After the Rain

After the rain, ... the heat returns. I believe that it is ever-changing weather here because my life here is also ever-changing and I am not meant to get used to one thing or another. :-) 

Let me quickly update you on the new developments... Saturday evening we met in the church with lots of locals to watch the movie "Evan Almighty"... if you want a good laugh, watch it in Spanish just to see how the characters speak... hehe. Afterwards I found out about a huge party the church throws on the last Sunday of every August. "La Fiesta para Los Ninos." Yudermy asked me to use my artistic ability and make bracelets for all the children... I of course agreed but later had a slight twinge of regret when I was told that there would be 100 children to make bracelets for! Eek!

Gracias al Dios (Thanks be to God) my dear friend Paula came over today (for English lessons) and she helped me for an hour or two and we are now half way through! The rest of this week is packed with English classes both at the church and with individuals, there's new curriculum that Yudermy received for her son Nestor so I've been trying desperately to entertain him long enough to work on it as he is a very energetic child! Paula is doing amazingly well, she is extremely intelligent and a fast learner so we have gotten a lot accomplished in the past three days. I am blessed with students that want to learn as much as I do so it is a learning experience for us all as my vocabulary in Spanish is growing daily as I try to convey what it is that we are going over in English. :-) 

Also after much begging by Victor, the worship team and some of my new friends at the church I have agreed to lead the worship for the young people for a few saturdays. They want me to play guitar, which I have no problem doing except for the fact that all the songs I know in Spanish and English are played very differently here. Ricardo Luis has agreed to teach me the songs that they sing here frequently, and we started this last night so hopefully I will be prepared! I enjoy praising God in Spanish but my fear has always been (and will always be) that I may offend someone by saying the wrong thing or pronouncing something incorrectly. For example, to say "I'm embarrassed" the obvious choice of words would be "Estoy embarrassado" but no, what you actually said is "I'm pregnant." (Don't worry I haven't made this mistake but I did hear a story about a girl saying this and freaking out her host family. lol)

I know that with God all things are possible and that He is perfect in my weakness so I'm trusting Him every step of the way on this journey!