Hey everyone,

 Sorry it took me longer to write to you all, I know many of you were worried and I appreciate the prayers that were uplifted.  We ran into a few problems and I wasn´t able to leave the Amazon until Monday night (everyone else left on Saturday).  The 26 hour bus ride home yesterday was grueling because the first bus out of the Amazon broke down at about 1 in the morning and we had to wait for another bus (that was already full) to pick us up.  And thanks to the persistent genetics that run in my family, I was able to push my way to get onto the first bus that arrived to finish our trip to Valencia to get our next bus back to Maracaibo.  It was 6 long hours of riding in the aisle of the bus uncomfortable (as the bus was full), but God´s hand was in it because there were many others that had to wait for another bus to come (which didn´t come until the next day) and when we go to Valencia our bus to Maracaibo, which we would have missed, was running late (praise God!).  So we were able to get back to Maracaibo late in the yesterday and get a full nights rest.  I will write more in my final email when I reach the states but for now I must go and finish preparing to go and say my goodbyes, it´s going to be hard to leave because I know God wants me here and my heart is here, so please keep me in your prayers.  Also my flight leaves at 8 in the morning and I won´t be getting home until about 1 AM on Friday morning (8 hour lay over in Miami), please keep the two flights in your prayers.  I thank you so much for everything and I can´t wait to tell you all that God has done!  I love you all and will see you soon!

                        In His everlasting embrace,
                          Cassandra