Sometimes, it only takes two weeks to fall in love!

Made it back from a great weekend in Xela...AND I FEEL HEALTHY AND GREAT! Gracias a Dios! The weekend consisted of a lot of gringos and a lot of Flyers. It was so great to see peoople of my UD blood and the other gringos I met were very friendly, and I think Xela is a very cool, fancy city, but, man, is it good to be home!

I realized last night as I was riding my second bus of the day, from San Marcos to Comitancillo, and as I listened to the fantastic polka-like music that is played in this region, that I have fallen in love with Comi. This is no agape, I don´t think I want this forever, but it is so perfect for me right now and I feel very blessed. As I said, Xela was great, but I spent the whole weekend eating whatever I wanted and barely speaking any Spanish. French fries weren´t exciting anymore. And I missed speaking Spanish! And it was weird for me to shower two days in a row! I have definitely fallen in love with my host family. I thought about them a lot this weekend, like how Georgina has learned some English phrases that she says so funny like, I LOVE YOU BABY and OH MY GOD. And when we got off our bus, we had our long walk up our big hill with all of our bags. But I didnt care that I was tired, still a little sick, and carrying a lot, I WAS HOME! And then when we got back to La Granja only to find that the electricity was out, and for a long time. But it was so good to be home-I didnt need lights.

I also want to write a little bit about how I have been blessed with great friends down here. This weekend in Xela, I was surrounded by people who I call friends, and it is just neat that I can develop relationships even abroad. I was in Comi for 4 days and I was having one friend throw me a birthday party, one friend making me a birthday cake, and 5 others attending my party! And then, several friends called me when I was sick, and continued to ask me daily how I was feeling. And meanwhile, Kevin and Franz supported me the whole way. I had been snoring Hal Ebetino style every night that I was in Xela as a result of my throat infection. Snoring so badly that the boys rejoiced when I got up to pee during the night, as they had a few minutes to try and fall asleep. The boys were not sleeping and I had no idea at all. I didnt find out until my 4th day in Xela. So the boys were sleep deprived and I was having the best sleep of my Guatemala career. But they sacrificed their sleep because they just wanted me to feel better. Man, I am very lucky.

Im ok with an empate, lets go USA!
-Lowra