Market
Today I bought some fruit at the little market by myself! Well, I didn´t go alone, but I talked to the guy and asked how much things were and paid him! Just a small accomplishment, but two months ago I would have been terrified. :)
Home
This week has been good and bad. Missing my family a lot (I would be going back this Thursday, originally). But then again, small moments of accomplishment, like understanding people´s conversations in Spanish and buying fruit in the market help me stay excited about being here. I can tell that I´m getting more of an ear for Spanish. Not exactly the greatest at talking, but that will come. Every time I see my friend Monica at church, I practice talking with her, and every time, she teaches me something new. I´m always getting out my little notebook and asking her to write whatever it is down.
Bible
Continuing to listen to John MacArthur sermons on Ephesians 5- soo good because it´s about living in the Holy Spirit and putting others first. Each day is a new day to surrender to God. I´m trying to memorize Ephesians 2:1-10...only have got about three verses so far.
Food
Today we had a delicious lunch :) We had salad, then chicken, and chicken broth soup with vegetables. Then we had watermelon (sandía). And I´m so pumped for all the fruit we bought! The guavas and chico zapotes aren´t ripe yet, but hopefully soon! But we have a lot of bananas. I´m just glad to have an easy and healthy snack :) I´m trying to be more purposeful with what I put in my mouth, just because I feel so much better when I do that. Especially since I´m still recovering from my cold. I know that chicken soup and fruits are going to help me, while re-fried beans from the can and tortilla chips probably aren´t the best option. Yesterday (Sunday) we had a Servants 4 Him meeting, so the house was full of gringos. I got to talk to this one women who is visiting here (she lived for a year in Guate) about food. She graduated with a major in nutrition, and when I heard that I got all excited and it was so encouraging to talk to her about healthy foods again. I miss that! As my mom said, No más papas fritas! Haha. I don´t eat much sugar, and everyone down here for the life of them can´t understand why. How do you explain in Spanish that sugar crashes my immune system?
I´m going to go study some Spanish now! Hopefully- there are always people coming over in this house, so I don´t want to be anti-social in my room. So sometimes ``studying Spanish`` means listening to conversations or playing soccer. Hasta luego!
