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Hello world!!! I made it safely to little Spokane Washington.  The trip was uneventful in the sense that we didn't crash or miss planes.  It was eventful in the fact that we almost missed our plane in Belgium, had beer for breakfast, and completely freaked out over a trolley of REAL milk (not milch!!!).
Here's the story with Belgium.  We (Joshua Dodge and the Mercy Team we were traveling with) had a 5 hour lay over before we left (all on the same plane) for Washington D.C.  So we decided to take a train into Brussles and get breakfast.  Sounds delicious right? It would have been awesome except that we 1) didn't speak the language and 2) missed our stop...opps!

Josh and I before we realized we'd missed our stop

Brussles

Brussles

Back at the airport having breakfast.  I had a beer, a coffee, 1.5 liters of water and a chocolate croissant...i had to use the bathroom like every hour on the plane!

   We ended up about 25 KM outside of Brussles wondering if we were going to make it back to the airport in time for our flight.  We ran around trying to figure out which train to take to take us back to the airport.  We ended up at the airport and through security with enough time to grab some breakfast!
For those who didn't know, i came home about a week early to surprise my family and boyfriend.  The surprise was AMAZING!!!! I called Drew from the airport and he bout cried when he realized i was actually home.  He picked me up and took me to a prearranged meeting place (my dad was in on the surprise) to surprise my family.  The look on my mother's face was priceless.  I'm so glad i decided to surprise them.  It made coming home a bit more bearable.
Now onto what readjustment has been like...it's...hard.  It's hard to WANT to reconnect with people.  Part of me wants to just hide away and then go back to Africa.  It's certainly not easy to come back to this place.  It was slightly depressing to go to church today and realize that most of the people there didn't even know i had left for 7 months.  so for those who have been asking how it's going...i'd really appreciate your prayers.  I miss Africa, i miss my friends there and i miss the culture (never thought i would have said that).
I will try to write a few more updates in the upcoming weeks.  I can't believe this adventure has ended.