October 10, 2005
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this is Christiana and Monica. Christiana has been staying with me while Pastor Josue has all his medical appointments and such and is really a great girl. i met Monica last year and she is great too–she was living with Christiana´s brother, but they both got saved and got married last year. Then, they brought the whole family (who now goes regularly to the church) and Christiana is going to be going to the seminary next year! wow! miracles!
This is MOnica and i with Ivy in the middle. Ivy is so much fun. she is a great mom and leader, as well as playing around and having fun with Christiana and i. today she took us out for fresh churros! she is one of my heros. i tried to get a picture with Josue, but he does not want a picture until he is completely over the Dingy fever and turning red with white spots…
aww. isn´t that cool? yesterday was Childrens Day in Brasil. we had a special service and blew up all those balloons (i was so light headed after that) and yours truely was put to work making the cute little ant poster thingy in the background.
anyways…random things about me..(because i have nothing better to talk about and i am sick of Portuguese at the moment)
never buy red toothpaste because you always freak out and think you are bleeding to death. treasure the hot showers while you have them…because you really miss them when you don~t have them (although i have found my time in the shower to be much faster). Ice Age is just as funny in Portuguese as it is in English–but Sid the Sloth´s voice isn´t half so good (somehow a lisp just doesn´t work with Portuguese). When in doubt, just mix the English and Portguese words together and you will come up with a new word that makes everyone laugh (this happens numerous times…)
i made pizza today (thanks for the cookbook mom!) and it was a success even if i did forget to kneed it and used some unidentifiable ingredients and the oven is possessed and always burns me (you should see me trying to light it…you have to turn on the gas, light a napkin and stick it in the pilot light without dying and blowing the house up). I am feeling pretty confident in this cooking stuff…and even Ivy is asking me for my cookie recipe!:)
Rachel
Comments (3)
O ya Indy is in an uproar over it. People think this is there year (I thought the last 4 years was the year) but we shall see.
I haven’t figured out what indy is in an uproar over, even after re-reading your post. As for what am i up to: I’m teaching 3rd grade in the Dominican Republic. The school is Jarabacoa Christian School, and I teach 7 subjects each day. Bible, Language, Math, Reading, Spelling, (handwriting), Science, History. I live with a Dominican family here in Jarabacoa – and they feed me and are really nice. Hope that helps! Tell Telie hello!
oh…Indy is in an uproar about the colts…it was a post from a different post…or something like that. the D.R….nice! my parents served in Haiti (along time ago) which is the other half of the island, right? that is super neato…how long will you be there all together? is this an internship with school orjust something you did on your own? 3rd grade–yeah, i think that would be my grade of choice–but that is alot of subjects (you teach in english, right?) i will tell Tele you said hi for you!