9:12 AM
11-16-2019
Hey hey hey! Another blog entry, a little early this time? Impossible.
We are actually driving right now to ministry. Every ministry here is about an hour or two away from the base which is actually really nice. I forgot how much I missed driving.
We went on the coolest hike up to the Lost Waterfalls of Panama, and, safe to say, that was the most exercise I’ve done since volleyball. Talk about brutal. But super worth it! The water was so cold that when you went under, all your muscles seized up and it took your breath away. But so refreshing. Deep in the rainforest, it was so lush and sort of scary because of the possibility of animals that could eat you/ take a bite and it’s lights out.
We got the opportunity to go back to the baby orphanage yesterday.
Okay picking this up at 5:36 PM on Monday.
Ministry got started, so I had to bounce.
But anywho! This is the last console days here in Panama, and tomorrow is actually our last day of scheduled ministry 🙁
I’ve been under the weather lately but it seems like we are meant to go to the indigenous Ngabe tribe tomorrow, which was super amazing the first time so I hope I’m well enough to go!
But as usual the babies were amazing and so so sweet. We found out that nearly all of them were orphans, and just holding them and loving on them was more than they usually receive. Cue the waterworks.
Due to not feeling so hot, I didn’t go to the final nursing home ministry today, which I absolutely loved, but it’s all okay because my team is ridiculously equipped and God’s gonna do what He wants to do even if I’m not there.
A lot of things seem to be wrapping up here. We talk more and more about what life looks like going home. The foods we finally get to eat, the people we get to see, the life we get to live again, but most of all just how much we are going to miss it.
With this time fleeting, I’m realizing more and more how much I’ve changed as a person, and how much I’m going to miss the bonds I’ve formed. I knew time would fly, but never did I expect it to soar like this.
Every person I told about this trip beforehand told me that I wouldn’t come back the same person as when I left. I didn’t quite grasp that until I looked at myself and didn’t quite recognize, but more-so knew the person staring back at me.
God has taught me ridiculous amounts of lessons, and shown me His goodness through ridiculous amounts of people.
Next update? Probably while at debrief. Geesh! See you then.
