to have Ps.121 memorized by Wed., in Spanish, of course. I have it, but it is so hard for me to say it at the same time the other two are saying it!
I am thankful for what God has done in me since I have been here, and the language that I have learned. But I am assuredly ready to leave here. Ready to see my family first and then ready to return to HN.
I am so thankful that I know that God has my life in his hands, and he is in total control of all that comes my way.
This Thanksgiving was definitely different. I went with Paul, Gabriella, and Emanuel to San Gerardo de Dota and the surrounding area. We had breakfast at this fabulous Cloud Forest Lodge, Dantica, owned by a Dutch fellow. The food was great, but the bread was wonderful with homemade marmalade. It was mora which is the blackberry. And then they took me around the valley and to the trout farms, rainbow trout. Wow, there were several ponds full of them. And guess what we had for lunch? Yep, trout. Great stuff. While we were at this little Mom & Pop's restaurant eating lunch, a tourist bus came with European travelers. They were stopping to bird watch. This area is known for the Quetzal. Paul saw one for the first time in his life so that made the day special for him. Even though it rained off and on, it was a day to be thankful. I definitely missed seeing my kids and families. Other than the date on the calendar, it didn't feel like Thanksgiving Day. But God always gives us things to be thankful for and the greatest, of course, is being his child, thanks to Jesus.
So now I'm cleaning the apartment getting ready to leave. I've washed the windows, ceiling fans, and cabinets. Will finish the fridge and stove next week. And I have started packing my bags. My fridge is almost empty as are the cabinets. And it's a little difficult to know how much food to buy especially when you are used to buying for more than a week or two at a time. The only thing that remains the same are changes!
Our conversation class has to have Ps.121 memorized by Wed., in Spanish, of course. I have it, but it is so hard for me to say it at the same time the other two are saying it!
I am thankful for what God has done in me since I have been here, and the language that I have learned. But I am assuredly ready to leave here. Ready to see my family first and then ready to return to HN.
I am so thankful that I know that God has my life in his hands, and he is in total control of all that comes my way.
