As I mentioned yesterday, the last team left on Saturday, the 3rd. The team house was put back to normal. The interns and I got the chance to run around town a little bit on Saturday morning. Other than that, we worked and rested a lot.
On Sunday morning, we all attended church there at the team house. It was nice. Then we rested and then went out for dinner.
On Monday morning, I rode to the Managua airport with the Interns at 3am for their return to the states. I get car sick easily, so I took a couple of ginger pills and ate a piece of bread and drank a fresca as preventative measures. After dropping the kids at the airport, we left for the drive back to León (about 1.5 hours). I was laying down on the second seat since Edmundo’s wife Dina was riding up front. We didn’t even get across the city before I got sick. I jumped up and tapped on Edmundo’s shoulder saying (in Spanish) that I was sick. He asked (in Spanish) if I wanted to go to the hospital. I told him (in Spanish) I needed to vomit. He understood that and very quickly pulled over! We were back on the road after about 15 minutes and I fell asleep on way home. I was soooo glad to get back to the team house a little before 6am. I laid on my bed and it felt so good that it wasn’t moving or vibrating or anything. Ahhhh. I slept until 8am and felt so much better. The bad thing, was remembering that I was going to have to make the same trip again in less than 24 hours!
I packed a few items to bring back with me and relaxed the rest of the day. Mary, Charlie and I went to eat dinner to kill some time. I went to bed early and caught a few hours sleep until 1am when I finally gave up and got my shower and got ready to leave. Buster was barking off and on all night, so a few hours I was awake.
We left for the airport at 3am and I gratefully rode in the front seat. We had Nelson as our driver and it was a breeze! I got checked in and stopped in the restroom. Charlie and Mary lost me. The airport is not big. Charlie posted on facebook that they had lost me. It was funny. They found me at our gate (there are only 5 or 6 gates in the whole airport). We had a few hours wait and by the time we flew off, I was ready for a little nap.
The travel all day was good. In Atlanta, Mary, Charlie and I split up, since I was going to NWA and they were going to Little Rock. I got through immigration, customs and security and went right to TGIFridays for lunch. I always eat there when at the Atlanta airport. I had a wonderful meal of steak, loaded mashed potatoes and broccoli. It was great!
When we got ready to board the plane to NWA, after many gate changes, we were told that the plane might need a tire change. But we weren’t delayed too bad. It was a good flight.
Michael and Vickie Brown picked me up at the airport and gave me their car to use while I’m in Rogers. They are such angels to me!
I got home and was greeted by LucyAlice the cat. She usually stays to herself and especially away from me. But she had been home by herself for 2 weeks while Deanna was in Las Vegas with her daughter and Jet the dog was staying with his doggie cousins. The first few days home was very quiet and I needed it so much!
Now it’s time for relaxing, renewing, refreshing and revelation. I’m looking forward to God showing me many things as I spend lots of quiet time with Him over the next 3 weeks.
He is faithful and I love Him so much!!
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