Ohhh October , obviously the best month of the year! Am I right?? Of course October is my birthday month, but there is so much more to this amazing month…in the states it meant soccer and volleyball season, changing leaves, Colts football, sweaters and boots, hot drinks and bonfires. I LOVED every second of October! While things are a little different here in Nicaragua I still have the same feelings about this month. The mornings and evenings are getting a little cooler, I can wear a sweatshirt in the evenings, there is a busy-ness in the air at school as the school year is wrapping up, exciting ideas for next year are already brewing and the season is seeming to change slowly but surely, oh and my birthday is still October 31st, even in Spanish 
We are soaking up the month of October here. Can you believe it’s already more than half way over? I can’t! Even though we are missing out on some things at home—the end of volleyball season for my sister (you know I am skyping in for those sectional games!), get togethers and hugs from family and friends, professional development in our respective careers—we are feeling confident and very much at peace that this is exactly where we are meant to be in October 2015. Building relationships with people here in Nicaragua, accompanying them on their journeys, sharing our joy with them, learning Spanish, teaching English, sharing our skills and expertise, appreciating a slower pace of life and a new culture, and showing some of our own culture to those around us. We talk often about reverse missions with VMM, and that is exactly what we are experiencing. As much as we came into this wanting to give, give, give, we are realizing that these next few years we will be receiving far more than we ever thought possible.
It surely is a different October this year, but we are so thankful for it!
Love,
Alli
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