So I am leaving for the airport in 5 hours to begin my day-long journey back to visit family and friends in Virginia. This past week with my mom has been really special (except for the part where she got sick... which can only be accounted to a true Honduran welcome) and I am so thankful to have been able to share my life here with her. I do feel like she was able to see places I love and meet the people who are so important to me here. In addition, she was able to drink water out of a bag, judge a science fair at Brassavola, ride the public transportation, help out in two medical clinics, talk a little bit in Spanish, make tortillas from scratch, meet my hermanitas and their grandmother as well as see their house in Armenia Bonito, and of course, walk around the busy streets of Ceiba.
I know that I would have no problem getting her to come back to visit me if I were to stay here (or somewhere else in Latin America) longer. Sharing my life with my mom here has reminded me HOW MUCH I love it - and how richly I've been blessed with amazing, intelligent, and such sweet Honduran friends. I have to remind myself WHY I am leaving here, knowing that I want to do what my Heavenly Father calls me to... but - who knows what the Lord will bring after nursing school... :)
Here I am, Lord. Send me.
I know that I would have no problem getting her to come back to visit me if I were to stay here (or somewhere else in Latin America) longer. Sharing my life with my mom here has reminded me HOW MUCH I love it - and how richly I've been blessed with amazing, intelligent, and such sweet Honduran friends. I have to remind myself WHY I am leaving here, knowing that I want to do what my Heavenly Father calls me to... but - who knows what the Lord will bring after nursing school... :)
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