Lacking ketchup, but am going to catch-up anyway

It is Wednesday already?? Wow! This week is flying by like a pterodactyl!

To start off, the weekend was a lovely break from the stresses of the first week.
On Saturday, Aunt Lila and I spent the whole day cleaning the house (which, in my opinion, is very calming).
On Sunday, we had Sunday school and church, entonces [then] the church had spaghetti together for comida [the mid-day, big meal], entonces Uncle Kent and Aunt Lila took me downtown for smoothies (more like a milkshake, though), y [and] we were supposed to go to the big meeting that introduced the fast cycle (which I talked about in my previous blog), pero [but] we were misinformed the time, so missed it by an hour.
On Monday--y cada Lunas [and every Monday]--the students are trabajar [to work] from 8-5 in exchange for being here, kind of. I did not do nursery though... instead I helped Tia Lila organize her APEN store/office. Cool beans.

Didya like my rough start to Spanglish? :)


So yesterday was good, but long--jam-packed with babies that, although cried less, cried a lot. 8 AM to 8:30 PM is a heck of a long daycare day, but luckily God blessed me with an unexpected 4 hour break in-between, so it was not nearly as rough. Praise Him!

*Cool story that I forgot to mention: On Monday, Jocabed was not able to work because of her arm (activities included picking up trash, sweeping, sorting clothes, cleaning the kitchen, building fences, etc.) and she seemed a little down (possibly about it). Welp, God topld me to pray with her, so guess what I did... Yep, I sat down, grabbed her hand (she did not undestand what was going on at first) and prayed for her--in English. I think it made my day more tnan it made hers. Good moment, and she has treated me sweeter (not that she treated me badly before) ever since. Thanks God!*

Today was good! Only had one baby until 10:45, another God kiss. So this day was a free day to spend getting to know Keila better (the girl I previously mentioned who is learning English and brings me gifts often). I love hanging with this awesome 10-year-old (way mature for her age). She reminds me in so many ways of a younger Lynda, which I have never been able to say about another person before--and her speaking English brings me comfort in my lingual discouragement. She has really blessed my life. A God kiss, as well. :)

Oh, and tonight I helped in the kitchen for a few minutes with (shoot, I do not remember her name!). We were making arroz con leche [rice with milk]--you drink it in a cup.

Also, I eat beans and rice for almost every meal(that is what I get for being a veg-head--luckily, me gusta.

Anywho, yo voy a the border to mail some mail. Toodles.