9:50 pm
Ah, I love taking my showers at night, get all the
sunscreen and sweat and bug spray and dirt and everything else that I've
accumulated during the day off of my body. The showers are still cold, since no
one has hot water here, but the cold water is actually kinda nice for a little
bit because it's so hot right now. I still shower in the semi-darkness because we don't have a light in the bathroom....and we are missing a shower curtain, so it's always an adventure here, no matter
if you're walking the streets or getting yourself clean! Viva Honduras !
But on a more wonderful note, we watched General Conference
today and Hna Robles was awesome and found us a place to watch it in English for
me.
I also got my first taste of caracol, or sea snail, in the
soup a member family made for our lunch, so that was interesting. It's a light,
creamy yellow meat, and soft and slightly rubbery, and doesn't taste like much. I
was alright eating it in the smaller, bite-sized pieces, but there was a big,
golf-ball sized chunk that I just couldn't eat. But I was grateful we were given
food for lunch.
Also, we have a hammock on our patio that I used this
morning while Hna Robles was doing nursing calls, oh, I've missed hammocks! It's nice to sit and rock gently as you read. I'm pretty sure I
want to acquire one sometime during my lifetime, they're wonderful.
Also, funny story, we went and visited the familia
Enamorada last night, and I just thought the contrast between "Captain America: Winter Soldier" playing muted on the TV, and the sound of the Primary Songs CD
playing in the house was quite amusing. Bucky and Cap were fighting in the
street to "Raindrops Falling All Around" and "Popcorn Popping" made for an
interesting mix. But both got turned off for us to talk with the family.
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| Got my few minutes in the hammock this morning! |
Fun fact: I'd venture to say that the vast majority of
words in Spanish end with a vowel, and so when I teach Hna Robles words in English, she's always tacking on letters to the end of them, it's fun to hear
her sound the words out and learn what they mean. I guess cuz I don't feel like
such a baby! But I really do enjoy talking with her, she is simply wonderful to
be with and accompany.
My listening skills were somewhat better today, I could
understand some more of what people were saying today, although there are a lot
of times when I honestly had no idea what people are saying. It's quite
disconcerting to know that people are talking, but it's just sounds, and
doesn't make any sense in the Spanish or English that I know.
But I've been informed that I have a wonderfully neutral
accent to my spoken Spanish, so that's good. Perhaps when I can figure out what
is going on, I can speak more like a native person, but for now I have to go
off cues from Hna Robles or what I piece together from 5 people all talking at
once in the lessons. I'm doing a better job than some of the missionaries who've been here for
months, so that's comforting, I suppose.
Anyways, life
here is good, I'm getting more used to lessons and am talking some more, it's
still quite hot here, and I enjoy my cold, dark showers in the evening after we
plan for the next day. Haven't gotten sick yet, which I'm so grateful for, and
had a PB&J for dinner, so I also enjoyed that. Got my fan, and my sheets, and my
glorious bed to enjoy for 8 hours, so I think it's safe to call myself blessed.
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