one week in Nicaragua

So I wish I could have written my first update sooner but access to the internet, electricity, and the opportunities to just sit down and type at a computer have been few and far between. My journey so far has found me in here in the capital of Managua muy feliz pero extranando a mi familia y amigos y amigas (happy but missing my friends and family). I have done and learned so much already. So let me try to start from the beginning and explain where life here finds me now...

I arrived last Thursday, exhausted because I had stayed up the whole night before packing despite the fact that I had started (sort of) to pack at least a week before that. So without any sleep, I left with my whole family accompanying me. That was such a blessing to be able to say goodbye to both of my parents and brother and sister at the same time. Tears came to my eyes but didn't run down my cheeks until I read beautiful notes of love and blessings from my parents in the Atlanta airport. My flights were fairly smooth even though the second flight from ATL to Managua was slightly delayed. The second flight was actually the most empty international flight I had ever been on with a lot of empty seats!

Exhausted I landed in Managua, went through migration and customs without a hitch and waited for my ride to arrive at the airport. I met a young woman about my age who was coming to work with the Seventh Day Adventists somewhere on the Caribbean coast for 9 months as a nurse. We were both waiting for rides but mine came first! I was warmly greeted by
Antonio a driver for Accion Medica Cristiana (the group I'll be working for that will now forever be known as AMC) and Nery, a woman who works for AMC in Human Resources and whom with I would be living for the first 5 days in Nicaragua. My first day I didn't do much but I met briefly many people in the AMC office who all greeted me with smiles and welcomed me to their country. Friday, I was set to take a "tour of Managua" with a tour guide named Adrian Gallegos.

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Ok the lights/electricity are about to go out here so I have to go but I promise to finish my story soon! Love and peace.