Hey All! I am now back here in El Salvador. I had a wonderful time in the States. I have to admit that all the things I had wanted to do I wasn't able to accomplish, but God for sure blessed my time at home. I got to spend a lot of time with my family and just hang out with them and that was so refreshing and enjoyable. I have missed my family quite a bit, especially my nieces and nephews. I wasn't able to visit my friends in Ames, because my car wouldn't start so that kind of dashed a big chunk of my plans for my trip back home, but like I said it was stil a great time.
I got to MN late on November 5th and when I came out of the airport, my niece Evie (who is almost 9 months) stopped crying and gave me this huge smile it was adorable and was the best welcome home I could have recieved. Then we went over to my sister's house to celebrate my mom's birthday the next day, when I walked in the door my nephew, Cyrus, was so excited to see his auntie. It was like I had never left and we continued to play all sorts of games and such like we would before I left. I know this seems like something very simple but I think that one of my biggest fears when leaving for El Salvador was that I was leaving my nieces and nephews and that they would not really understand why I was leaving them. I praise God that although my plans for my ten days didn't quite work out I got spend a lot of time with them.
I spent most of my time during the week actually still working on things for the Community Center, because somethings with the website still needed to be worked on. I also got my fingerprints done again and sent them off to the FBI, so hopefully they will get processed correctly this time. I also got to have two of the things that I miss most from the US, Caribou Coffee (although ES coffee is still better, I just love Caribou Coffe) and Macaroni and Cheese from Noodles and Company! These were for sure treats of being back in the States and I even got to see some light snow fall, I was hoping for at least an inch but never the less I got some snow. I am really going to miss the snow, this year, especially around Christmas time, because I have never had a Christmas without snow.
On the Saturday before I returned here to ES, my niece had her birthday party. She had her birthday party at a place called Adventure Park, it is this huge playplace ( imagine the playplaces in McDonalds or Burger King on Seriods). It was great and since my nephew is still to small to climb through the things by himself, I was his partner and we crawled all over that thing and it was a blast, but I do have to admit that one it was almost more of a workout than going for my run and my knees hurt so much after that from crawling through all those plastic tubes (note to self bring knee pads the next time lol).
Overall, it was such a wonderful time and I am so thankful that I got a chance to see my family again, I have missed them! I do admit thought that I missed being in ES so much and was ready to come back. I do truly believe the statement a friend told me once, no matter if you are in the US or in ES you are always going to miss people from the other country. Well, that's about it, thank you for all your prayers for my time in the US, I really enjoyed it!
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