Oh my, so much has happened within the last 3 weeks, I can barely sit and tell you all my adventures... or misadventures. But I´ll try to sum some things up.
Within the last 3 weeks, my host brother got 2 dogs, when my mom has wanted none. The first one was a gift to him, which was a too young to have left his mother chihuahua puppy named Chetto or something. I call him my wittle buddy or hijo. Paty and I have been taking care of him, and he-s kind of more my dog than his most of the time. He is SO CUTE... and if this keyboard wasnt messed up I would use exclamation points. He likes to take naps behind and around my neck and nibble on my armpits. Oh, the love. The other dog is very interesting, but somewhat reminds me of the dog that bit me. So I dont chat with him much. But I did try to seem friendly on Friday. Poor thing is chained up all day, so I do feel for him.
Erica came to visit me the first weekend, which was really fun and great. We went to a dance, which ended up being a wedding reception to some people I didnt know. Lets just say I only was pulled out on the dance floor once by some of my students that were there, and only for a short while. Aye... yo bailo muy feo. I really wanted to learn how to dance ranchera, but I didnt know anyone, and my brothers, who said they would show Erica and I how to dance, were MIA the whole evening. Though we didnt get home until 2:30 am, and we were more awkward than middle schoolers the whole time, it was a good experience.
I´ve been following Paty everywhere, and its been cool to see the Catholic world that I never knew before. I definitely have a new appreciation for it and I like learning the songs and such. However, there are times I get homesick when they do something or say something that I dont agree with. But, regardless, I am growing closer to the Lord and am having to depend on Him DAILY, which is awesome and yet hard to get through my brain.
Por ejemplo... Monday was my hardest day yet. I kind of was feeling the lack of fellowship and lack of ability to speak freely with people without having to think hard about what they were saying or what I needed to say. But I go into class, ready to teach, and leave crying my eyes out and an hour earlier than usual. Oh, so bad.... once again, exclamation points. Long story short, I was just very disheartened not being able to communicate and such, and I just broke down in the middle of my second class. It was terrible. But the rest of the week went fantastic and I learned how important it is to truly give each day to the Lord and ask for His guidance in every thing I do.
I went to a rodeo where drunk men rode cows. Entertaining...
Que mas...
Welp, prayer requests:
SAFETY: we´re all safe and well here - gracias a Dios- but it seems every time we come in for class something else seems something else bad has occured. One of the students grandfather died, and went home for the funeral, then the day before she was going to return she broke her collar bone and had to stay longer. She´s fine and has a great attitude, but it still sucks for her. Our professor who came down on Wednesday got a call from the college Thursday night that he was fired from Ft. Lewis because of cutbacks. Not only that, I guess he has other stuff going on, like his mom is sick. So my heart just breaks for him, because you can tell it is a lot for him right now. And we continue to here of violence about the narcos and such in Chihuahua and around that area. I guess 2 tourists were shot in Criel, but I´m pretty sure that was a situation where they were in a place where they shouldn´t have been. I´m honestly not too worried, because the people in our towns really look out for us, and this area is pretty chill. But please continue to pray for safety. Also start praying that we can have save travels back to the U.S. in April, because we REALLY don´t want things to get worse than they are.
EYES ON CHRIST: I continue to grow in the Lord and dwell upon Him and His promises, but I know that I am weak and can fall. Pray that I will also be fearless and share my faith with other whenever an opportunity arrives. I finished this book this last week that reminded me how Jesus can truly come back any day, and I need to do my part to share Him with others.
I´m truly doing great. I finished 4 books within the last 3 weeks. I knit in class, and I picked up more yarn to start a new project -- a baby blanket for my host sister, who is married and is expecting her first baby in June or July. OH, yeah. I got to go to the ultrasound to find out what the baby was too... exclamation points. It was so freaking cool to see life moving around inside another life. Anywho. I also got stuff today to start embroidering, and Paty told me she would teach me. I joke around with my brothers. My family digs through cow head on the kitchen table. I pick up dog crap every day in my house. I teach, and I absolutely love my students, even when they´re terds. Life is good. Gracias a Dios... exclamtion point.
Vaya con Dios,
Leah
P.S. It is probably going to take me a while to get through all the emails and such, so please bare with me. I might also have to wait until I´m here next weekend for class.
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