Hello all!
I am not going to write much today, but I did want to let everyone know that I arrived safely and immediately moved in with my Mexican family for the summer. I have an American/Canadian (she's kind of both...) roommate who has been very welcoming and sweet. Here she is in our room.
I am not going to write much today, but I did want to let everyone know that I arrived safely and immediately moved in with my Mexican family for the summer. I have an American/Canadian (she's kind of both...) roommate who has been very welcoming and sweet. Here she is in our room.
Here´s a picture of our house.
To the left is our room(newly painted green), and then the next three doors are Sunday School rooms and a closet, then my bathroom is on the end at the far left. To the right is our kitchen, and that room is connected to the dining room, then the living room, then our hosts room and bathroom. And the dog house is "Jackie," our dog´s room.My family here is wonderful. We live in the church with this family. The mama is Rachel, and she's actually only 21, so my mama is younger than me! My papa is Issaac, and he's 33. They have one son, Caleb who is nine months old, and they already have another one on the way who is due in November! Caleb is adorable! The church I'll be working at is called "Iglesia Bautista Cristo Viene," which means literally, "Baptist Church Christ comes." The church is small; we currently have 30 members, but I haven't gotten an idea of how services will be quite yet, as I haven't met our pastor yet.
I am very happy here, but of course, it is extremely overwhelming to be in a new city, with all new people, and with my family at home moving, my leaving college, etc., there is a LOT of transition, change, adjustment going on in my heart and head lately. Please pray for my adjustments to this new life and that God will give me fortaleza (strength!). Tomorrow is our "day of rest" so a bunch of us on the summer team are going to visit the Anthropology museum at Chapultepec. That should make for a more relaxing, easy day. I am missing all of you very much and I will update you more later on what I'll be doing.
Thank you so much for all your prayers and support. Please keep praying for me! I need every bit of it. Pray for my emotional adjustment, the language barrier, and for my relationship with my family and roommate.
Love!
I am very happy here, but of course, it is extremely overwhelming to be in a new city, with all new people, and with my family at home moving, my leaving college, etc., there is a LOT of transition, change, adjustment going on in my heart and head lately. Please pray for my adjustments to this new life and that God will give me fortaleza (strength!). Tomorrow is our "day of rest" so a bunch of us on the summer team are going to visit the Anthropology museum at Chapultepec. That should make for a more relaxing, easy day. I am missing all of you very much and I will update you more later on what I'll be doing.
Thank you so much for all your prayers and support. Please keep praying for me! I need every bit of it. Pray for my emotional adjustment, the language barrier, and for my relationship with my family and roommate.
Love!
