Winding Down

It is hard to believe that the month of September it almost over and I have not had time to put up a new blog. Well here it goes, a little late, but at least it is still September and it is before we leave Nicaragua.

What's Been Going On:
I was fortunate enough to go back to Colorado for my sister's baby shower over Labor day weekend. I spent 4 days with my family; enjoying my nephews and niece, my cousins, my cousins new baby and of course I got to see my sister 7 months pregnant and spend time with her. We mostly spent time hanging out with all the family (there were quite a bit of out of town family that came in). The shower was also a lot of fun. My two sisters in law (Lisa and Marci) and I planned the shower. We decorated onesies, which is the new big thing to do at baby showers as well as played other baby shower games. It was fun to see everyone's creative side come and see all the onesies after wards together hanging an a clothes line. While I was in Colorado, Seth spent his time hiking in the mountains in Nicaragua.

Th rest of this month we have been trying to make sure all of work is coming to a completion and ready to be passed on, as well as packing things up. Also, we have been visiting our friends Ricardo and Santo weekly, such dear friends whom we will miss deeply. I have also been working with a group of teenage girls part of a community journalist program AsoFenix is doing. I have been teaching them how to describe pictures using the 5 W's (who, what, when, where and why) and how to use Picasa to upload pictures. There are 9 girls and we meet once a week to do a training as well as for them to practice (for most of them they are learning how to use computers and the internet). It has been a blessing from God to have the last month working with them.

What is Left:
The last two weeks of our term we will be orientating our replacements (Nate and Liz), visiting communities and getting to know places. They are a couple from Boulder, CO and are actually in Nicaragua now, but we have not meet them yet. We have our last 3 day MCC team meeting this week as well as our going away party with them, since some MCCers live out of Managua it is easier to do it when we are all together. We will also have a couple going away parties (these are a must do it is not really a party but a meal and a way to say goodbye) as we are visiting communities with Nate and Liz. Our last week we will have a going away party with AsoFenix. Our time is winding down and it is hard to believe that in 20 days we will be on a plane saying goodbye to Nicaragua and looking forward to the next adventure God has for us.

What is Ahead:
Spending time with our families and friends as well as our dog Mani, whom we have not seen in a year and half. My sister is due October 31, so we will be there for the delivery.We will be heading to Hawaii November 5 to spend time with Seth's family for a couple of weeks. Holidays with our families, spending time with my sister and her new baby, enjoying the cold and being in our own culture. If accepted, Seth will be starting Grad school in Denver in January and working and I plan on looking for work in Public Health Nursing. So we won't hit "real" life until the new year. Most of all we know God has a plan for us in the states and we are trusting Him to guide us to the next adventure.