Round Two: Have Peanut Butter, Will Travel

Greetings Family and Friends!

Here I am on the eve of my trip to Honduras. So many emotions are going through me. I go from excited, to anxious, to overwhelmed, to estatic. I like to think that the strongest emotion I have right now is excited. Is that really true? At least for the moment it is.

So I actually leave for Chicago tomorrow morning at 2:30am. Because of this, I do not think I'm going to sleep tonight. This is really for the better. It gives me a chance to make sure everything is packed and ready to go, and guarantees that I will sleep my first night in Honduras. I struggled with that first night last year, for obvious reasons.

Speaking of packing, I'm not done with it yet. Yeah, I'm a little behind. It's ok, though, it will get done and everything will be fine. I just have to keep telling myself that. I will feel so much better about this summer once that packing is complete. Almost there. At least I have the important items already packed. This includes my passport, my money, clothes, first aid, oh and peanut butter. That's right, I'm traveling with my own peanut butter. Not until last summer did I realize how much I love peanut butter. It is wonderful. I eat it for almost every meal and as a snack. It is very expensive in Honduras and a little hard to find, so I'm bringing my own. I have two large jars of Great Value Creamy Peanut Butter packed away in my luggage. I think I could leave right now with these few mentioned items and be just fine. Everything else is just icing on the cake, or peanut butter on the toast, perhaps.

This blog will be the main place I put my prayer requests over the next two months. I feel so blessed knowing there are so many people out there praying for me right now. I look forward to staying in touch with all of you. Much love!

Prayer Requests:

1. Travel safety: I'll be on my own going through customs and running to catch my connection in Atlanta. I have done all of this before, but it's always kind of crazy.

2. Surprises: Last year within the first hour of landing in Honduras I found out I was going to be teaching English, cooking completely for myself and was set loose in a Honduran market to gather all of my food for the entire summer. I am preparing myself now for surprises that may come up. We have discussed where I will be living and what I will be doing while I'm there, but you just never know. I have to be flexible.

3. Language: My Spanish is shaky at best. I am praying that it comes back quickly and I will continue to learn throughout the summer. I have already been told that I am heading into the mountains this Thursday and Friday. That means communicating with lots of people in small villages that do not know any English. I must be prepared if I am going to speak to them at all.


Well, round two, here we go. I look forward to the many adventures I know God has planned for me. Adios!

-Katelyn