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May 24, 2009

It is officially about one month till I head back home and the school year is over. It is really hard to believe. I feel like walking into class without ever teaching and being scared stiff was just a week or so ago but I guess it has really been almost a year ago. I have so much to thank God for including for the first time in my life confidence in another language. I am by no means even close to fluent but I am conversationally understandable and that makes me feel really good. I have been given new friends and a place that I have really fallen in love with. Things could have gone so much different.

I bought a copy of the new movie by Jim Carry called something like Yes Man. In Spanish it is called Si Senor. Now I am not going to lie I am not a huge fan of Jim Carry and I am not even going to say this movie was fantastic. However, the point of the movie was saying that sometimes in life we look for reasons to say no to things and maybe instead of saying no all the time we should look for reasons to say Yes. Now, it is by no means a real deep plot but I think it did kind of have a point. In my own life I see many places where I really just look for a reason to say no to something when maybe in all reality it would be good for me. There are specifics but they are worth a whole blog entry by themselves. I see it as well in other people especially when I talk about working in another country. Most people just search for a reason to tell me no. Now I realize working in another country is not for everyone but in most peoples minds they don’t just give the idea a chance.

One other thing I meant to blog on.... About 2 weeks ago I was able to take my kids on an expedition to a cave near La Union. It was the sweetest field trip ever. We did everything from being explorers in caves, finding bats, pushing kids up cliffs, hiking and much more. It was a field trip that was by no means safe but at the same time extremely fun and the kids loved it. It was one of those days that made me say thank you for a great job and a bunch of wonderful kids. Also I just got back from hanging out with Joe, Leah and Erica in Copan Ruins for the weekend. I love having good friends who are willing to come out and see me. They are wonderful people and I really have a ton to be thankful for.