Americans!

So something really exciting happened this morning. I arrived at the school and entered to find 3 English-speaking men in the foyer with Greg, Laura, and Ana. Two of them were American and one was Mexican, but very fluent in English (he's the owner of the house next door where Jenny Beth and Tommy are living). We were in the middle of meeting everyone when 4 American STUDENTS, my age walked in! Two guys and two girls. It was the most glorious thing that's happened yet. It was so funny because almost immediately after they walked in, I had to go to class, but I was sooo anxious to stay and talk to them. 4 English-speaking gringos MY AGE! It really is strange how excited I was. The first 30 minutes of class I was so distracted because I was so excited that there were American kids there and all I wanted to do was meet them and talk to them!! I was so anxious. They left shortly after they arrived and I soon found out that they are students up at Eduventure (where Hector-the Mexican, English-speaking man, also Paloma's brother, who actually went to JBU with Greg back in the day- is teaching with his wife and kids for the semester--the other 2 men were also teachers) about 6 hours away from here up in the mountains. Very remote, very rugged. It's a semester program (that they also have in places like Fiji) with the idea of taking you away from the world. They have many classes including rock climbing, kayaking, backpacking, etc. As well as an intensive spiritual emphasis theme running. It sounds amazing to me. The 4 students have come down to Chihuahua for the weekend with Hector and crew for Independence day (which is on Sunday, but actually celebrated on this Saturday). That was the most exciting part that I found out because they'll be going with us to the Grito (a big, crowded party downtown) on Saturday--so I'll actually get to meet and chat with them. Yay! I'm really excited! It really makes me want to do Eduventure for a semester too! There's too many places I want to study abroad. Elizabeth's blog from Ireland is making me really jealous, so honestly I'd love to spend a semester there too. Haha..yeah right.