Happy 9 months to me!
And 8 months to Hna Escobar! She's so awesome, I love that girl. She
stayed up a little later last night to put up some decorations for my tummy
photos this morning. And she's just so dang awesome. And always tells a ton of
funny stories that have happened to her. And always asks good questions during
study time so we go scripture hunting to find answers. I wish all of you could
meet her!
So yeah, I put my tummy on for my 9 months!
That's the
tradition with the hermanas for milestones. The elderes burn ties and shirts
and things, and we have tummies.
We then went off and taught some lessons, and went hunting
for a few people, but didn't find them, so we taught someone else, instead.
Headed over to our only lunch appointment of the week, and ended up staying
there for a while as I was helping Kathia with her English classes.
I edited a
story that she was using to teach the kids, as it didn't really make a whole
lot of sense. I think it was written by a Russian, and translated through 5
languages before getting to English. If you have a minute, look up a video on
YouTube that's called something along the lines of "Google translate "Let
it Go" ". I totally get why you don't
use internet translators on all the text in a language class. It turns out
really weird. So I took a picture of the original typed story and the reworked
version that I wrote out what made a little more sense, at least from a diction
and grammar standpoint. Obviously, it could use a LOT more background/character
development/plotline to be an actually coherent story, but it has potential. Go
English!
So we went from that adventure to some other lessons,
and then headed to the church for our dinner, which we ate with the elderes in
the Nursery room. And then one more lesson, and headed home. I'm actually quite
exhausted.
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And we found some dolls in the Nursery
and
decided to take some pics with them! |
And, fun fact of the day that's gonna make anyone who knows
nutrition hate my guts: I ate pure carbs today. EVERYTHING. I'm actually not
quite sure how I feel to have accomplished that feat. There's a first time for
everything, right?
- Breakfast was pancakes that Hna Escobar made for me
- Lunch was a great big helping of rice, as always, and some
kind of chicken liver/organ of some sort that I didn't like, so we switched
that out for pasta (some little pasta balls called marmaon, not sure what the
English equivalent is, it's like giant acini de pepe)
- Kathia treated us to some pan de coco, so that was
another big chunk of carbs (means coconut bread, but it's basically a normal dinner
roll from back home, apparently they use coconut milk when they make them and
that makes them different from normal bread. Nothing near what coconut bread is
in my family. We put in a healthy helping of sugar, is more like a cake, and
actually tastes like coconut)
- Dinner was baleadas, but I was so full eating the pan de
coco and drinking a ton of water, that I just ate some of the tortilla and a
spoonful of beans
- After-planning-snack was the rest of the baleadas and some
leftover rice
Super healthy, right?
And we also found another church: La Iglesia de la Vision
Celestial. I think that brings our total to something like thirty churches
here. It's nuts. But I think it's the Pentecostal church up the road that's
always shouting, "LA IGLESIA PIDE FUEGO!!!!!!" over and over again.
Basically they're saying that the church is asking for fire. Like the Spirit or
something. Actually kinda scary. And it's a woman pastor, so that makes it more
interesting. I'm not really up for
shouting and jumping around in church. Sitting is about as exciting as I want
to get.
And, fun fact, Guadalupe is actually a guy's name. Kinda
like Andrea. Depends on the country and personal preference.
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| Some pretty flowers! |
And found some poinsettias! It's getting closer to
Christmas.
