my thoughts are like this windy day...all over the place

windy...
that's an understatement. today the dust is flying everywhere and the rain clouds are movin' in...a nice day to just stay inside...

my paper is finished...the one i had to write regarding my experience during the immersion. i had three weeks to write it (it's pretty long...46 pages with pictures and graphs), and i know i could've gotten it done awhile ago...but it was difficult to process and reflect. for me it was a little depressing. but in completing the paper i feel a little better about all that took place during my time here. i definitely learned a lot.

now that the paper is finished i can focus on trying to read a book in spanish...yeah we'll see how that goes. i think i can do it, if i make sure my spanish/english dictionary is always with me :). and with this weather the way it is today, maybe i'll actually get some stuff done.

yesterday i visited some of the girls in the bible school that meets here on the same campus. one of the girls had a cold so she was stuck in the room all day. i took the opportunity to introduce her to country music - haha (she couldn't escape :p). she said she liked it, but maybe she was just saying that cuz she couldn't go anywhere else. we even tried to learn how to line dance...but the internet was cutting in and out so that didn't happen. haha I'm slowly but surely bringing the real culture of north america here in this place :).

they have me answering phones in the office this week...hahaha....ok, that can either mean that they think i've advanced in my spanish or they don't think the phone is going to ring very much. either way...i find it hilarious. there really hasn't been very many calls, i think only one official call and then yesterday some students were calling in.

today i get the priviledge of cooking for me and the two guys that just returned today from their immersion in paraguay. if any of you know me at all this is a little out of my comfort zone. i don't consider myself a cook, and often avoid the kitchen. but it seems here that i am being stretched and grown in this area :p. i hope they don't mind spaghetti....


i was feeling a little down this morning, probably because i've spent so much time alone and just need to get out and be active again. i descided to read the psalms. they always seem to help calm my spirit when i'm under a lot of stress. they especially help remind me who is in control. here are some things i'm resting in today:

"Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplication. The Lord is my strength and my shielf; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him." (Psalm 28:6-7)

"The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace." (Psalm 29:11)

ok...well off to read my book...