June 8, 2009
Hello all! I hope you are all doing well! We are into week 9 here and today just changed teachers for the third and final time. Its hard to believe that we will finally be in Peru in just a few more weeks! It seems like we've been waiting forever. Well, it has been a year now. Anyway- we've been puttering along just fine here lately. We've dodged a few stomach troubles for the past week or so-but I hope we are on the mend now. We've ventured into the subjunctive voice in our studies and please don't ask me what it is yet! I haven't quite figured this one out yet, but supposedly it is the last gramatical hurdle and then we just do a lot of conversation. Another of our group departed this morning so we are now 5. David and the four girls. Poor David. Don't worry, I'm brushing up on my “man talk” to try and give him something of a reprieve. We've also been watching a lot of Clint Eastwood movies. We are still working out at the mission in Alotenango and enjoying that quite a bit. This past week we sang the silliest song about a toad. I'm still not sure what it all means, but all the kids knew it and you get to yell “Jesus” really loud at the end and of course they love that. We had around 100 kids this week and at times it is very overwhelming and hard to keep their attention sometimes. Not to mention speaking/reading/acting in spanish, leading music (those of ya'll who know us well, go ahead and laugh-its definitely worthwhile!) and just trying to understand 25 kids who are speaking at once. Whew!
We will not be able to go back this saturday because we are taking a trip to Panajachel and Lake Atilan. If you have time, google it a look at some photos! Its supposedly one of the most beautiful places. David's birthday is Sunday and we are looking forward to a little vacation to celebrate. Check out my facebook page for photos sometime next week!
This past week we had the opportunity to visist a coffee farm very close to where we live. Fincas or farms here are more like old plantations. We visited the farm's school which had about 15 students (kids of the workers) hiked up a small mountain where they grow the coffee. Then we saw the dairy cow part of the farm, the farm chapel, one of the biggest trees I've ever seen, and the most amazing flower garden! It was the best field trip David and I could have imagined!
Please continue lifting us up in prayer in the following areas:
Team unity
Motivation and Endurance for language learning
Our work with the mission kids
Safety in travel
A renter for our house back home
Thanks for those of you who wrote us last time- it was great hearing from you- keep 'em coming!
Missing you all and praying for you!
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