If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you will never change the outcome. - Michael Jordan

Changes are formulating in San Juan. I can sense it. Since the fractured relationship with my business partner and friend, Marc, I have noticed an ongoing shroud of secrecy and muffled conversations between him and Dan, but honestly at this point I am no longer concerned with the distance they are creating among several people including our staff and friends. Refocused more than ever I have a renewed sense of peace knowing that I will be leaving in just a few short days, but what worries me is the type of place I will be returning to in Nicaragua and how this will affect the close knit family that has developed in town. It saddens me that from the beginning of our friendship we had numerous discussions about trust and integrity between what future plans we had.