End of wk 8- transition time

On Friday June 22nd, I finished my 8th week of school, and took my Grade B exam before leaving for my 3 week break. Thankfully, I did well on my oral and written exams. The oral exams are always nerve wracking to me!

On Saturday I went to visit and ride along with the local volunteer fire and rescue squads. But that experience earned it's own blog space. I'll write about that in my next blog entry.

On Sunday a thousand things could've gone wrong, but none (not even one) did. I know bunches of you were praying specifically me on this day of travel. I could tell. Thanks so much! My shuttle van picked me up from my student house in Antigua on time and the driver was not only nice, but seemed safer than most (he even wore a seat belt and used his blinkers at times!) He dropped me off 1.5hr later in Guatemala City right on time at the Holiday Inn where I sat and relaxed until my next bus pick-up scheduled for 1pm from the hotel. During one point of confusion at the bus ticket counter, the Lord provided a bilingual man (that happened to be right behind me in line) to provide assistance. I've learned a lot of Spanish, but I'm FAR from fluent. (After all it's only been 8 weeks!) We left a little late, and except for me being a little car sick for the first couple of hours, all went smoothly. We crossed the "dangerous area" near the country boarders without any problems, and we got through customs at both borders pretty well too. I was able to get out and walk a few feet while we were at customs, and my car sickness seemed to go away. I don't know why this is suddenly an issue for me. It normally isn't. Perhaps it's the altitude? We arrived in San Salvador, El Salvador around 6pm (my time). I rec'd big hugs of greeting from Teri & Osvaldo who took me to the orphanage (30 min further). Upon my arrival at the home, both the kids and adults greeted me warmly. I was VERY excited to back "home", and let out a decent "Whoopie" when I got there.

My brand new apartment at the home was almost ready for me,but due to the team apartment springing a big leak (from a big rain storm) the previous day, the team was moved into my apartment. Therefore I was put temporarily in the VIP/Guest room. Oh my goodness! An AIR CONDITIONED room with it's OWN bathroom (and HOT water)! As I layed on my DOUBLE sized bed that night Psalm 23 came to mind..."He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside the cool waters, He refreshes my soul." This indeed was refreshment for my soul!