Okay--first, let me address the title of this blog. Wednesday morning, when everyone finally felt decent enough to go back to Conima, Jeremy S went outside to wait for a bus. He planned to call us when a bus came, but we didn´t expect one to actually show up for hours. Around 7:45, Jeremy called us yelling ¨The bus is here, hurry!!¨ So we frantically gathered up our things and ran out to catch the bus. We got on, but the second the last one of us stepped on the bus, it starting moving. Apparently, Jeremy, who speaks very little Spanish, was holding the whole bus for us and yelling ¨Tres más gringas!¨(three more white girls!) over and over again. The people must have thought he was crazy! Anyway, we had a good laugh over that.
When we got to Conima, we settled back in and explained to the kids and most of the people we had missed storying with why we were not there on Monday and Tuesday. We went to Armando´s house for the ESL lesson, but he wasn´t there. That got me worried since we had missed Monday´s lesson. I didn´t know what to do, but it ended up working out.
Thursday we went to the police station to tell them the second story (Kelsey did a great job!), and that evening, we were scheduled to story with Sofia and her husband again, but I started not feeling well. With me being the designated ¨translator¨, things were not looking good for doing the story, but Heather and Kelsey decided to go ahead and try it without me. When they came back, they said that everything went really well! I´m really glad that they tried it--I knew that both of them could speak Spanish better they they thought they could.
Friday we went to the school that we will be doing VBS in next week to hang up the posters we had made to advertise it. I was a bit nervous that the director would not like how colorful and ¨flashy¨they were, but he loved them! He helped us hang them up and told us that he thought that around six teachers would be helping us out during the VBS next week. Later, Kelsey, Alison, and I took cookies that Kelsey had made to the policemen. In the afternoon, I found out some AMAZING news! I was talking to my parents on the phone, and my mom told me that I had gotten a letter from the Baylor Graduate school. I had already found out via email that I had been accepted, but the letter also told me the financial aid I would receive. I qualified for a really big scholarship! It was definitely an answer to prayer! Needless to say, I was really happy for the rest of the day. :) Later on, we hung out with some of the kids some more.
Like I said earlier, we eventually found Armando, and we were able to schedule an English lesson for last night. The lesson went really, really well, and I was able to tell my story to him. Be praying for us as we try to figure out how best to incorporate a Bible story into the English lesson.... It´s trickier than I thought.
Anyway, today is Saturday (the day of rest around here), so it has been really relaxing. Jeremy, Kelsey, me, and three of the kids we have been spending time with went hiking part of the way up a mountain this morning. We packed a picnic lunch for us and the kids. The kids were really excited about the food. It didn´t end so well though when Yasmani, one of the kids, accidentally threw a big rock on his own foot and cut open his toe. Kelsey was a very good nurse and made sure it was all wrapped up before walking back down the moutain. He made it to the bottom, and Kelsey ran to the house to get the first aid kit and doctored him up. He is fine now, but it was sad to see him hurt.
Now, the two Jeremys are out building a raft that they claim they will be able to float on Lake Titicaca in to the nearest island.... We will see how that goes. Who knows--maybe I will be surprised!
Well, I´m cooking tonight. It has been fun learning more about how to cook and trying new recipes! I´m looking forward to trying some of them out at home!
When we got to Conima, we settled back in and explained to the kids and most of the people we had missed storying with why we were not there on Monday and Tuesday. We went to Armando´s house for the ESL lesson, but he wasn´t there. That got me worried since we had missed Monday´s lesson. I didn´t know what to do, but it ended up working out.
Thursday we went to the police station to tell them the second story (Kelsey did a great job!), and that evening, we were scheduled to story with Sofia and her husband again, but I started not feeling well. With me being the designated ¨translator¨, things were not looking good for doing the story, but Heather and Kelsey decided to go ahead and try it without me. When they came back, they said that everything went really well! I´m really glad that they tried it--I knew that both of them could speak Spanish better they they thought they could.
Friday we went to the school that we will be doing VBS in next week to hang up the posters we had made to advertise it. I was a bit nervous that the director would not like how colorful and ¨flashy¨they were, but he loved them! He helped us hang them up and told us that he thought that around six teachers would be helping us out during the VBS next week. Later, Kelsey, Alison, and I took cookies that Kelsey had made to the policemen. In the afternoon, I found out some AMAZING news! I was talking to my parents on the phone, and my mom told me that I had gotten a letter from the Baylor Graduate school. I had already found out via email that I had been accepted, but the letter also told me the financial aid I would receive. I qualified for a really big scholarship! It was definitely an answer to prayer! Needless to say, I was really happy for the rest of the day. :) Later on, we hung out with some of the kids some more.
Like I said earlier, we eventually found Armando, and we were able to schedule an English lesson for last night. The lesson went really, really well, and I was able to tell my story to him. Be praying for us as we try to figure out how best to incorporate a Bible story into the English lesson.... It´s trickier than I thought.
Anyway, today is Saturday (the day of rest around here), so it has been really relaxing. Jeremy, Kelsey, me, and three of the kids we have been spending time with went hiking part of the way up a mountain this morning. We packed a picnic lunch for us and the kids. The kids were really excited about the food. It didn´t end so well though when Yasmani, one of the kids, accidentally threw a big rock on his own foot and cut open his toe. Kelsey was a very good nurse and made sure it was all wrapped up before walking back down the moutain. He made it to the bottom, and Kelsey ran to the house to get the first aid kit and doctored him up. He is fine now, but it was sad to see him hurt.
Now, the two Jeremys are out building a raft that they claim they will be able to float on Lake Titicaca in to the nearest island.... We will see how that goes. Who knows--maybe I will be surprised!
Well, I´m cooking tonight. It has been fun learning more about how to cook and trying new recipes! I´m looking forward to trying some of them out at home!
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