Wednesday, Sept. 29th, 2010

Mi primero: Oy. Oy este dia bien. Tal vez porque yo solo trabahe in la guarderia por tres horas, y Elda ayudaste me, tambien, porque Grete (bebe con mucho llorando) estaste in la guarderia con Abril. Elda tiene mucho paciencia! :)

Mi segunda (after my Aunt helped me revise): Hoy. Fue un buen dia. Tal vez porque yo solo trabajaba en la guarderia por tres horas. Elda me ayudó tambíen. Porque Grete (la bebe quien llora mucho) estaba in la guarderia y Abril, tambien. ¡Elda tiene mucho paciencia! :)

So there's a little peek of where I'm at in my Spanish learning, as well as how far I still have to go. :)

So yes, today did go well with only having worked in the nursery for 3 hours (and with Elda's help). A nice morning!

Oh and during Devotionals, Mari-Chewy had us read through the chapter by each person reading a verse in a systematic, boy-girl order... well I thought I wasn't going to read since I'm still learning Spanish (and I was using my English Bible), but when it got to what would be my turn (and also the last verse of the chapter), Estair nudged me and held her Bible in front of me and whispered in Spanish "You'll read this verse"; Alex finished the the verse before mine, I cleared my throat and then I started speaking in Spanish like a man... No, haha, Silbano, Mari-Chewy's husband, broke the boy-girl order and read the verse I was supposed to read. Oh well. I was a little excited and nervous to read a sentence aloud (butcher a sentence aloud), but was saved by the fell...ow.

(If you got my last attempt at a joke, you're a good person)

I guessed the moment I saw Mari-Chewy would be leading Devotionals this morning, that Devotionals would be faster than they're supposed to be--she's the type to half-do assignments--and I was right; an extra 15 min. before breakfast to sneak back up to the dorm to finish getting ready (I woke up WAY late--and was, of course, late for Devotionals, tambien).

*It is part of the students' duty here to each have a morning where they prepare the commentary for the Devotional chapter of the day. The Devotionals are supposed to end with about 5 min. or so before breakfast, however, the Devotional commentaries seem to be getting shorter and shorter cada dia.*

After breakfast and stuff, Chelita and I somehow ended up being the only two in our room and we got to chatting and giggling (it was a nice time together) and we ended our couple minutes by praying together for our day.

After watching the babies with Elda this morning, I was pleased to, first, find that I had the rest of the day off, and second, enjoy my favorite arroz con leche drink for snacktime at 10:45. :) [don't worry mom, it has poco leche, no mucho]

Lunch = bean, rice, and cabbage burritos (everyone else ate cow stomach soup--I forget the name) with Horchata. Yum Yum!

I also took my roommate Dalila to el centro (downtown center) to have her pastor, who came to visit her, follow me back to the BI. El centro is a pain in the rear to navigate around in, however, I managed with the peace and patience of God.

Colonel Sanders once said, "Cool beans and good night".