less than 43 hours left in bolivia!

in 48 hours i will be in santiago, probably going through customs, with my chilean family waiting to pick me up at the airport. i can't even tell you how ridiculously excited i am to be there and to see them again. i have been missing them since the day i left just under a year ago and knowing that i will be there in just two short days is really surreal, but amazing. but going to chile means i have to leave bolivia which makes the whole thing very bittersweet. my time here has been so wonderful. the first couple weeks were definitely a challenge, but i've really found my place here in the last couple of weeks, in the orphanage, in the house, in the city as a whole. i've really come to enjoy being here. and now i'm leaving. i've almost cried a handful of times in the orphanage as i've looked into the kid's face and realized how much i've loved being there. how great it's been to get to know so many beautiful children, play with them, teach them, see them learn and grow. it's be so incredible just stepping into that place and slowly becoming part of it. hopefully the relationships with both the kids and the other people that work in the hogar will continue long after i leave the country. i just imagine getting to come back today and see how much the kids have grown and changed. oh how amazing that would be!



i don't have a lot of time to write this blog because i have a bazillion things to get done in the last couple hours i have her in bolivia, but i wanted to put up a quick update to let you all know all is well and that the next and final bit of my south american journey is about to begin. there's a million things i'd love to fill you all in on, a million stories to tell, but just no time! but i'll be home soon enough (just over two weeks), and i can't wait to see you all in person and hug your necks and share all the amazing things that have happened in this trip. the Lord has been good and His purpose for this trip is becoming more and more clear every day. well, i love you all. i'll hopefully have time to update while i'm in chile, but if not, i'll cya when i get back!

besos y abrazos!