Andrya, the Colombian Gringa

So, something has happened and it kind of affects my whole life. I only learned about it last Friday, and basically... it changes everything and might result in me coming home 6 months early. Yeah… it’s kind of a huge deal. I guess I can start from the very beginning. Before I get into it, if you’re reading this in the form of an email, I highly recommend clicking my name at the top and reading this post straight from the blog. It’s just nicer to look at that way and solves some issues that have been coming up with formatting. Thanks. Two and a half months ago I arrived in Colombia. At that time there was a rough idea of what would happen in the future. It was everyone’s general understanding that after the twins turned 18 in February 2019, they would come live with my family in the states and study there. It helped make financial issues simple, because I’m taken care of for 10 months and the two of them are taken care of for however many months they would stay.  I knew th...

(Pretend like this went up two weeks ago. Sorry I keep doing this but I forgot to finish it in time, and then I was insanely busy for a week straight. If you're subscribed and are reading this in the form of an email, I recommend clicking my name at the top to read straight from the blog. It's just nicer to look at that way) Wow this was a very eventful week. Halloween was incredible, I got past sucky last week, and have made loads of progress on my long to-do list. Let’s start with last week, shall we? Because the majority of our classes were cancelled that week (21st-27th so we’re on the same page), I was stuck at home with nothing but homework and studying to do the majority of the day. You can only take so much before you lose your mind, which reverted to me spending way too much time on my phone. I’m talking, wake up at 9, scroll through pinterest for a couple hours, get dressed, watch YouTube for a few more hours, eat lunch, look at Instagram, go to seminary at 3:30, co...