Rested

We have traveled hours and hours on buses, cram packed, sitting or standing in aisles. We have said "no thank you" to a ton of solicitors on the streets of Nicaragua, taken over 400 pictures, seen lava come out of a volcano in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, walked between 7-8 miles to visit a waterfall and collected sea shells along the Tamarindo beach.

We are rested and ready to return to Orphanage Emmanuel, renewed and eager to pour our love out onto the children.

To say we feel blessed is an understatement. We had no choice but to leave Honduras in order to renew our visas, but what an amazing opportunity to see more of God's creation and experience more of the cultures of Central America. I have felt like a foreigner at times and completely at home at other times.

Tomorrow afternoon we will head to Liberia, Costa Rica stay the night there and then be on buses non-stop until we reach "home" Friday evening. Emmanuel does feel quite a bit like home now. I look forward to stepping into our apartment and putting things up where they belong. I even look forward to hearing my name yelled 20+ times as I walk the short distance from our apartment to the school on Saturday morning. It's funny the things you miss. The things that become a part of your routine and what become a part of you.

I can already see how the Lord has changed my heart and I know He has much more work to do is me (us) the remainder of our time.

I am ready. Alive. Refreshed.

Nicaragua, Costa Rica

Well, the time has come...

We leave for our trip tomorrow! We will catch the 6 o'clock (AM) bus and head to Nicaragua! We will stay in Granada (an old, beautiful colonial town) a few days and then travel around Nicaragua then cross the border to hit up some volcanoes and hot springs in La Fortuna, Costa Rica and finally end up on the beaches of Tamarindo.

Today we are packing, saying goodbye to a couple who will leave for Denmark while we are gone (sadly...we will miss you Daniel and Anette), and making sure we have all of our duties covered in time for our trip. Please be praying for our safety... We are so excited!

And all of this is just in time to celebrate my 24th birthday and more importantly, Derek's acceptance to PT school! By the way, thank you for all of the congratulations we've received from all of you in regards to our recent "wonderful news"!

We will try to update from our trip at an internet cafe if possible!
Until then, BLESSINGS!

WONDERFUL NEWS!

Just a quick message to let you all know that Derek got into Physical Therapy school at the OU Health Science Center in Oklahoma City.
He will start in June. We just found out today!

We are so excited and I am so proud of him! :)

Thank you for your continued support for us. Please send him a quick message of Congrats if you have time!

Con Gozo (With Joy),
-Nancy (and Derek)