Packing

Well after four weeks of nonstop whining about how I want to pack but can't, we are finally done packing. Here's a picture of what we are taking.

Four very full medium sized suitcases that I pray will not be above the weight limit. We have already checked twice, and reshuffled things, I just don't think it's gonna get any better. We have two carry on suitcases, which is a result of overstuffing the first four, then we have my backpack and the laptop case with odds and ends we will need for the flight. How two people are going to wrangle eight awkward items through airports and customs and moving from one end of town to another, I do not know. But right now I'm trying to be as zen as possible about this whole thing, so I do not care. I will deal with that part tomorrow.

The enormity of what we are doing has finally hit me. We were at meeting last night, to say goodbye to everyone and I just couldn't do it. When I hugged my little brother I just started bawling, and that was it. So we didn't get to say goodbye to everyone. If you are reading this and I didn't talk to you, I'm really sorry and you will be missed greatly.

This time (1145am) tomorrow we will be on the plane from Miami to San Pedro Sula. Once we arrive, we have a 2.5 hour drive from the airport to La Ceiba, where we will be living. We are staying in a hotel for the first week, and they have wifi, so I will update as soon as I can. Hopefully with pictures.

For now, we're just hanging out trying to kill time until we go to the airport. I thought waiting 2 months to go was gonna take forever, it's nothing compared to how the next six hours are going to feel. I'm ready to go. This may be the craziest thing we've ever done, but if we rely on Jehovah, I know it's going to be ok.

Love to everyone

Addiction

Zach is totally awesome and bought me a great present for our trip. A PSP, just in case I get bored on the plane, or during the layover, or on the 2.5 hour ride from the airport to La Ceiba. I suppose it would also be good for the next six months or so while we are in Honduras. :)
At any rate, I am now totally addicted to this thing. I got a racing game and Little Big Planet, which makes me feel like a little kid. No wonder this game is so popular! I did manage to put it down long enough to start this post though.

Let's see, what's new? Zach got two really good calls in service this week. I was with him for one on Monday, a girl about our age comes to the door in her pajamas and automatically invites us in before we could even introduce ourselves. They had a good conversation about the Armageddon WT, and we made plans to go back today. She said she would be expecting us, which is a good sign. We also let her know that we would be moving so someone else would be calling on her, and she was ok with that. We took back another sister today to turn the call over to her, but the girl wasn't home. Hopefully the sister will catch her another time.

We've been doing a lot of cleaning, trying to make everything pretty so it's not completely nasty when we get home. We only have four days to finish everything, and we have company coming in for the week, so we have to hurry it up. Packing is almost done. Mostly we just have meeting books and our toothbrushes left. We won't be able to pack that stuff until Wednesday morning though.

We haven't heard from Bro Woodrow in Honduras, so I'm assuming we don't have talks next week. They will probably wait to get our cards, now that I'm thinking about it. I mean, I wouldn't put a random stranger on the school without SOME information from their brothers.

Anyway, gotta go run some errands now. Next update, we may be in Honduras!

Cold Weather

When we woke up this morning, it was snowing. Isn't that a nice surprise... We went out in service anyway, but 10 degree temps are not fun. O well, I guess it's Colorado's way of making sure we are ready to leave. 11 days to go!
Of course, as soon as we were done with service and on our way home, the sun came out! Gotta love Colorado!!!

Nerves

I don't know why, but it seems like we aren't really excited yet. I mean, we are, but not at the level I think it should be. There's just so much going on still, and I think it doesn't feel real yet. It probably won't feel real until we get there. We only have 12 days left, so I'm hoping to lose some of the nervousness and start enjoying myself more. I know once we are in Honduras it will be amazing, but right now I'm just worried about everything that could go wrong.

The Circuit Overseer visit has gone really well. The talks have been very good, and the one at the pioneer meeting was exactly what I needed. I don't want to go into exact details, but it made me feel a lot better about things that concerned me. We got to work with the CO and his wife out in service yesterday, which was really nice. They had a lot of good recommendations for us for while we are gone.

It's been hitting me how much I'm going to miss everyone while we're gone. We've been trying to hang out with different ones so we can say goodbye, but most people have been busy, so it hasn't really worked out. It's just so hard to believe we won't see these people for six months or so.

Hopefully we'll be so busy the time will fly by. Not too much, because I want us to enjoy our time, but just fast enough to where we don't get super homesick. Although I think it might be too late for that....


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18 Days

Time is really going fast. Thankfully there isn't really much to do, besides doctor appointments and service. Should be easy enough. We have CO visit next week, which will be awesome and really encouraging. We also will find out if I get to go to pioneer school this year, so I'm anxious about that. When we come home from Honduras depends on whether or not I go to school, so it's kind of important.

Right now my grandparents are visiting and tomorrow we are having a party. Well, we are supposed to have a party. It's been blizzarding all day so I don't know if people will even be able to get to the house. If you are reading this, please come-we bought a lot of food.

I'm getting excited about the District Convention this summer. I'm really curious where we will end up going. Since Honduras's circuit is three countries large, who knows how big the district is. Of course, we may end up going to one when we come back. Hmm, The Hindi convention could be fun.

Ah, too many choices. This living life on the fly is kinda fun. Now if I could just get some sleep.

One month to go!

Time has gone by really fast, we have only a month left before we leave. It feels like there is so much to do still, I think because what is left is really time consuming.

On the bright side, we did our trial packing and everything fits! There is even some extra room in the suitcases. I still want to reduce what we are bringing, but it's been difficult trying to figure out what we truly need and what would just be nice to have.

We've been sick since we got back from California, so no service experiences, but I'm hoping we will have some new ones soon.

Welcome

Welcome to everyone who is new to our blog. We are so happy to be able to share our experiences with you and we hope you enjoy reading about them.

For everyone who was with us tonight, thank you so much for coming, and we really appreciate your kind words of encouragement.

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Love,

Zach and Robynn