I've said my goodbyes.
I cried.
I've left Mexico.
But a piece of my heart had been left in Mexico.
I realized as I gave my goodbyes that I may never meet see some of these people again on this side of heaven. Which truly cut me to the core, I love those kids! But I know that that it is a part of life. My other goodbyes were no easier. Nikki stayed the night with us Wednesday night and ironically neither of u slept at all that night. After eating Tacos al vapor for breakfast we gathered all our stuff out front. Our bus came by the house at 8:10. I gave the Yoder's final hugs goodbye and boarded. I put on my sunglasses and left myself cry as I watched my beloved town get smaller and smaller than then disappear. The three hours to Los Mochis went rather quickly. Once we were dropped off, we hailed a taxi and he stuffed all our suitcases in his trunk. It was so funny though because it didn't all fit in and half of it was hanging out and he had to tie the lid down. After we got to Tufesa bus station it was a 3 hour wait till our bus went out at 2:10. We ate our last meal in Mexico. Hehe TACOS!! ;) I won't lie the bus ride was long and miserable! I was so glad I had Nikki though! It made many stops and they played really lame movies with Spanish overlay of course till 12 although they did play need for speed which wasn't too bad. Once we had to stop at an army check point and get all our luggage out and put it through a scanner. Then a couple hours later we had to do the same thing but this place was bigger so we waited an hour and half for our turn. Then at the border we had to drag all our stuff out again n run it through the scanners. It was weird because the soldiers were talking English to me and I've gotten so used to the Spanish that I kept replying in Spanish even though they were talking in English. The bus was FREEZING! I couldn't sleep cuz I was like shivering the whole time. If you know me well than you know I'm crazy sensitive to cold. I will wear a jacket in 75 degree weather! I had plenty of clothes on just not enough apparently. I dreamed of my fuzzy pj pants and my dad's huge sweatshirt. Nikki and I talked about what It would be like to be in the states again and what stuff would take time to readjust too. After the border we had 3 hours to the Phoenix. I think I finally fell asleep then for a little bit. I am glad I made it through the whole ride without grabbing old guys faces or locking myself in bathroom! :p (read about my trip down for that story) We grabbed another taxi from the bus station to the airport and got checked in and our luggage checked without a problem. Nikki and I had breakfast together before we said our goodbyes. She's a gem! :) oh n guess what I had for breakfast!!! TACOS, casadias n Mexican coke!!!! hehe ;) I may have gotten addicted to Mexico's food. Just a tad. I spent the next 3 hours facetiming my family and texting my friend trying to stay awake. This was my first time flying solo. But I've flown enough that it wasn't to hard plus it was a direct flight. Southwest is open seating and I was one of the first ones on and got a window seat. I kept saying in my head please no creepy older guy, no creepy older guy. What did I get? Yeah an interesting older guy sitting beside me. Ugh.
So it's a little an hour till we land. It's finally sunk in! I GET TO SEE MY FAMILY IN AN HOUR!!!! EEEEEKKKKKKK If I wasn't on a plane I would squeal!!! I've been told there will be a race to give me a hug first! I can't believe I haven't been home in 3 months and haven't been around for 5 months! This last hour is gonna drag!! Hurry up plane!!
I just saw the coolest thing!! I looked out my window and off in the distance was another plane gliding across the top of the clouds! It was so swift n smooth it about mesmerized me.
We are descending!!!! I'm almost home!! I don't care about home. I get to see my fam soon is all I care about!!!
We are descending through the clouds! Is this what is look like to be in cotton candy?
It's actually a bit freaky. White is all I can see.
We landed and I could not get out of the plane soon enough. I made my way to the baggage claim waiting anxiously for my family to arrive. I was as giddy as could be!! FINALLY I saw Amanda come running at me and my heart soared I couldn't get to her soon enough! *BEAR HUG* Father videod the whole thing and mom cried! I think I was missed. I couldn't stop hugging them. we had an hour home then. it was so weird and surreal to be home. I walked into the garage and saw my car and I was like "My Baby!" and give it a hug and then I realized it was CRAZY clean. I was like who cleaned my car?? Apparently my neighbor wanted to do something for me so he intensely detailed my car! It has never looked this nice!! My dog ran right past before he realized who I was. Dallas and Beth's came over then and my nephew wouldn't let me out of his sight. He was always like I love you Beppy and You're awesome and he wouldn't stop wanting to sit in my lap and be with me. Oh the other side my 1 year old nephew didn't even know who I was. I handed out my gits for everyone and then CRASHED into my bed. Let me tell you after not sleeping for 52 hours my bed felt GOOD! S anyway, I'm home!!! Adventure over!! But definitely not forgotten. I am having some big culture shock and even having trouble adjusting to being under my parents roof after being independent for a while. Thanks to all Y'all that followed along with my story! As for what's next I have some ideas and I am still praying about them and seeing in what direction God leads.
One more CRAZY story. Sunday I was at the park with my youth group to watch the fireworks and my phone starts ringing and it is this random number. I almost didn't answer it but my curiosity got the better of me. When I answered the person started rattling of Spanish and I was like who in the world! I figured it was somebody from Mexico. Turns out it is a girl I befriended 2 years ago in Nicaragua. I gave her my number the day I left and never heard from her again. My Spanish was so bad before I went to Mexico that if she had called me before I wouldn't have understood barely a word but because she called me three days after I got home from Mexico I got to have a half hour long conversation with her and we had a chance to reconnect! God timing is awesome!
Thanks Y'all
Cheerfully Bethany
We landed and I could not get out of the plane soon enough. I made my way to the baggage claim waiting anxiously for my family to arrive. I was as giddy as could be!! FINALLY I saw Amanda come running at me and my heart soared I couldn't get to her soon enough! *BEAR HUG* Father videod the whole thing and mom cried! I think I was missed. I couldn't stop hugging them. we had an hour home then. it was so weird and surreal to be home. I walked into the garage and saw my car and I was like "My Baby!" and give it a hug and then I realized it was CRAZY clean. I was like who cleaned my car?? Apparently my neighbor wanted to do something for me so he intensely detailed my car! It has never looked this nice!! My dog ran right past before he realized who I was. Dallas and Beth's came over then and my nephew wouldn't let me out of his sight. He was always like I love you Beppy and You're awesome and he wouldn't stop wanting to sit in my lap and be with me. Oh the other side my 1 year old nephew didn't even know who I was. I handed out my gits for everyone and then CRASHED into my bed. Let me tell you after not sleeping for 52 hours my bed felt GOOD! S anyway, I'm home!!! Adventure over!! But definitely not forgotten. I am having some big culture shock and even having trouble adjusting to being under my parents roof after being independent for a while. Thanks to all Y'all that followed along with my story! As for what's next I have some ideas and I am still praying about them and seeing in what direction God leads.
One more CRAZY story. Sunday I was at the park with my youth group to watch the fireworks and my phone starts ringing and it is this random number. I almost didn't answer it but my curiosity got the better of me. When I answered the person started rattling of Spanish and I was like who in the world! I figured it was somebody from Mexico. Turns out it is a girl I befriended 2 years ago in Nicaragua. I gave her my number the day I left and never heard from her again. My Spanish was so bad before I went to Mexico that if she had called me before I wouldn't have understood barely a word but because she called me three days after I got home from Mexico I got to have a half hour long conversation with her and we had a chance to reconnect! God timing is awesome!
Thanks Y'all
Cheerfully Bethany
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