October was an amazingly awesome and busy month; here is a list of the ten biggest things that happened:
1. The newbie missionary volunteers arrived! Welcome Kevin (fellow fan of DC as a grad of Georgetown), David (fellow ND peace studies major, shalom!), Allison (super sweet smile and loves to dance), Ashley (now we have two nurses, and this one has east coast ties!), Sara (native of the beautiful states of Tennessee), Erin Marina (fellow Lyons Hall/ ND friend…woohoo!), Erin Lucia (Maryland native…go Mid-Atlantic!), and Haydee (yeah for Nicaraguan psychiatrists)
2. We went on a beautiful retreat up in the mountains of Buena Vista to welcome our newbie vols which was followed by a beautiful mass on the farm and great communal dinner with typical Honduran foods.
3. I covered house 2 one Sunday night with Sara and in two hours we wrote cards, danced to High School Musical, ate gummi bears, and put all the girls to bed!
4. I had the honor of attending the most epic bachelorette party ever for the one and only Colleen Minta at Harry Potter World with Adrianna Chuh, Anna Seghetti, Meghan Thornton, and Kacy Deering.
5. I got to see my mom for an afternoon and hang out while I was in Florida for Colleen and Patrick’s wedding.
6. I attended the beautiful wedding and awesome reception of Patrick and Colleen MacCarthaigh.
7. God blessed the rain in Hondras so that we got stuck at the finca and had to reschedule a Ceiba visit, and were able to celebrate Amanda’s birthday with her in person.
8. I finished my classes at the school, and in a bittersweet day my last students told me gracias and walked back to their general classrooms.
9. I visited Ceiba with the teens and Nils and got oriented about my new job.
10. Nils and I planned a Halloween community night for the vol house complete with a costume contest and jack-o-lantern carving.
An amazing month I will never forget!
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