Back in the states on break.
It's hard to believe its been about two weeks since being back from Peru. What a great experience it shaped up to be. My service time went superbly and I was quite sad to leave all my kids behind at the school I worked at.

On my last day on service, the school through a going away party for us. It was filled with dancing, snacks, more dancing, loud music and LOTS and LOTS of confetti. The kids loved to chuck hand fulls at our faces. Literally later that night I found tons of the stuff in my shoes, pants pockets, and down my shirt. It was sad to say goodbye to all the kids, but great to return to our group again and see friends I hadn't seen in a month and a half.

Before I got back to Lima though, I spent the night in a clinic after I seemingly caught everything imaginable and held it up inside of me. After being connected to an IV I began to feel better the next day but it wasn't until the group was together on the beach for our final retreat that I felt a lot better.

Our retreat was a lot of fun, though we did have to worry a bit about our presentations that we were giving, we were able to enjoy each others company, go swimming, have a campfire on the beach (with S'mores in Peru, who knew?), catch some great sunsets, and chase after crabs. It was an awesome ending to the experience.

Being home has been great. I got to see friends before everyone went home, started doing some work again, experienced a lot of COLD weather, and have dived right back into the world of American eating.

I've also done planning for my next semester and am extra excited about my internship with the Mennonite Missions Network offices in Elkhart. I'll be doing web design work there and also hopefully helping some with convention oriented activities where I plan to volunteer this summer! So, if you're reading this, be sure to look for me out at convention in July!

As promised, I fully intend to get pictures up over Christmas break but there are many to sort through! Enjoy your holidays. Until next time, Tim
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