Newest update as of Friday-another working of God's hands through my ministry here: I've been asked to teach 4,5, and 6th grade English. Dorothy-who teaches them now is leaving Wed. She is from the states and married a Hispanic. They want to retire close to her family. The teacher she had in line to fill her spot is unable to come-so I will be the new head teacher for those classes. I will be here until the school season is almost over, which works out perfectly. I'm really excited to be able to get to know the older ones, although I'll miss the Preschoolers and Kindergarten kiddos I worked with. It has been difficult getting to know the older girls at Casa Hogar-something about those teenage years. Even in the states, teens don't open up easily. I've always enjoyed being involved in the lives of youth at the two ranches I worked at and hope to do the same here...it's a slow process. But, when you are their teacher, you can't help but get to know them! Once again God affirms my purpose for being here in MX!
Also, I'm enjoying my hilarious, jocular, fellow teachers. Most of them are gals, single, and in their late 20's early 30's-so as usual, I am the baby. We have fun.
Yesterday was my first day of swimming lessons. Envision a tall white girl, roasting in the sun (I wore sunscreen....but....agh. I guess I'll have to work on my tan the painful/unhealthy way), screaming in spanglish to a bunch of energetic 2nd graders. I was hoping to work on technique...one of my downfalls is that I expect too much and get frustrated when things aren't what I'd hoped for-too idealistic. I will be happy if the kids learn to float by the end of the school year-however, if they can learn streamline, how to kick the right way, and some basic freestyle, I'll be happy :)
Some of you know...I lost my debit card a couple weeks ago.: ( Yep. My mind is always-absent-I leave things everywhere (you will not want to be my friend once I hit my 40s and 50s-ha). Thankfully God looks after me and showers down millions of little mercies. Even when I am at an ATM machine, constantly looking over my shoulders and scoping my surroundings-making sure I get a receipt and not counting my cash openly-I leave my card in the machine. Figures. Thankfully, I think it ate my card because three days later I realized my predicament and called the bank-nothing was stolen. Since then I've been creative with how to get money-after I called the bank I found a message from one of my friends saying that he knew someone that was coming to Casa Hogar with MTW in April and could bring anything I needed :-)
It's Saturday and I'm excited because.....I GET TO GO TO WALMART! Never knew the day that going to Walmart would be special. I'm meeting Mandy and we get to experience the wonder of it together. It takes about an hour for me to get to Walmart and their selection is MUCH better than any of the markets close by. I don't go often. There is no beef jerky, BBQ pork skins, or frozen biscuit dough, but ACA Walmart does have Kraft Mac n' Cheese :) haha-it is the little things in life that can be so exciting!
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