Ready, Getting Ready, Set, GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”~Mother Teresa


So, I am off to Nicaragua in less than a week and have been packing, visiting with friends, resting, and getting ready to head off. I will be at first staying at a mission house with the leaders of the group I am doing the school nursing with and getting oriented. Then, I will be moving into a home with a host family. The host family seems perfect. The mom is a teacher. The dad is a preacher, and I will have 2 little brothers. I'll tell you more about them once I get there.


I have so many ideas about what to do and what I want to see and learn while I am in Nicaragua. Helping set up a school nurse program and referral network, supporting the nurses at the Women's Cancer Clinic, furthering and beginning friendships and professional relationships with those in Nicaragua, volunteering at the clinic that serves the community that lives in the trash dump, spending time loving on the children at the re-nutrition center, being a resource for groups that come down from the US that I know, understanding more of the culture, perfecting my Spanish, reflecting on my experiences to learn.....I think I could go on forever. But the main thing to keep myself focused on is just to serve and love everywhere I go.


Well, I am going to go now. Today, I need to pack and determine what I need to gather at the store to complete my packing. I am bringing one suitcase for me and one suitcase of donations.


P.S. I am working on getting the picture slideshow to work so I can show you everything with more than just my words.


Love,
Ayla Landry