Dear Rosalinda,
This month was hard. It was honestly one of the hardest things I’ve ever chosen into. Most days I cried, my thoughts were consumed with the idea of going home, my heart ached and I no longer wanted to be in Panama.
With that being said, I am convinced God sent you to me. I was ready to quit, I told my teammates I wanted to leave and even expressed my feelings to squad leaders and my squad mentor. You are a reason I stayed Linda, I stayed because God is still God and he is still good and I thank you for showing me that.
I’m writing this letter to thank you, although I doubt you’ll ever see it.
So here we go
Linda,
Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for destroying the language barrier with me. Thank you for laughing with me when you try to teach me Spanish and when I mess up all the words. Thank you for laughing when you don’t know how to correctly say a word in English. Thank you for telling me when to stand and sit during church services. Thank you for your patience with me when you were teaching me Reckless Love, thank you for you’re patience with me when I didn’t understand what you were trying to tell me, and your willingness to come up with ways to help me understand. Thank you for playing with my hair and thank you for letting me scratch your back. Thank you for grabbing my hand when we are in church and thank you for shouting you love me from across the property. Thank you for playing soccer with me and just sitting with me in the silence. If it wasn’t for you I would have left Panama at the end of this month, missing nothing.
Thank you for loving me so well Linda. And thank you for challenging me to stay. Thank you for making panama harder to leave. Because I was ready to go. Te amo
Your friend,
Mikayla.
