One month!

So about this time last week, my body decided to get sick. It was no fun for the night, but then it was gone. I think it was something I ate :) But other than that, this week has been really good; really busy, but really good. I have had a lot of homework, but for the most part it has been interesting. The only thing with it all being in Español is it takes about three times as long to read everything (and understand it), and the same with writing. But I like the challenge. I´m learning sooo much!

Today I also had the oportunity to go to a school for special needs kids calles Sol y Luna. It´s a really cool place where I´m going to do some volunteer work. It´s especially cool because there is someone with my major there, and I´m going to be watching a speech pathologist in Spanish! Should be fun!

And it has officially been a month since I arrived! The time has flown by, and I am truely blessed to be here. My family here is fantastic, and I can´t imagine the trip without them. Not only are Joel and Jabes characters and make me laugh allll the time, but Jair has become a really good friend, and I know I can talk to don Venus and doña Marbella about anything. It´s funny to see the corelations between my family here, and the best part is their lives are completly devoted to Jesús!!

Hasta luego!

Independence Day

This week was very exciting. Wednesday, the 16th, was Mexico´s Independence Day. Mexico´s been around 199 years. We had a fiesta at my church the 15th, late, and it was really fun to see everybody wearing their traditional clothes. I even had traditional clothes and did a traditional dance. It was interesting because the other person from Calvin who was dancing with us got sick at the last minute and couldn´t dance. So we kind of made up what we were doing as we went. But that made me the tallest by a lot, and I just really stood out :) Also, lots of makeup. Probably more than I´ve worn in my whole life put together in one night. Also at the fiesta was traditional food and lots of it. Very yummy!

Then on Wednesday, I got to go to Chichen Itza, or Chicken Pizza, as I like to call it :) What a beautiful place with sooo much history! It´s almost hard to believe it´s real. We also got in for free, I think because don Venus, my padre here, is Mayan, and can speak fluently. It´s really interesting. Then we also went to a cenote, which is basically a big hole in the group filled with rainwater. It´s really beautiful and common in Yucatan. So, definitely a good week, and I had my first exam today, and it wasn´t terrible, so that´s a good sign!!! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Weekend already again :)

Another week down, with lots of activity and fun. Something interesting that happened this week was that our group was in the newspaper, by accident, of course. It rained really hard one night, and our group was wading through the streets in the center of town, and a picture was taken for the newspaper. You can see a good dozen of us in the very top right corner, ity bity :) One of the families noticed us because we were¨out of place.¨that made me laugh.



Anyway, the 16th is Independence Day, which is a big deal here. The streets are lined with Mexico´s colors (green, red, and white), and there is merchandice everywhere! I´m excited because the church my family attends is having a party on the 15th, and I am dancing jarana, a traditional dance, with some of the ladies from the church. Never though I´d be doing this!! But I´ll be wearing the traditional clothes and everything. Should be interesting!



Oh, and just so you all know, Mexico beat Honduras the week in soccer, a big deal here. It´s very fun to watch soccer with my family because they are super enthusiastic. Makes me smile. Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!! Adios

First week of school!

So I just finished my first week of school, and it´s officially weekend! Classes were actaully really fun, even though I do have a lot of homework. I´ve been trying to stay cool and it´s been fun this week to get to know my family a little better. The oldest brother is Joel, then Jabes, then Jair. I share my room with Jair, and it´s pretty convienent to sleep in hammocks because you put them away during the day and have a very open room ;)

Not too much out of the ordinary has happened. I go to class on a bus, come back, talk, do homework, and I do a lot of eating too. The food here is very different than what I´m used to, and they eat on a different schedule. We eat breakfast about as soon as we get up, and we have sandwiches and quesadillas, and stuff like that. Then we have something simmilar for lunch, normally with some sort of meat, around 2, then dinner around 10. Kind of a crazy schedule, but it works.

Well, I´m off to the beach!! Hope everything is going well for everyone as preparations are made for school too! Hasta luego!