Despite combating snow flurries, closed passes, rain, and turbulence I am here to deliver my blog. I am here once again in the land of mosquitoes. Indeed, the weather has proved to be the smaller of my battles because I have once again become a chew toy for bugs and my tolerance level for itching hasn't improved. I left my house one Sunday for Seattle because the weather report warned of extreme levels of snow, avalanche warnings, and pass closures for Monday. I spent the night in Seattle with some family and it ended up being a good decision because the pass was closed all of Monday and my flight went out on the 12 o'clock red eye. Although I had to lose a few days with family I enjoyed Monday wasting time around Seattle going to Pikes Place Market and REI. I got to Houston at about 5 and met up around 8 with Jennifer, Baker, Tana, Annie, JD, and Joann to fly to Managua. After a long day of travel we finally made it to our new home and settled into our new rooms. For the past few days we have been settling in and I painted some rocking chairs for our porch with Joann and everyone else helped to pick up trash, rocks, and sticks around El Puente. We are getting our new male leader Seth Barnes on Monday. This week my prayer request is that I would be protected against mosquitoes and that I would be able to get some rest as I begin this next part of my trip. Have a blessed week.