Oh my gosh, these past few days have been crazy! I´ve been jumping on a different bus, heading to a different city and country every day, constantly changing hotels (some pretty modest hotels, and that´s putting it gently). So, as some of you know, I´m spending about 2 months in Central America this winter. I´m starting my journey off in El Salvador, then Honduras, Nicaragua, back to Honduras to study Spanish, then to Belize for work. El Salvador So I arrived Jan 2nd, in San Salvador. I must say, it´s much more developed than I thought it would be! Many c [View Full Entry]

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Nothing like spending New Year's in New York....besides it being overly crowded. I've never been during the holidays so it was quite a treat! My friend, Adrian, & I arrived in NYC the day after Christmas. By the way, I spent over 6 hours in Atlanta on a layover due to so many travelers & bad weather. Nevertheless I made it. I took an expenisve cab to my best friend's apartment in Brooklyn. She moved up here a several months ago & is teaching first grade & getting her masters. She lives in a nice area in Brooklyn called Bay Ridge. [View Full Entry]

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Although domestic trips may not seem as exciting as international travel, I have to tell you, I'm discovering beautiful places a little closer to home. Travelling to different states, coasts & timezones, I might as well be travelling abroad. I am realizing how dramatically unique each state is. I feel like I've taken for granted all these years of living in the states & not seeing it's beauty. While I was abroad I always wondered why so many people wanted to come to the states, to live or just to visit. I thought the states seemed so ordinary & boring. But [View Full Entry]

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World Travels This is long over due. I have been back in the states for several months now. I've been able to tell some of you what it was like travelling the world for a year & a half. Of course, words, pictures & stories do not do justice. Some of you have no idea what I was doing overseas. Hopefully, this will give you a glimpse of the countries I saw, the people I met, the job I did, the memories I made, the experiences I encountered. I've briefly described each country I went to & have included pictures. [View Full Entry]

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My goodness, what can I say about Armenia village? It's in the mountains surrounded by green & palm trees. The church we're working with is nestled on top of a hill & the view from the church is spectacular. You can truly see God's beautiful creation in Armenia. It's a spanish speaking, very poor village so it's been a challenge for our group to communicate w/ all the people, but we're all managing. Yesterday we went to the Belmopan orphanage....52 kids crammed in to a small building. There was an article written about Praying Pelican Missions (the organization I work for) [View Full Entry]

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These last few weeks have been amazing! We had a group of over 120 people from Houston (of course everything is bigger & better from Texas!). They had a fun mission trip in Belmopan (Belize's capital, the smallest capital in the world). Then I took 1 week off & went to Guatamala, loved it! Spent a couple days in Placencia, Belize where I went scuba diving at Laughing Bird Caye & went zip-lining. Belize is famous for it's scuba diving & now I see why! Lots of colorful fish & coral. Then last week we had a group from South Carolina [View Full Entry]

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Guatamala is PERFECTO! Been able to practice my espanol. Flores is an amazing island town, with cobble-stone streets & these little tiny go-cart type cars, really good food, & very friendly people. Went to Tikal, the largest Mayan Ruins in meso America, breath-taking. I really needed this rest, gotta get ready for 1 month of mission trips. [View Full Entry]

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Back for the 2nd time in Belize. It's been great, reuniting with the staff. I've only known them a short time but it already feels like they are life-long friends. We've been setting up the past couple of days for the trip coming in today. There are 126 people coming from Houston. It's gonna be crazy & amazing! We'll be staying in Belmopan, the nation's capital, with only 2 restaurants! Beans & rice, here we come! So...the trip was awesome! Very different from our other trips, but still great! We did mostly logistics...not much "leading." They had plenty of their own [View Full Entry]

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So I spent the past 3 weeks doing mission trips to Belize. We went to Belize City, Crooked Tree & Orange Walk. We several different ministries with the locals from Belize. Everyday spent in Belize continues to amaze me. The color, natural beauty of the country & people are breathtaking. It's the poorest country I've been to, yet the people are so generous & loving. I had the opportunity to go snorkeling in Caye Caulker & go to different Mayan Ruins locations. But the highlight is getting to know the locals & how they live. [View Full Entry]

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