I got up early this morning to pack and get ready to leave. When I went out to say good morning, Santa Elena was really sad that I was leaving already. I'm really sad too...I LOVED my time here! At 8:30 I said goodbye to Luz Marina and Santa Elena took me to Jake's house where we waited for an hour for the pastor to arrive. When he and a few other members of the church got there, we all prayed together and said more goodbyes. It was a really sweet little meeting. Santa Elena and our host pastor came to Managua with us to say goodbye and make sure we got where we needed to go.
Once we found Trevor and Javier, Santa Elena said a tearful goodbye and I went with the rest of the group to the LASP bus where we waited for a couple of hours for the rest of the students to get there. Everyone had fun catching up and sharing stories from our week apart, and it was great to be with the LASP group again. I slept on the way to Granada, a tourist town where we will be spending the rest of our time in Nicaragua.
The nice hotel here is a huge change. Upon arriving, we all savored the AC and hot showers before going out to see the town. We shopped around some little shops in the town square, got pancakes for dinner, and went to an e-cafe. It was overwhelming going from one extreme to another, and while I really enjoyed myself, I was having trouble knowing what to think and how to process everything.
Its hard to soak all of these experiences up, and I feel like I'm in a bit of a daze. My time in the campo was amazing and I want to learn everything I can from that opportunity. I can't imagine going back to San Jose and falling back into our normal routine, and Minnesota seems so foreign that going home is almost unfathomable at this point. My prayer is that God would be moving in me now and every day to help me know what to do with all of these experiences. I want to understand Him and all of His world more fully each day.
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