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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Ecuador:The story (part one)

I'm not sure how my story telling skills are, I haven't got much feedback besides the fact that I tend to make things seem like they're really really exciting, then my endings are (in the words [or word rather] of my best friend) anticlimactic.  Let's hope that in this story the ending is the best part!

It was Tuesday night, and here I was back in my dorm, all packed up and ready to go! I had my headphones, my sunglasses and my trusty bag (which is basically all you need in life) and most of all I head heart my friends. I was ready to embark on this adventure with my fellow nursing students to the land of spiders and monkeys and big flying bugs. It was totally on! I wish I had a picture to mark this moment in history but alas my broken and incomplete explanation of the event will be the only momentum to this joyous occasion. 
Then after that, I went to bed. (sometimes life just isn't exciting folks, that's just the way it is)

 After waking up bright and early Wednesday morning we left. Way early. Like 4 hours before our plan was going to leave. Apparently our professors wanted to be extra prepared much to the dismay of all 18 of us loitering in the terminal four hours on end (pun intended). However, on a side note, I was super excited to get a call from my good friend Kali who had just gotten engaged! 


Kali and Matt


Waiting in O'hare


Finally on the plane!

After eating breakfast (and lunch) and calling everyone in my phone contact list, we finally boarded the plane! I was tired and I knew we were scheduled to get into Quito late so I decided to sleep as much as I could. There was a layover in Miami which was pretty uneventful. Well, we did eat at this Mexican restaurant with horrible service that I highly discourage anyone who finds themselves in Miami airport to go to. But other than that, nothing. After more waiting we boarded again and after a few hours, finally landed in Quito. 

Eating at the Mexican Restaurant 

It took some time to get all our luggage sorted and get the group through customs, some of us even broke out  our 'gracious' and 'por favors.' Excitement and expectation was in the air as we wondered about our accommodations, what we would be doing, and whether or not the bugs were really as big as they looked on Google.


Bug from Google


We met some of our group leaders for the first time and then headed outside, expecting the warm air to embrace our skin with all the love that summer had taken with it some long months ago. Instead, however, we were greeted with torrential rain fall. Apparently it was the rainy season. Forgot to mention that huh, Google! Oh well, nothing could get these brave hearts down! We were in Ecuador! We grabbed our bags and our determination and headed outside the comfort of the airport into the wet, black night.

To be continued....



Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Happy day after Valentine's Day

 Just sitting in my living room enjoying a cup of hot chocolate studying away. 



Hope ur Valentine's Day was filled with love!
xoxo




The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with his Love
he will exult over you with loud Singing .

Zephaniah 3:17 

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

One year 2 months....

Till I graduate! It may be a little soon to think about that, but sometimes my imagination gets the best of me and I find myself planning my life after graduation, like how I want to decorate my first apartment.
I want it too look a lot like this:



It's Milly's apartment from the movie
 'Because I Said So' 



Thursday, February 3, 2011

Home again

Well gosh darn it, I'm home! 
     Of course Ecuador was amazing and there is so, so many stories to tell! I haven't even uploaded my pictures yet I've been so busy with the starting of another semester.


     I have so many exciting things to write about! Instead of overwhelming you with them all at once I'll start with a simple picture and a promise of lots more to come, both about my Ecuador trip and exciting things happening in my life.

 Shandia, Ecuador in front of Jim Elliots house. 
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