A lot has happened since I updated my blog last. I was going to update it Sunday night, but as I was moving pictures from my camera's memory card to my computer I somehow erased them all from the memory card! I was so disappointed; that morning we girls had gone with some friends on a motorcycle ride up in the mountains and I had had some fabulous pictures! So I was going to wait until I could copy some pictures from one of my friends before I updated my blog, but I haven't gotten them yet and thought I should go ahead and fill you in on the other stuff that's been happening.
So...(deep breath)...here we go:
Last Friday-Saturday I was finishing my last history paper for the quarter. I thought it was just an ok paper, so later I about jumped out of my chair in glee when my professor gave me an A+ with glowing comments!
Sunday, of course, was the motorcycle ride, but I'll fill you in on that when I have pictures. (Oh, and don't worry--we got back in time for church! lol)
Monday-Wednesday I finished a 6-page paper for my spiritual formation class, so I was home-bound most of the time. Wednesday evening was staff Bible study. Instead of the regular Bible study, we have just started going through a money management course by Crown Financial Ministries, and we'll be doing that for the next ten weeks, I think (at the base instead of our house). We are divided into four groups; here's a picture of one group:
Recently someone gave Arlene a cacao pod-thing. The seeds--the part that cacao comes from--are a dark purplish-brown on the inside but covered in a tangy sweet white slime on the outside. We dug the seeds out of the pod, sucked the sweet slime off the outsides, and put the seeds outside to dry. We're going to see if we can make our own hot chocolate or something!
This is my last week of school before fall break and I only have a couple of small assignments left to do, so I'm taking advantage of my free time. Today I went with Arlene to Los Higos for the day. Here's a few pictures:
One of the familys up there wanted to serve us lunch: (It was SO good!)
Me with some girls at the site where Arlene works:
Sewing class is on Friday afternoons but only one member came today. This girl in the picture, Chica, is not a member, so technically she shouldn't be using the machine...
...so she and I hand-stitched little dresses for her Barbie. I know it looks a little atrocious, but I think it was her first time or something, and neither one of us wanted to spend too much time at it. Lasting quality doesn't seem to be an issue with her doll clothes; the previous set had been sewn on the doll and Chica just cut them off.
River of Life Fellowship in Middlebury sent a group of people down to re-roof Troyers' house at the base. They'll be here for a week and I'll put together a little video for them. Lowell and I took a few videos/pictures this morning and I now fully appreciate the work Andrea and Alicia did with video for the summer teams this past year. It's harder than they made it look! I feel sorry for the first few teams we will have; they'll be my practice!
More to come....
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