Answered prayers

So it´s friday and no tengo clases hoy! (I don´t have class today!) But my friends Jenny Beth and Tommy do, because they´ll only be here until the end of September. So I took the liberty of sleeping in today, as Yazmin was at work, so it was just me and Lucy (the maid) in the house. I slept til about 10:30. It was glorious. The last two nights it has stormed really heavily...I love waking up to a storm and then going back to sleep listening to it. And with the windows open at night, it was amplified even more.

Anyway, the wireless radio in my laptop is broken...and the external one I bought yesterday for 350 pesos isn´t working. I´m praying that something will work soon, because I really want to post my pictures. :( In the meantime, I will write word documents, and then copy them from my laptop onto the Portillos´ computer or at the school´s computer.

So it takes me 20 minutes to take a shower here, because the water pressure is almost non existent. It literally takes me 5 minutes to rinse the shampoo out of my hair.

And who thought I´d gain weight here?? Everyone knows I don´t like Mexican food...well...apparently that´s just American Mexican food. The food here is outstanding. Not saucy, not mushy, it doesn´t give you the worst indigestion ever. It´s only spicy. But good spicy. With chili powder...not tons of saucy crap. It´s so good....and clean. Real Mexican food is very clean. Amazing tacos, amazing gorditas, amazing elotes, amazing everything. So good. And did I mention there are 5 meals a day?? So...about that losing weight thing...not gonna happen.

Also: I´ve realized that the US is a very huggy country. Nobody hugs here. And sadly....I feel deprived. You kiss on the cheek everytime you meet somebody, come into the house, or leave....but no hugs. It´s very strange how bad I want to hug somebody...

I´m still struggling with the language. Last night at church, the pastor talked so fast (and apparently he has a speech impediment too) that I could only catch the words at the end of the sentences. And it took a LOT of energy to pay THAT close attention. The service was about 2 hours long, and I had a huge headache afterward. It frustrated me because everyone seemed extremely moved by the message he delivered. I wanted to feel the same thing.

God really is a faithful God. When I felt my most discouraged on Thursday afternoon about not having anyone to talk to and feeling really lonely already, I prayed for peace and for contentment as well as a friend here. That afternoon Greg took me to get a part for my computer and on the way talked to me in ENGLISH and asked me how I was feeling about things and what I think so far. Man what a huge sigh of relief I took as I let it all out. It was really nice to know that he is concerned enough about my wellbeing to speak to me in English. It sounds silly...but seriously. He told me he was really impressed with the progress I´d made in the first 4 days, and that he is completely confident that within a month or so, I should be pretty nearly fluent. He even told me it´s ok if I talk in English with my family every once and a while, since I am much farther ahead than the other students. It was exactly what I needed to hear.

And then last night the Lord gave me a friend. My age. Of course I have Jenny Beth and Jazmin, but it´s different with them because they´re both older with kids. Sonia was exactly what I needed. She honestly was really interested in hearing what I had to say, not like she was just talking to me out of pity since I have no other friends. It was really good to hang out with her last night. Praise the Lord for answered prayers! And thank you everyone who has been praying for me; it´s so good to know that I have people who love me and are praying for my best interest.

Oh. I´m sure many of you are wondering when I will be starting my ministry with orphanages and the transition home I always talked about. Greg has suggested that I wait a couple weeks til I get more comfortable with the culture and with the language. I think that´s a good idea. I think it´d be way too much for me right now. But I really can´t wait for God to use me in that ministry. :)

Well...I better go. We´re going to the park now, and I have to help make our picnic lunch. Adios!