Moments-o-Nicaragua:

• On our way there, I was randomly chosen to be thoroughly patted down by the custom’s officer... I’ve never been so violated in my life. Then, on the way back, I joked with Huston’s custom officer that I was bringing drugs... I got “X-Rayed”... NEVER joke with custom’s officers...
  
• I’ve never been so captivated by nature’s beauty in my life.
  Everywhere we went the sky looked like the backdrop of what Heaven would look like... gorgeous sunbeams, full rainbows, boldly silver-lined clouds... wow...
  Esteli (the village we resided in) was in a valley, if you looked down any street – you would see the crisp green mountains in the background.
  Stunning post-card-worthy waterfall... a bunch of us swam there too (I picked up some rocks with my toes from there for memories).
  
• I LOVE THE SIMPLE LIFE; eat, sleep, work, and play on weekends. What we deem as “laborious” work feels more fulfilling to me... I can see exactly what my contribution is.
  
• We were probably the only Oriental people in the entire country. We were also the first Chinese people many of the kids have seen. Can you imagine every single person on a busy street turning there heads to look at you? I can. Because it happened to us... practically everyday... o_O
  
• Cultural dance lessons! I can’t just talk about this experience, I need to show you. ^_^ The get-together on our very last day with all the families and helpers was great! The love, that was so thorny to show through the language barriers, just poured out from each other’s sharing, actions, and dancing... good times.
  
• Nightly devos – it’s amazing; the things I discovered about the team; what makes them frustrated, scared, stupid, useful/useless, feel like they’re being persecuted, why we’re on this trip, etc. I feel so much closer to them and thus I’m disappointed that I didn’t bother to learn more about the people around me before...
  
• On the weekend, we went to Leon (another city 3 hours away from Esteli). Watching a lightning storm far away is the most memorizing sight ever! Norm can agree with that. Playing with the local kids was interesting, I’m not a big fan of kids, but these ones were so open and willing to play with anyone. I’ll have to teach some of you the games, they’re quite fun! ^_^
  
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There are tons of stories and pictures to share, just let me know and I’ll be more than happy to share (although, many of the humorous stories you have to be there to think it’s funny). This was a great experience... I can understand why people say, "short-term missions is more helpful to those who go to serve, than to those being served." I recommend everyone to go on a short-term thing at least once in their life. It's worth it.

Would I go again? Without a doubt.