Here we are...

After a very, very long day of travel with Elena still fighting fevers and apparently frustrated by the fact that every time she woke up we were still on a plane, we made it into Guatemala almost an hour later than we were expected to. But here we are, happy and thankful to be off a plane. Yesterday we tried to rest ourselves and Elena as much as we could. There was a light fever this morning, but it hasn't come back and we're praying that will be the end of that. Now, hopefully she will start recovering and go back to her usual self. One of the things Ben commented yesterday while traveling was "I miss Elena" just because being sick has really made her so sensitive, tired and she even looks sad. She is doing better today, though, and seeing her smile is just priceless.

At some point yesterday, during our long and crowded flight I was reminiscing a bit... flying has changed so much! I remember the days when flying would be such a great experience, plane food was great, flight attendants were all nice and smiled all the time. They would go the extra mile to make you feel comfortable and then some. We would even choose our clothes carefully because flying required dressing up and looking nicer than usual. It was quite the experience! This time around, we flew international, for over three hours and we were barely given drinks! Not to mention that we had left home at 5:30 a.m. (hardly breakfast time) and had come from an earlier flight, so we were very hungry! Some of our flight attendants looked very much like they didn't want to be there and you would have really thought twice before daring to ask for more than what you got. At any rate, that doesn't change my excitement and gratefulness to be with my parents and my brothers. We are enjoying the time together and have taken it easy on the visiting end just to give Elena (and ourselves) some time to recover! Please pray with us that she is completely recovered and we won't be dealing with any more fever!

Love to all!