So, this is our first week after our Spanish teacher has left. We all miss having our teacher/ne friend around. It's funny when we meet people and they often times say they hope that we would visit. I always take those offers lightly, because many people do it as a kind gesture. Jorge said we were like family and offered me many times to visit him in Chiappas Mexico, I am pretty sure he was serious about the offer, but if he wasn't, he is going to just have to deal with it because i want to check out this town he told me about. He said the whether there is always perfect, well sometimes it can be cold, but there is jungle and beautiful mountains and waterfalls and a lot of short people. I can maybe become a tourist attraction down there ha-ha.
Well now that we don't have Spanish in the afternoons, we are trying to plan things to do, on weds the guys are meeting together and will be in small groups( spiritual growth groups, or accountability groups). I am glad that we are going to be having a formal time where we can get closer to one another and help one another out with our struggles along the way.
We will be required to commit to a ministry in town once a week for a few hours and also become friends with someone in the area who we can practice Spanish with and really get to know. This will help us with culture and help us get more comfortable here in town. Another reason, is we want to have an impact on the town we are in, if we just stay on campus all day, we will never have the chance to get out there and love on the town we are in.
I was thinking about what i will do, and i think i want to help teach English in some way. I always though teaching English was what every missionary does because it is the only thing we really have to offer, but i jokingly tell everyone the reason i struggle with Spanish is i never really learned English the proper way. Maybe i can teach myself as i go along. And for a relationship, i was thinking about going down the the gym on the weekends and making a friend. At one of the gyms, there is a climbing wall. I don't know how serious of a climbing wall it is, but i bet if some tall white guys is at it every week, i will meet someone here or there. It worked in Riverside, maybe i can do it here too in Mexico. it is also good, because i enjoy rock climbing, so its a win win situation.
well, time to go bug the roomy.
Well now that we don't have Spanish in the afternoons, we are trying to plan things to do, on weds the guys are meeting together and will be in small groups( spiritual growth groups, or accountability groups). I am glad that we are going to be having a formal time where we can get closer to one another and help one another out with our struggles along the way.
We will be required to commit to a ministry in town once a week for a few hours and also become friends with someone in the area who we can practice Spanish with and really get to know. This will help us with culture and help us get more comfortable here in town. Another reason, is we want to have an impact on the town we are in, if we just stay on campus all day, we will never have the chance to get out there and love on the town we are in.
I was thinking about what i will do, and i think i want to help teach English in some way. I always though teaching English was what every missionary does because it is the only thing we really have to offer, but i jokingly tell everyone the reason i struggle with Spanish is i never really learned English the proper way. Maybe i can teach myself as i go along. And for a relationship, i was thinking about going down the the gym on the weekends and making a friend. At one of the gyms, there is a climbing wall. I don't know how serious of a climbing wall it is, but i bet if some tall white guys is at it every week, i will meet someone here or there. It worked in Riverside, maybe i can do it here too in Mexico. it is also good, because i enjoy rock climbing, so its a win win situation.
well, time to go bug the roomy.
