#26-30

So it's thursday. Go ahead and hate on me, haters.

26. Confidence before the throne of grace. I love that my fear is so unnecessary.
27. Candles that make my room feel homey...homie? Homy? Hard to spell made up words, am I right?
28. Weather that allows me to wear jeans and a sweatshirt instead of the usual tank top and skirt.
29. Christmas time has arrived!!
30. That my dearest sister, Anna, will be in my arms in 15 days. HALLELUJAH!

so long, farewell

I said goodbye to my dear friend, Amanda. We became kindred spirits over the past 11 weeks I've been here. I only know I've been here that long because of her. She arrived in Honduras the day before I did and attended the same language school, where we met the first day of class. She just made me appreciate Jesus a lot. He had clearly orchestrated our friendship since we both moved to hondy, went to school, and loved Jesus a lot. It's just fun how the Lord provides. And I truly found a friend in Amanda. I mean, how could I not when she bought me sparkling white grape juice for my birthday? Welcome to my heart of hearts, please make yourself at home.
Alas, she has abandoned me for Costa Rica and then the states afterward. So long, my lovely. I'll see you in Wilmington because you are moving there.

Finger crossed that she reads my blog because otherwise this is just embarrassing.

da funnies

Just a few funny moments from this past week or so:

- me and Shannon got our nails done on Friday...for two and a half hours. Welcome to Hondyland. But, my nails do look magnificent.
- I found out that the poop I found in my bed was falling from a whole stash full of poop in the ceiling, every time the little rat walks around in the ceiling. Wait...that's not funny. I rearranged my room.
- Kate's dog is named Barnabas, who is a very noble character in the Bible. Unfortunately, I get that name confused with Beelzebub, who is not the noblest demon there ever was. My b. It comes in handy when he is doing something wrong though. I'm hoping the name sticks.
- I was a translator today. The English speakers weren't making it easy for me and my friend though when they said, "I wish that I could have been able to come to the party." I mean gosh, I barely know how to say that in English. Thats four verbs right thurr. Who knows how to translate that. I do: "she wants to go to your party." me:1 Spanish:0
- I tried to make tortillas with the cook at work today. I finished one and she said, "muy bien, Cait! MUY BIEN!" you're feeling encouraged just reading that aren't ya? Well, she said that, all the while rolling my tortilla back into a ball and doing it herself. Ya take what you can get.
- I'm never going to leave my bed because I'm so sore from Jillian Michaels workout video I could just die. Seriously though, homegirl does not mess around.

That's my life. Take it or leave it. But mostly, just take all of my muscles so that I will stop being in so much pain.

#21-25: thankfulness

Sheesh, I was just getting ready to go to bed when I remembered today is my thankful list day. I'm slowly learning.

21. For my new roommate, Kate, who constantly makes me laugh. Even if she did steal my name and spell it wrong.
22. For cool weather at night. I don't even have to turn on my AC, Gloria a Dios!
23. For Jillian Michaels and her 30 day shred. She has made me painfully aware of every muscle in my body these past two days. Sorry for the mean things I yell at you when you are trying to help me work out, Jill.
24. For a God that I can be so confident goes before ALL things. And that I can see that verse come into fruition in my daily life.
25. For the new satchel that I saw in the mall early this week. And for my friend Emily, who bought it for me for my birthday.

he has overcome

My big sister, Nicole, and her hubby, Rob, gave me a 15$ iTunes gift card for my birthday yesterday. Seriously, such a great present. I am obsessed with music and especially here because I love listening to it in the background of activities I do around my house. Anyways, I immediately bought the Aftermath album from Hillsong United. Speaking of which, why are they sometimes united and sometimes not? Someone explain that to me. But, it's a really great album. My favorite so far, in the past 24 hours, is Take Heart. Listen to it. learn it. live it. love it. Here are my favorite lyrics from it.

All our troubles, all our tears
God our hope, he has overcome
All our failures, all our fears
God our love, he has overcome
All our heartache, all our pain
God our healer, he has overcome
All our burdens, all our shame
God our freedom, he has overcome

Silly humans. We think we control things and our God fails us. It reminds me of the verse, "He is before all things and in Him all things hold together." Colossians 1:15-17

#16-20: blessed

summary of my week. I have been SO busy. Seriously though, I have been going to work, road trips with shannon, making crafts, and trying to sleep. One thing you guys could pray for is that I have not been sleeping well and so I am just exhausted all the time. I think Satan is trying a new tactic and I am just not having it. Gotta have my sleep.
But, that's pretty much why you haven't heard from me. When I get a free moment, I am so exhausted that I just want to take a nap or rest. However, I have really felt blessed this whole week and I realized I didn't list my thankfuls this week. oops. Here it goes.

16. I am so thankful for my family. They consistently are just leading me to Christ and glorifying His name. And that is not guaranteed in a family, as I have learned here. I am so blessed that I have a family who understands my heart. I never once have had to explain to them why I wanted to move here. And, they just love me in such a Godly way. Sheesh, I love them.
17. I am thankful that I finally feel at home here. I am not counting down till April. In fact, I feel like April is going to come too soon.
18. I am so thankful for music. It is such a comfort to me and I just love the type of music that moves my heart. If you don't know that type of music, watch The Sing Off.
19. For the 22 boys at Ninos who have all found a way into my heart and who tell me they love me on a daily basis.
20. For all my friends at home who have ben selfless enough to keep in touch and to pray for me. I seriously don't take that for granted. I love you all.

Long story short, God is cool and He is doing really awesome things here in La Ceiba.

explanation

i guess I should explain why I am at the airport. Shannon is coming home! Holler praise. I finally have a roomie I can call my own. No more eating dinner by myself or going to sleep saying goodnight to Pooh Bear. I rode a bus out to San Pedro Airport and me and Shan are gonna spend the weekend out here. So pumped. Also, proud of myself. I took a four hour bus trip all by myself. I bought my ticket, checked my bag, transferred buses, and arrived at the airport. All in Spanish. I'm telling you, I don't even know myself anymore. I look back at the days when I was in AP Spanish, afraid to speak in front of my closest friends in Spanish, for fear that I would fail. PAH! I fail on a daily basis here and it has just become life. I guess Señor Offner was right when he said told me that acting like I didn't hear him when he spoke to me in Spanish was not going to help me improve. Well, here's hoping you aren't reading this post Offner because I'd rather you didn't know that your teaching is more affective than the alternative route I took. Not trying to lose my street cred at SDS. Anyways, that's why I am here.

I think that's all she wrote for tonight. Now onto distracting myself for the next hour. Sheesh.