[Friday, February 13, 2004]
Hello to all my faithful readers and prayer partners!
I'm sorry about missing last week's blog. The week went so fast I can hardly even remember what happened! The biggest thing was that Thursday, February 5th was a holiday in Mexico, so we were off school. (We don't get Presidents Day off though.) My roommate and I were invited to 2 of my students' home (brothers) for breakfast. Their mom made Swedish pancakes and they were delicious. Later, we took a bus downtown and just got to spend some time sightseeing. It was a relaxing day. Well, last Friday night, my friends and I had a family over for dinner. It was a missionary family visiting from another part of Mexico. Guess what? They have 7 kids! It was fun. It reminded me of being home. I hadn't met them before, but my friends had. Then, on Saturday night, my church had a Cena de Amistad (Friendship Banquet) for Friendship Day (Valentine's.) I had an enjoyable evening. I got to sit with a lot of the Mexicans that are my age and practice my Spanish. It was at a real fancy restaurant and the food was good. (Of course, I didn't try anything spicy.) The school week was good. I received a blessing on Tuesday because one of my student's family invited me to lunch (Mexican lunchtime) at their house. It was such a neat time. I played Tony Hawk skateboarding on the Game Cube with him and we played another game together. I made a cake to take for dessert, since in Mexico it is traditional and courteous to bring a dessert if you are invited to dinner. Well, the family decided that it would represent my birthday cake and they put candles in and sung to me. ( My birthday is the 19th of this month.) It was neat. I ended up staying there the whole evening and attended a College Bible Study at their house. They live across the street from a major private university, University of the Americas. I actually met some Americans there. One girl is from New Jersey and caught typhoid. So, she's been a little down lately and her and I exchanged phone numbers. We're going to get together sometime! It will be fun to converse with Americans outside of PCS. Well, today I am going to a Friendship Banquet that the school puts on. It's for junior high, high school and staff. It should be fun. Then, tomorrow, I am going to a birthday party. My birthday party actually (along with 2 other teachers whose birthdays are in February.) One family decided to have a staff party to celebrate our birthdays. It will be nice. God has blessed me with loving friends here. Also, I was so excited today because I got 3 birthday cards in the mail! That's about the same amount of mail that I've gotten in the months of October-January put together! It really is encouraging to get letters in the mail. You know, someone asked me this week how often I have communication with people at my church and I told him that I've heard from 5 families at the most from church since I've been gone. Of course that sometimes discourages me. He told me that it is normal for missionaries not to have much communication from home. That has challenged me in that when I am back in the US, I want to be writing/ e-mailing missionaries I know to encourage them and just to keep up with them. So, maybe that will challenge you as well. It reminds me of the apostle Paul when he was in prison. Many times in his letters, he expressed joy and thanksgiving after hearing from the people he was writing to. Paul also knew how great it is to be away from home and be hearing from the people that are praying for and supporting you. Well, thank you again for checking my weblog. Thank you for your prayers and continual financial support! Have a wonderful Valentine's Day and remember that Christ is the reason we have love in our lives! Angelina
I'm sorry about missing last week's blog. The week went so fast I can hardly even remember what happened! The biggest thing was that Thursday, February 5th was a holiday in Mexico, so we were off school. (We don't get Presidents Day off though.) My roommate and I were invited to 2 of my students' home (brothers) for breakfast. Their mom made Swedish pancakes and they were delicious. Later, we took a bus downtown and just got to spend some time sightseeing. It was a relaxing day. Well, last Friday night, my friends and I had a family over for dinner. It was a missionary family visiting from another part of Mexico. Guess what? They have 7 kids! It was fun. It reminded me of being home. I hadn't met them before, but my friends had. Then, on Saturday night, my church had a Cena de Amistad (Friendship Banquet) for Friendship Day (Valentine's.) I had an enjoyable evening. I got to sit with a lot of the Mexicans that are my age and practice my Spanish. It was at a real fancy restaurant and the food was good. (Of course, I didn't try anything spicy.) The school week was good. I received a blessing on Tuesday because one of my student's family invited me to lunch (Mexican lunchtime) at their house. It was such a neat time. I played Tony Hawk skateboarding on the Game Cube with him and we played another game together. I made a cake to take for dessert, since in Mexico it is traditional and courteous to bring a dessert if you are invited to dinner. Well, the family decided that it would represent my birthday cake and they put candles in and sung to me. ( My birthday is the 19th of this month.) It was neat. I ended up staying there the whole evening and attended a College Bible Study at their house. They live across the street from a major private university, University of the Americas. I actually met some Americans there. One girl is from New Jersey and caught typhoid. So, she's been a little down lately and her and I exchanged phone numbers. We're going to get together sometime! It will be fun to converse with Americans outside of PCS. Well, today I am going to a Friendship Banquet that the school puts on. It's for junior high, high school and staff. It should be fun. Then, tomorrow, I am going to a birthday party. My birthday party actually (along with 2 other teachers whose birthdays are in February.) One family decided to have a staff party to celebrate our birthdays. It will be nice. God has blessed me with loving friends here. Also, I was so excited today because I got 3 birthday cards in the mail! That's about the same amount of mail that I've gotten in the months of October-January put together! It really is encouraging to get letters in the mail. You know, someone asked me this week how often I have communication with people at my church and I told him that I've heard from 5 families at the most from church since I've been gone. Of course that sometimes discourages me. He told me that it is normal for missionaries not to have much communication from home. That has challenged me in that when I am back in the US, I want to be writing/ e-mailing missionaries I know to encourage them and just to keep up with them. So, maybe that will challenge you as well. It reminds me of the apostle Paul when he was in prison. Many times in his letters, he expressed joy and thanksgiving after hearing from the people he was writing to. Paul also knew how great it is to be away from home and be hearing from the people that are praying for and supporting you. Well, thank you again for checking my weblog. Thank you for your prayers and continual financial support! Have a wonderful Valentine's Day and remember that Christ is the reason we have love in our lives! Angelina
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