5 o’clock is coming.
Today I was thinking about my favorite part of Nicaragua so far. I finally decided. It’s not when I wake up (If you know me well this isn’t at all shocking). It’s not when we get to our ministry site for the day. It’s not when we get to eat yummy food. It’s not our adventure days or our days off. My favorite part of being Nicaragua is when we climb on the back of the truck to head back home after our day is done – around 5 o’clock.
I wake up and it feels just like any other day, not so special. Later, we get to our ministry site. It’s awesome and it’s so much fun playing with kids and stretching ourselves with door-to-door evangelizing. Yet, in those moments I’m not fully realizing or acknowledging what it is that I’m doing. I’m just going about my day, doing what were supposed to be doing. I guess I don’t pause or step back to notice what my life looks like in those moments.
It’s not until I climb on the back of our truck, sit down, put my headphones in and look towards the sunset as we drive home. That is the moment when I finally take the time to look at my life. At 5 o’clock every evening, this is when it really hits home and a huge smile crosses my face. “I can’t believe that this is my life”.
So many emotions cross my mind and I can’t do anything but thank and praise God for this life that He has blessed me with. And then I think of how I got here. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for every single one of you that has supported me. You’ve helped me realize this amazing life that I get to live. I can’t wait to come home and share all of the stories and memories I’m making. But not yet – because I don’t want this time to go too quickly.
