I am now halfway through day #4 without having a conversation in English (and no, the ones in my head do not count). It seems like I am sitting around trying to soak up as much as I can and I find myself thinking that in a month or 2 I will be able to answer that question! But I couldn't have asked for a better 2 weeks.

This weekend was packed with activites which will be the norm for me. I am working with 9 different churches and they all want to get as much out of me as they can so Saturday's and Sunday's will be packed. This coming weekend for instance will be a campout, so I dont even get the night off! While some YAVs get to paint their apartment to make it look nicer (sorry to pick on you girls again!) Saturday I got to patch the holes in my wall so that air stops coming in. Over the course of the year, we will do this to the whole house. But it was fun to work alongside of Eduardo. We listened to a praise CD in spanish. Sunday we had a "barbeque" at his church to raise money for one of his members who was burned badly and will be in the hospital for the next 2 months. We grilled for about 3 hours. That was great getting to know the members of his church, but a little weird having the youth giggle every time I caught them looking at me. Its weird too that in the midst of all those people, I felt a little bit of loneliness. I think it was just so familiar, the getting together with new family and friends, that made me miss my family and my church.

Then yesterday was my first day of work. I went to one of the churches where I will go every Monday to help out with the Compassion program that they have there. Imagine, if you will, that you are in middle school again. You walk in to your classroom and find a strange man sitting in the corner, and for the next 3 hours, he sits there. You try to ask him questions, but he looks at you with a blank stare like he has no idea what you are saying. Then you turn to one of your friends and say something about him and you all laugh. This was the first impression I made on the kids. I felt like a teacher's assistant, who was a mute. I know that it will get better, but just the initial lostness of it all. Tomorrow I get to do it all over again at a different church with different kids!

Today being my day off, I finally ventured to the internet cabin near my house to be here with you now. It was nice to sleep in, considering that for the past 2 nights, the neighborhood dogs have decided to bark ALL NIGHT LONG. Not to mention that they are building beside my house and start bright and early at 6. Anyway, enough of my complaining. I really do love it here and am looking forward to sharing it with you!