Denver Here I Come!

*note: this blog was written during my journey to el salvador from May 15th-31st

May 14th
I'm on the sea turtle! One of the many reasons I love frontier is because each plane features an animal on the tail of it. Last year I was on a bobcat when I flew to Denver to spend an entire summer there, this time I'm on the sea turtle. A lot has happened in one year but my day will look remarkably similar (almost to the exact date) to a year ago. I will journey to the house I lived in for an entire summer and sleep in the bed that was mine for the whole summer. I will stay with a family I've grown to love very much and I'll get to see friends that I cherish.

The Cotter's House!

Looking back to my life in Denver a year ago, I've grown a lot especially in my faith life. I know that this trip marks even more growth in my life and I'm excited for that. El Salvador-- a country that I know is ridiculously different to America and will change me drastically.

This early AM flight has given me a lot of blessings:
1. I enjoyed coffee with my parents and waved to them as I walked through the terminal.
2. It doesn't matter how old I am and how many plane rides I've been on by myself, they still watch me until I'm in a different concourse.
3. I got to see the sunrise, even through the rain.

The Square!

Now the plane is about to take off and I'm two hours away from my dear friend Tyler (part of my square of amazing people) picking me up from the airport. He's a saint for willingly picking me up at 7:30 AM!
Then I'm on my way to the Cotter's house to greet them in their pajamas, most likely eating breakfast. Tomorrow I'll meet all of the people I'm going to El Salvador with and the real journey begins but for right now i'm living in the moment and excited to see the mountains again.
It's time to breathe that fresh mountain air!

Random moment:
I bet planes are the best places for writers to find characters. For instance, I'm sitting next to a bald headed woman in her 30s wearing all black and silver nail polish and a sweet Asian man in his 50s sporting a business suit and joking about the lack of leg room.... I'd put them in a story.