day thirty six - quack

last night we walked Frejol home with some of the Allan's kids and some of the older kids at the Ark. Usually Isaac would drive him home but they've been digging up the road to put in new sewage pipes so it's hard to get the vehicles in and out. It was just really good to walk at night (though it was very cold) and talk and hang out.

Today was supposed to be my first real spanish class. The teacher was there and it turns out she's still learning English. She's pretty good but we kept stopping so that we could teach her some English that she didn't know. I was a little frustrated. I'm hoping next week will be better because Alicia and I will be taking separate classes from now on because they finally understood that i really am just at square one and i won't learn much by being taught in spanish.

In preschool today Zoe was reading the kids a book about elephants and Felipe was honestly trying to convince her when the book was done that elephants can fly with their ears. The earnest look on his face was priceless.

tonight after the meeting i went for a walk downtown with isaac, naomi, frejol, cebolla, blass, and rice and his buddy. i always forget his name so i've just been calling him rice or arroz. i usually don't go out at night during the week because i have to wake up so early but i've been wanting to get more involved with the street ministry. Since the road is being dug up there's huge ditches right outside the foundation and we heard a little puppy stuck in the bottom of a big hole. So Cebolla jumped down and threw the puppy up (it was seriously so tiny, like a rat) and then crawled back up. I felt like we were the neighborhood superheros or something. We went to the jail so they could visit some guys there and we bought them some bread and prayed for them. These are the kind of guys that just know everyone and when you see a drunk man on the street you don't keep walking but stop to ask where his house is, if he needs help, and then pray for them and tell them about Jesus. I feel like i'm in the right place. It's also good because i feel i learn the most spanish while hanging out with them. i may be learning more street spanish than proper spanish but i'm ok with that.