Okay so once again I have a boat load to catch yall up
on. Okay so where to begin? Okay well ive been doing pretty well overall. God
has been good about keeping me healthy and not missing home too much. Sure there
are times when someone will say something and itll make me think of something
at home but other than that ive been okay. so ministry has been absolutely
amazing even tho my group leaves before most other people are even up and it
involves soccer which are both things I struggle with (early mornings and
soccer) I am soo in love with the kids there. Sylvia (the girl giving me a
piggy back ride in my profile picture) and I have a lot of fun every Saturday. This
past week we were being cheerleaders and doing the Macarena together when our
teams weren’t playing and we like to joke around together. I scored my first
goal this past week as well haha it was pretty shocking to be quite honest. I don’t
think anybody expected it haha. I love hanging out there I could go on and on
but im just going to move on. So I don’t remember if I talked about this in my
last post and im being to lazy to go check so ill just talk about it anyways. So
I have a second ministry immediately after soccer. I go with two other guys
from my church to los guidos and hang out at the youth group one of the men
from church has there. that’s been a lot of fun too, however it makes for a
super lone day. This past week I was away from the villa for 11 ½ hours before I
got back. So youre prayers for energy would be amazing if you ever are thinking
of me for whatever reason on Saturdays.
Bible was really good this past week. We had a guest
speaker, micah carter. Such a great guy. Very wise. He spoke on some very
challenging topics. Definitely got me thinking deeper and on a different level
than I have before. One of the topics was election and I was so mad at God
about it for a few day until I got a chance to talk through it and figure things
out with help from bekah. Im still struggling with comprehending everything,
but im not angry at God if anything im more in love with him.
A few weekends ago I went to sarchi with a small group of
students and we were split up and put into tico homes for the night. At first I
was so homesick. I don’t know if ive been as homesick since ive been here. I wasn’t
really home homesick, I homesick for the
villa. I guess this is really home now. I realized it when I caught myself calling
it home a few weeks ago. But anyways … sarchi ended up being one of my favorite
things so far. I was speaking more Spanish than I even knew I knew. I can’t
wait to go back.
The rain hasn’t been too bad I guesss last year there
were a few weeks were they didn’t see the sun at all. It hasn’t been close to
that at all. It usually rains every afternoon but that’s not always the case. The
weather has been kinda chilly to me but I guess its better than being home. I just
wish I had more wardrobe options haha. I can’t wait to go to target when I get
home. I literally miss that store more than my bed sometimes.
Oh I suppose ill tell you about my birthday. It turned
out to be a great day I was so afraid I was going to be homesick the whole time
but it was the complete opposite. It was probably one of my best birthdays. I got
lots of food for presents which were all happily accepted. It kind of started Sunday
night, im always the last girl in my room and like usual I was and I walk into
a pitch black room and next thing I know there is a super bright flash in my
face and the another and another. The the lights went on and a lot of the girls
were all gathered in my room and were yelling happy birthday and they had
covered my bed in happy birthday notes. After all that died down we all went to
bed. Monday is our free day so it was a super nice day to hve a birthday. I just
hung out around the villa all morning then for dinner the ppl in my ministry group
took me out to dinner it was a lot of fun. I felt very loved. I was supposed to
sye my family but I didn’t get back in time so that didn’t work out… oops… (I was
able to skype mama, Kristin and holly the next day tho)
I have so much trouble writing these because I feel like everything
is always the same here. But I hope you enjoy it as poorly and jumbled as it
is.
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