I'm not dead yet! (Marcella)

I'm getting better! I think I'll go for a walk!

Marcella's arrival in Mexico

Hello, friends and family! Carissa and I arrived safely in Guadalajara on time last night. Since apparently not many other people were crazy enough to fly into Mexico at 11:15pm, Customs was incredibly short and painless. We got our passports stamped by a bored young women who didn’t even look at me, found our bags immediately, and got green lights (meaning no baggage search). Like last time I came to Mexico, one of the officials read my first and middle names off of my passport with appreciation (thanks, Mom).

Chadd brought us back to the house, where we met Nancy and went to bed pretty quickly. I slept well, but here’s the bad news….

This morning I woke up sick! I started to get a sore throat on the plane last night, but I hoped it was just the dry air. No such luck. This morning I feel like I have a mild case of strep throat (I’m sure it’s not, but that’s a reference point for you), and I threw up as soon as I got up. Nancy said it felt like I have a fever, so she told me to lie down again and she made me some chamomile tea and gave me some ibuprofen. So I guess the silver lining is that no matter what happens, I will be well taken care of by these wonderful, godly people!

I’m really excited about being here, but it doesn’t look like I’ll get around to doing much today. Pray that I get better! I really don’t want to be sick!

I love all of you!!!

I'm leaving on a jet plane

Well, I'm really not ready to go yet! Sometime between now and when I leave on Tuesday I need to do the following:

Go to the bank and figure out finances
Do laundry
Decide what I'm packing
Pack my bags
Write an essay on the Stone-Campbell Dialogue
Say goodbye to all my wonderful friends and family!
Remember more than three words of Spanish

I'm currently being stifled by the feeling that I'm forgetting something very important. If you remember what it is, please tell me!

Leaving on Tuesday!

Well, I have finally joined the crowd of people creating blogs for the summer!
Hopefully you all know this by now, but just in case you didn't...
I am flying out on Tuesday to go to Chiang Mai, Thailand with four other ACU students in WorldWide Witness:
Adam Browning, Mark Foster, Nathan Ritter, and Casey Tamez.
Please be praying for all of us this summer!