I am finally here! So excited that I made it safe and sound without any mishaps. I am really tired right now- I´ve been up since 5 a.m. east coast time which was 3 a.m. their time...so yeah I am muy cansada. Traveling alone wasn´t too bad at all- I´m so glad that I never got lost or anything. So relieved that the whole traveling thing is over with! Yesterday I just had all this nervous energy- not exactly nervous but I was just like ``Let´s do this!``
A highlight of the trip- when I was boarding my flight from Houston to Guatemala, the ticket lady asked me if I was traveling alone. I thought it was weird that she asked me (my first thought was-``Do I really look too young to be traveling alone?``). She told me to wait a moment and then handed me a ticket with a new seat assignment-1B! ``In the front,`` she told me with a smile. I was taken aback, but I thanked her and then rejoiced my way to the plane. I felt like it was God letting me know that He was with me on this trip, and it was such a nice unexpected blessing. Thank you God!
When I got picked up from the airport, it was kinda awkward because I´m only supposed to speak Spanish (I told them to) and I couldn´t really communicate to them. I´m realizing more and more how little Spanish I really know! I feel bad because they really try to help me and I´m just slow. But it is the first day, I keep telling myself and you can´t expect much on the first day, right? They picked me up some pollo asado (grilled chicken) from Pollo Compero and then we had to go the long way home because traffic was at a stand still on the main road. When I got ``home`` I unpacked all my junk in the room I´ll be sharing with Rossana and then they took me to the store to buy fruit. We bought bananas, pineapple, apples, mangos and another fruit that I don´t know the name of. It was hard and bitter I just asked and it was a guayaba.
I played a little guitar with Bryan and Dennis played the drums (thought of you, Keston!)-I hadn´t played in months but it was cool to pick it up and sing some praise songs...music is amazing. It really is the universal language, as cliche as that is, it´s so true. I introduced them to Owl City haha. Ok so I´ll try to go ahead and post this even though I probably could write more. They want to play Phase 10 with me. I´m having a great time with the kids even though I don´t understand half they say. Hopefully it will get better. ¿Hasta luego!
