It’s so hard to believe that we are in October!!! Crazy!!! This
is the last week of the quarter. One sure sign of this is that ALL my students
have been asking what their grade is in my class.
In a nutshell, things have been going great! I still love teaching high school, and I feel
that I am very acostumbre to everything here in Xela. I now that it rains just about everyday, I
know where to get good hot chocolate, I know the “normal” sounds of my
apartment from the “not so normal”,I figured out how to light our oven, I know
where to buy tortillas, I now what I’m suppose to do during an earthquake (that
doesn’t mean I’ll do it… but I do now know :D)… all these things and more. Yep.
I’m pretty use to everything.
Here are the big events that have happened since the last
time I wrote:
1.
I felt my first real earthquake.
I have felt tremors before, while being here. But NOTHING like I had
experience. It was a Friday evening. I
had come home from school, and was just relaxing before going out to meet Devin
and our friend Rafael from Toto for pizza. I thought I would catch up on some
guitar playing. I was sitting on the
couch in my apartmento located on the fourth nivel just strumming and singing
away. Minding my own business… And then
it happened. Everything started shaking,
even me. CDs and candles fell from a bookshelf,
our TV and other things came closer and closer to the edges of their
locations. For the first 7 seconds I
just froze, holding onto my guitar for dear life. Watching everything shake. At second 8 I put my guitar on the ground,
because I thought maybe I should do something.
Run? Jump? Lay on the ground? Crouch under a table? Try to catch the
microwave, TV, or water container… each getting closer and closer to
destruction…..
But I just sat there. And then it
was over. And then there were a lot of
aftershocks.
2.
We finished the story of Tamar in my elective
class.
The girls LOVED
this story. I was very encouraged by
their essays on what they had learned.
Many girls wrote things like :
“I learned that God has a plan
for everyone, including women.”
“I learned that God really hears
our prayers.”
“I learned that I don’t need
anything or anyone..including a man. I just need God.”
Here’s an excerpt
from one girl’s essay J
We are about to
finish Rahab. The girls don’t like her as much because she is older. But they
still love the love story associated with that.
3.
Student Fair
Student Council
hosted a fair to raise money for Spiritual Emphasis Week in the Spring. I took
participated in 2 events. I originally
signed Devin & I up to put our faces in pie to find M&Ms. Upon learning
this, he then signed us both up to be pied.
J
Students paid Q5
to play the find the M&Ms in the pie game against various teachers. Devin & I never one. I lost my focus the
second round because of the taste of the whip cream… It was literally whipped
cream. No sugar L
There was also a
fundraising competition where everyone was to give money. When certain amounts
were reached, certain teachers were pied.
I really thought I got out of this one, as the “money” thermometer was
not rising. I was priced at Q600, but
was then put on sale for Q500. (But we
all know I’m worth way more than that.) One of my seniors, somehow, was awarded
the honor of pieing me. He thoroughly
enjoyed doing so.
4.
Regresamos a Llano Largo!
Devin and I
journeyed back to the hot side of the country, to visit our host families we
met during the summer of 2010. It is so
cool that we can just go and visit them J Though it was hot, I loved our time
there. Even though I haven’t seen my “Guatemalan
sister & brother” in a year, it’s like we never skipped a beat. We were back to goofin’ around, being loud
and obnoxious, and acting like true brothers an sisters.
We had churrascos…
Oh. So. Good.
5.
Mexico.
This past weekend,
a group of teachers took a trip to Mexico.
We do not have our 2 year visas yet, so we only have 90 days in the
country. Therefore we left, and then got
another 90 J It was a fun trip! I had some yummy enchiladas
that made me think of Las Palmas.
6.
Toto
Devin and I have still
been going to Toto on Sundays for church.
It has been so awesome to see Lucia and kids every week!
Sorry for being soooooo late on the update J I’ll try to do better next time!
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