I have been in Nicaragua for one full year now! I can´t believe it. So much has happened in the past year and also there is so much that could happen in the coming year. One year in Nicaragua means I still have 1 year and 3 months left because it´s 27 months of service. So when I get to November, it will be a real celebration because it´s exactly one more year until I come home.
I have things to look forward to. I am going to plan a trip with my friends to celebrate our one year of service in November. We are planning on renting a house on the beach for a few days. Also in December I will be coming home for two weeks! I am so excited. I can´t wait to see my family and my dog and sleep in my bed! I am also excited about buying some new clothes because my clothes are starting to get really torn! I must admit that I am also a little nervous about coming home. I know things will be different and I am little different so I am sure it will be strange. More importantly I am going to freeze to death! I will have to tell my mom to bring me a big coat or sweater to the airport. I have no warm clothes with me!
Overall I am really proud of myself! I was nervous that I wouldn't make it though this experience and here I am one year into it! I am confident that I will be able to do the last 15 months of service. OK well Below are some pictures of me and friends that i never posted and also some of my favorite quotes from past blogs...
Quotes:
"At the end of the day I feel really tired and mentally exhausted from speaking so much Spanish."
"At the lagoon, two of the boys were using four 2 liter coke bottles as floating devices"
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I have realized that feel the most out of place here when I am at a social event."
"Then there is cake, which here in Nicaragua, they usually eat in napkins with their hands."
"I must say that teaching is hard! I give all the teachers that I had in the past a lot of credit because it’s not easy!"
"Today was my first time going to the gym with my host mom and her friends. It was really funny, because a lot of the Nicaraguans are really short, so here I am considered tall. There were several machines that I literally couldn’t use because they were made for people who were 5’3 and below. Well maybe I could have changed the height on them but I didn’t know how!"
"I am very excited because my mom and sister are coming in about 6 weeks! I can’t wait to seem them."
“Oh didn’t hear that man driving around in that truck with that megaphone announcing that it’s time to pay your energy bill.” Apparently I have to pay some man that drives around in a van."
