The Lord has blessed me abundantly this holiday season - and I am so thankful that I am able to be home for Christmas!
I'm sure you're wondering.. why did she come home from Honduras?! Well, when I entered Honduras I received a 90 day visa.. which expired on the 22 of December. At the end of the 90 days I am left with the option of buying another month to say in the country or traveling outside the country for at least 72 hours. I happened to find a very reasonably priced plane ticket (I think they were trying to get rid of the last ones..) and here I am! En Los Estados Unidos! I still can't believe it myself!
It has already been quite an experience.. not only adjusting to how different life is, and how COLD it is... but also surprising my family by walking into the house at 2:30am this morning(with then help of Jarrod - who picked me up from the airport, and Caleb - my "state-side" accomplice). How good it is to see everyone! I had a full day of traveling.. and have now been awake for over 24 hours to make this possible.. so I am definitely ready to crash!Some things that are different for me now that I'm back in the States:
* its okay to drink from the faucet * I don't need to dip my clean dishes in bleach water * its okay to throw toilet paper in the toilet without worrying.. * I can drink a tall glass of milk that isn't straight from the cow! * I don't need to use a taxi to get around * what I have to use a seat belt in the car? * I pay for things in dollars instead of Lempiras * I can leave food out for a few minutes and not worry about ants * and of course.... English is the preferred language (this whole day I have been talking in Spanish to people who don't expect it.. but I can't help it, it is just what comes out first!)
Well... I wish you all a very merry Christmas. Remember that we have much to be thankful for this holiday season, especially that the Lord sent His Son to the earth to live perfectly and die to cover all our transgressions. Praise the Lord that He has defeated death and sits at the right hand of the throne of the Most High!
...so maybe it will be a white Christmas after all.
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