Greetings from the road! :) Currently I am on an Amtrak train traveling from Los Angeles to Fresno.
These last few weeks have been a bit chaotic. Good but chaotic. :) I have to say on Sunday Nov. 2nd I had a milestone moment. :) After two all nighters in a row, packing, and saying goodbye I took an inner island flight to Oahu (BTW... I took a 6:30am inner island flight and the sunrise was outstanding!!! What a great way to start an adventure!). I sat down at my gate in Honolulu and realized that I couldn't remember a moment in my life where I felt more exhausted.... EVER!!!! (Leeann your card in that moment was PERFECT!!!) All I wanted to do was lay down on the floor of the airport and sleep... who cares.... they can put me on another flight! Thank goodness my wait time was short or I might still be there sleeping! :)
After arriving in LA a friend picked me up and brought me to her house. She was having a party at her house. The tables were decorated with orchids and they were serving Ox Tail soup and a few other Filipino dishes. I had to laugh. It felt like I had never left Maui. :)
Today I woke up and wanted to sleep for another 10 hours but NO CAN! I needed to apply for a Visa to enter Brazil so I was off to the bus station. My friend Edna was so sweet to escort me down to the Brazilian Consulate. We took city buses around LA to get there! :) It was so much fun. Growing up in Eastern Oregon the only city bus I had experienced was on TV. This experience did not disappoint!!! The unusual people and the city zipping by.... oh man I could hang out there all day!
For now I've dropped off my application and passport. The only thing left is to wait. So my current prayer request is that everyone would pray that there are no hang ups with my visa. I am supposed to pick up my passport on Nov. 13th by noon and I need to be at the airport that night around 9pm. There is no room for any craziness! :)
Well I love you all and I'm having lots of fun so far. :) I will do my best to update as often as possible! :)
Aloha!
3 comments:
Glad to hear you've hit the ground running. We will be praying for that passport to be ready ahead of schedule. Joey is missing you.
Love you,
Jerry and Janis
Cindy, I wasn't sure if I'd see you tomorrow so I wanted to tell you that after you left Jake asked if we were going to miss him. I asked him why and where he was going? He said to Cindy's House!!
He really liked you alot. Take care, Hope to hear from you soon. Love Keri
Hey Cindy! I'm glad to hear the journey has begun! I'm excited to keep up with it.
Love,
Melissa
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