So we made it to Minnesota! It was a long 2 day trip to arrive here, but
it’s all been worth it! We left at 5am
from Danbury CT. Well Appolonia and I
left New Haven at 3:45am…whew( and I didn’t even attempt to go to sleep). I met
my new “parents” for the next few weeks Armando and Lidi. They served in Managua Sign Language for the
last 3 years. They are in one word
AWESOME! We took turns filling up the
tank as we embarked on a journey that would take us through 9 states! I held out until Minnesota (thinking that by
waiting to the last fill-up that it’d be the cheapest) to fill up my tank, unfortunately I paid the 2nd highest in relation to everyone, $3.94
a gallon. If you know me, I was
definitely heart-broken to have paid so much when Camille only paid $3.80! Anyways, I discovered the Sweet Deals Menu at
Dairy Queen and enjoyed my homemade Nutella sandwhich and Cheese sandwhich as
everyone else forked over money for Subway, Burger King and Chester’s
Chicken. We stopped over in Chicago and
enjoyed Chicago’s Other Famous Deep-Dish Pizza- Lou Malnati’s (delicious
especially when paired with an Orange Moon pitcher). We spent the night with a wonderful family
that we had never met. Through a friend
in Italian we found a family in the Spanish with 2 daughters in the Chinese who
hosted us. They were sooooo nice. The next morning we all tried Cactus flower
fruit for the first time and enjoyed bagels and tea. Then we were off again!
This time we used Armando’s Galaxy 3 to play YouTube videos
to sing karaoke to and watched numerous episodes of the hit TV show The
Office. Dwight’s performance in the
Stress Relief episode will be hilarious regardless of the number of times
watched. We sang Mariah Carey and Luis
Enrique as we passed Cheese Billboards in Wisconsin and through the Twin Cities
in Minnesota. We reached E Grand Forks,
Minnesota, where we (the girls) are
staying and Grand Forks, North Dakota (where the couple are staying) at about
9pm on Sunday. We pulled up to our “home”
for the next month. A 30 foot camper
fully equipped with a bathroom, Queen sized bed, stove, fridge and
microwave. We really were blessed! Our 2 new little sisters Kiley, 10 and
Mckinsey, 7 were literally outside greeting us.
We unloaded our stuff and I hear the girls whispering about
a “surprise”. I have no idea what they
are talking about. 10 minutes in to
meeting and greeting the couple hosting us, in walks a large black man with a
colorful hood covering his face. Lo and
behold, what is Blake Newbon doing here!? I had no idea that we had kicked him out of
the camper and he was forced to move into the family’s basement. LOL
Anyways it felt like a Nicaraguan reunion. I am glad that I came here and can’t wait to
start working with those beets!
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