Left at 5pm from campus to head toward the Louisville airport. Luckily someone lives nearby because having to be at the airport around 4am does not sound super pleasant but we'll do it.
On the drive here we got lost once we were in the neighborhood because dark and there is a difference between Northwest and northeast roads. So we found the house eventually and once inside were greeted with home made food. It smelled so good and once the other car got here we chowed down. Homemade ice cream and a lot of tasty snacks made the conversation a lot better. We all talked about what we were afraid of and excited for. Most of us are worried about what we'll see that we haven't before and what well experience that will change our lives. For me, I'm worried about food and bug bites. Luckily I have snacks and a lot of bug spray.
I'm so excited to see the lake we'll be right off of, to see the bright colors, and experience a completely different culture. As a group we will get to experience so much and see a world so different from our own. I hope to become more grateful and to spend most of my day unplugged from the world, actually experiencing the world around me. As I write this I'm struggling because I don't have internet on my phone or wifi. But we've gone so old school that we had to rewind Tarzan on VHS to watch it and are sitting on bean bags. We're all getting ready to go sleep for our 3:30 am at the latest wake up call.
After eating and talking we all were sitting around and journaled about our preconceptions and colored in some pages. In just a few hours we'll begin our journey to Guatemala and I'm ready to be in country and sleep for a whole night after a day of travel.
Well it is 4:20 and we're driving to the airport. We got our flight info a few days ago and we're all ready to go. Some of us are a little more hyper and some are ready for a nap already. Our hosts were AMAZING and I'm so grateful I got to sleep some and not spend my sleep time driving to the airport.
I almost can't believe we're on our way but I'm ready to experience this new adventure.
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