This morning when I officially woke up, it was 7:20 (before 7:30), and my door was open. So one of two things may have occurred: my aunt read my previous blog or I opened it while sleepwalking. I am not swayed to either possibility.
Okay, so Tia Lila and I went to the Tecate Mission International HQ today where she introduced me to the Director's secretary, Willa. Super sweet older gal--grandma status but with that control/organization side (Choleric). Anyway, she gave me this packet to fill out in order to officiate my being here at the BI; I looked it over a little tonight and I think I'm getting more and more bitter about defining God and defining religion. Why don't we just listen for God's voice and do what he tells us? Why do we have to categorize everything and have so many regulations? Anyway, so I filled-out half the packet tonight--I need to pray about the rest before I complete it.
After that we went to the PT for Aunt Lila (she's been going due to speculated nerve pinching in her arm) and then we went to Target (both in Grossmont area, mind you, not in Mexico) where we picked up a few things including 2 in 1 Kid's shampoo--we smelt all the bottles and picked the yummiest--Watermelon--for our trip to Oaxaca. I also picked up some Naked Juice: Protein + a Green Machine.
*I hope I have some fellow Naked people (and by that, I definitely mean fans of the smoothie drink Naked Juice--I truly hope that you have some clothes on while you read my blogs...) because I think it's a ingenious idea for a commercial drink! I had Uncle Kent + Aunt Lila try some tonight; Aunt Lila said she'd prefer to close her eyes while she drinks it (it's baby-poo green in color) and Uncle Kent said he'd rather stick to his "rubbery nastiness".*
**The story of "rubbery nastiness": two nights ago when we went to an Oriental restaurant they suggested and I opted to try the Calamari (mind you, this was my first time intentionally eating Calamari). I was relieved that it wasn't as gross as I expected, however, it did still snap back like rubber for a few bites. Anyway, Tio Kent asked how I liked it and I told him how I was expecting it to taste more like "rubbery nastiness"--he liked the phrase and it's kinda stuck.**
On the way home we stopped at the CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship), I think, HQ; the organization that Aunt Lila works through. Basically, it trains volunteers on how to start Christian clubs for kids with provided curriculum. Anyway, we walked in to find two of the sweetest ladies I've ever met--Aunt Lila introduced them as Gwen and Julie. Gwen had a sweet little voice like Carol Channing which made her even more pleasurable to be with, and a compassionate demeanor. I was greeted by these pleasant strangers with hugs and seedless red grapes. They talked about the going-ons with CEF and inquired of the BI and we stopped and all prayed at least 3 times about different things we were talking about. Such a Godly, wholesome time with some very lovely ladies.
Once back home at the BI, I took a long 3 hour nap. A gentleman and close friend of Aunt Lila and Uncle Kent named Mark came with a truck full of donations for the mission. Tio, Tia, Mark, Berto, Hernan, and I just stood around his truck talking about randomness and teaching Hernan and Berto a few English words. By the end, Hernan was calling Berto a "mischievous clown". Hernan and I also have an unofficial race to see who can learn eachother's language first.
Tonight for dinner, Tio made some yummy squash cakes and vegetable-something-tastey with beans and tomato. Delish. And while Tio and I washed dishes, he serenaded me with Rocky Raccoon by The Beatles. Good stuff.
I also pulled out the guitar and practiced a little in my room; haven't played in a while. I'm hoping to get good enough to jam with the others and maybe we could write worship songs together. That'd be cool.
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