"It's magic... ya know, never believe it's not so"

Words like majestic, serene, beautiful, awe-inspiring were designed to describe Patagonia and I will forever stand by this. Although, I am currently living in Patagonia Punta Arenas unfortunately I don’t look out my window and see this everyday

The volunteers in Puerto Natales, where I visited this weekend, do have this convenience. Can you imagine being able to walk to work every day and have the Andes snow covered mountains as a way to beckon you through the windy ice covered streets? I felt like I was living in one of those calendars dedicated to insanely beautiful mountain scenes. I couldn’t get enough who knew scenery could be such a drug I sat on a park bench looking past the sound onto the mountains with a fellow volunteer and watched the sun  set until the sky was a resounding blue and still I wanted more. Earlier in the afternoon we hiked el Cerro Dorotea it took about two hours to reach the peak. We sat on top of this hill overlooking Puerto Natales, el campos, the Sound of last hope and of course the Andes Mountains.

I was awe-inspired by the serene majestic beauty of Patagonia. All the cheesy tourist books I’ve read over the last few months describing the beauty of this land untouched by man became not so cheesy anymore. I sat down and soaked in the most indescribable view possible. I was finally able to appreciate for the first time exactly what I'm doing here. I am living in Patagonia teaching children English well kind of but definitely living in Patagonia. Sitting on top of that hill made everything come full circle. It made all the bad food, the inability to understand Chilean culture norms or their language worth it 

I am still waiting for Jesus to come through the clouds and bestow the Chilean tongue upon me as well as understand why the heck I can’t flush my toilet paper instead of putting it into a tiny trash can. But all these weird differences are making my experience exceptional and deeply personal. I never imagined that I would actually move away from everything I know to the bottom of the planet in a country where the language might as well be gibberish and try to teach English.

I dunno if you allow yourself to dream the possibilities are endless

My best friends taught me this. They all are beautiful inside and out and never allowed for themselves or anyone else to doubt what we are capable. I am thankful for all of you who have been praying for me and sending words of encouragement. You each deserve a handwritten note tied in a satin bow with chocolate encrusted lettering I love chocolate 

I love you

Sorry this is just so darn cheesy. I’ll definitely work out the mush for next time