Hola mis amigos! I don't want you to miss any of the adventure I am about to tell you so I'll write in English...The trip to Guatemala was wonderful. I made many friends and met a lot of interesting people on the plane including a fellow Spanish learner traveling to the Lake region and sitting with the priesthood. I'm not kidding the priesthood surrounded me on my flight from Houston to Guatemala. An elderly Guatemalan lady asked in Spanish to have my seat. Therefore, I took her seat which was located in the center of a group of 11 young men in school studying Catholicism. Interesting experience to say the least.
When I arrived in Guatemala, I took a hour long ride in a very nice van to Antigue. I was probably riding in the nicest vehicle on the road which ruined my opportunity to practice "fitting in". Even though, my blue eyes and white skin ruin my possibility to trick the locals into believing I'm Guatemalan.
When I arrived at my Guatemalan families home, I promptly answered inappropriately to a question I was asked in Spanish. I was shown to my very nice living quarters and I was introduced to my new roommate for the next 5 weeks. Her name is Mallory. Here is where the story gets really exciting. This is an example of why us Christians don't have to stress about where the Lord will lead us.
Mallory lives in Raleigh, North Carolina and she knows no Spanish just like me. After language school, she will be working for an organization in the Dominican Republic to serve orphans. Yep, I am living with a girl with my same story! DID I WRITE THAT CLEARLY!!! DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME!
I put my luggage in the house and we headed to the streets to explore. We sat at a cafe and swopt stories about the lives the Lord has given us and discussed caring for orphans in our prospective areas. Amazing!!!!
Language school is intense but Mallory is a wonderful friend to practice with when we aren't in school. Thanks for your prayers. The Lord is listening.
Hallelujah!!! This is so exciting and encouraging to read!! Thank you for updating us. We are praying for you and so excited to see what the Lord is going to do next!! Love you!!
ReplyDeleteDarby! I'm so amazed to hear about Mallory. That was my exact prayer for you...that God would provide a friend for you on this journey. Can't wait to hear more testimonies to share.
ReplyDeleteThis has nothing to do with your crazy cool story but Jimmy ran into a snake in our laundary room tonight....screamed soo loud....haha. Thought that would make you laugh. It's a black snake but we're afraid of it. I asked him if he knew any snake handlers but that's a negative.
Enjoy your day learning more Spanish tomorrow!
miss you. Lauren
Ha. I laughed out loud when I read the story about the snake. I could see the whole scene in my head.
ReplyDeleteI found a large roach in the shower here so I used a note card (I have a lot of them sitting around to help me learn Spanish words)to flick it into the trashcan. Yay! My favorite bug has decided to join the household. :)