Bolivia trip!

Well I made it to Bolivia and back! We had a great trip to Bolivia, but we were all ready to be able to sleep in our own beds and get things back to normal. We left Sat. the 7th at 9:30pm that night. we flow to Miami, we got into Miami at 6:30am Sunday morning. We had an all day lay over in Miami. So we got a hotel room. The family slept most of the day. I just walked around the airport and talk to my family. We left Miami at 10:30pm Sunday night. Flying at night was good for the kids, but not me. I don't sleep well on planes. So between both night flying I was running on about 6hrs of sleep. We got in Santa Cruz, Bolivia at 8am Monday morning. We got into the country just fine. We went to the South American missions base in Santa Cruz where we would be staying for part of our time in Bolivia. We were all very tried, so we got to our rooms unpacked a little, ate lunch and took naps! Tuesday and Wednesday we just hung out in Santa Cruz and meet with some friends of the family's.  Wednesday night they had prayer meeting at the base. So all the missionary's from the South American Mission organization came for prayer meeting and dinner. It was great to be able to meet so many other missionary families. Thursday we load up our stuff and head out to a small village to stay with some friends of theirs for a few days. It was a lot of fun staying there, even if I didn't understand anything that was being said. I got to meet some great people. I also learned/helped cook some Bolivian food. The people we stayed with they started a church in the small village and they run a small store out of their house. So they have a huge oven in the back of the house and they bake bread and cake. And they also have chicken legs for sale and some other things. So we got to help bake the bread and cake. We stayed with them until Saturday morning, then we had lunch with some different people that run a radio station in the area. Saturday night we stayed with some more friends for the family's. They had a little boy about 7 months old. They meet in Bolivia and got married there. So he is from Bolivia and she is from the states. It was very neat to see and hear here how they met. They are missionary there now. Sunday we went to church with the family we stayed with. It was very funny to walk into church and someone walked up to the family we had stayed with and asked him if he would preach. And he did, and did a great job. Later we were talking about it and he said " I always have something in my back packet for events like this." Sunday night we had back to Santa Cruz and to the mission base. Monday we met with a couple other people. And just packed all our stuff up and tried to stay warm. It was very cold on Monday we were all trying to find more clothes to put on to stay warm. Tuesday it was even colder then Monday, but we were leaving so it didn't matter to us so much. We got to the airport around 7:30am and got through everything just in time to get on our plane. It is a lot harder to leave the country then it is to get in. We got to Miami around 4pm and had to sit there for about 4hrs. Then we boarded our last flight to Seattle. We got home around 2am Wednesday morning. I counted when we got back I have been on 10 plane in the last 4 months, I am all set on flying for awhile. And I am until December. It was a great trip. Now we are unpacking everything, catching up on our sleep and getting things back to normal. The kids mom is starting school again in a week. So she won't be around much. And I have decided to fill in all my free time I am going to be taking some online classes. I also have some fun fall things planned for us to do.

Half way - Leaving the country!

Today is an interesting day!!! It marks my half point of my 6 months in Washington and we start our adventure of going to Bolivia!

Half way, 3 more months to go! It has been an adventure so far and a learning experience! And I am sure that the next 3 months will be the same!!! This trip has defiantly been a learning experience! God, is working on a lot of things that I need to change in my life. Which can be hard, but it will all be worth it in the end.

Leaving the country! Um, not sure how I feel about it. I am really nervous. And slowly getting excited! I have left the country before. I went to Mexico twice. But both time it was with my family and lots of people I knew, and we drove! I think my family is more excited that I am going then I am at this point. It will be a great trip. And a great experience for me! I have always want to travel and see the world. So this year is a good start. The first plane ride to Miami will be my 7th plane ride this year. So by the time we get back to the states I will have 10th plane rides down! I am sure I will have lots of stories to tell! I will be taking lots of pictures!

Here is to more "Adventures with God!" One of my dad's favorite things to say!!!