Going on my eighth week here leaves a lot of room (53 days, actually) for missing a lot of things, from the food to the fellowship. At times, four weeks left feels like an eternity. So today I decided to make a list of things I miss and follow it up with a list of things I’m thankful for. Always a great reminder of how much I’m blessed :)
List of things I miss:
· Reese’s peanut butter cups
· Wearing shorts
· Having roommates
· My guitar, I’ve been able to still play with other ones, they just aren’t the same!
· The deliciousness of Pei Wei
· Homegroup!!!!!!
· Worshiping in English
· Sharing meals, church, laughs, and just plain life with my family
· Aggie football
· Doritos that AREN’T SPICY! (they have plenty of Doritos here, but even the nacho cheese flavor make my mouth burn..)
· My fiancé—the warmth of his hugs, the comfort of his smile, the fun of our inside jokes, and of course his handsome face!
· Drivers who obey the rules of the road
· Pandora (it doesn’t work outside the US! who knew?)
List of things I’m thankful for:
· A great, welcoming host family
· My own bathroom (some students share with eight other people…)
· Good friends at my volunteer sites
· Beautiful places to travel, and the means to travel there!
· Local people who love to take time out of their day to chat and help me practice my conversational Spanish
· Warm blankets
· New Guatemalan friends from Texas who spend nine hours in a waiting room with me
· Skype!!!!!
· The prayers of everyone back home
· A great Spanish teacher with lots of experience
· A church family that is excited to see me every week
· The chance to learn something new every day
· Children to love
· The fact that donuts exist in Guatemala too
· And last, but not least, the invaluable experience and confidence from creating a life from ground zero in a completely different county!
Loved reading this. It calms my heart a little bit to know that you are in a place that has donuts :)
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