so just a few random things...i'm actually starting to get a tan! since it rains so much here and when it is sunny we're usually inside with the babies, it has taken me a while. but you know when other gringos comment that you're dark it's a good sign.
one of the allans daughters came up to visit for a while so their whole family went to the beach for the week. which means it's been a little crazier during the day and a lot quieter in the evenings.
i really need to stop eating bread!! one of my favorites here are cholas, or cholitas. they're little buns with a butter/brown sugar filling and they're amazing.
i'm offically moving out of the ark on june 7th. I'm not too sad about it because i'll probably still be here every day. But i will be staying with one of the supervisors and her daughter closer to town. And i will probably be taking spanish classes with her daughter as well. they have a super cute apartment above an internet cafe which they own. Naomi and I have already been brainstorming how i'm going to help with the street ministry. we're dreaming big! like getting a local music scene going with concerts and stuff. her big dream is to start a record label because there's nothing like that here.
i helped lucy take her first few steps the other day!! she's so cute. she really could do it she just doesnt know it yet.
spanish class today was...interesting. the girl is really sweet but she kept answering her phone and leaving the room to get a new pen and asking me questions about english so in two hours i didn't learn very much. i learn so much more by just hanging out with my friends and asking them questions and copying what they say.
One of my favorite parts about wednesdays is that i get back to the ark around 6:30 when the kids are playing outside for a last minute attempt to burn off their energy. And when i walk in Antony will see me and come running to me to pick him up and he'll start pointing at things he wants to show me like the dog, stitch, or the moon. i love it.
since Zoe has been gone this week with her family we haven't been doing preschool classes and the kids will ask me every day why we're not doing classes, and when we're starting again, it's really cute how much they love it.
i get really excited when i realize i just successfully understood someone and responded. What happens more often though is i will answer someone in english hoping they'll understand, then a couple seconds later remember how to say it in spanish. i am learning!
i've been missing a few things about home. like going to quality foods with my mom. i realize i've been talking a lot about my family lately. they're amazing.
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