Spanish School

We are halfway through Spanish school. I have mixed feelings about it. I am not yet speaking Spanish outside of school other than a few words here and there. We have two more weeks so I am hoping by the end I am more advanced. I am ever so grateful that Tristan can understand and speak it fairly fluently. It makes life easier for me.


My School Room

We have 6 hours of school a day and then study after school for about 3 hours. Next week we are going try 4 hours instead of 6. After school we usually find a park or coffee shop. Antigua is a tourist town and has a lot of nice places to study. We tried the Starbucks in town and I decided we didn’t need to re-visit. There were so many people there and it made studying difficult. My teacher proudly told me this Starbucks is known to be the most beautiful one in the world. She also said Guatemala doesn’t have good coffee because the best of the coffee gets shipped to the states.


Starbucks Courtyard 

The Park Near School

    

Lord Willing, we plan to move to Las Cabezas area in several weeks. We looked at a house last week. Unfortunately, when we got there, we were told they didn’t have a key for the house. The previous renters had some things in the house yet and they still had the key. We are hoping next Saturday to look at it again and maybe couple other houses as well. If you think of us, you can pray we can find a suitable place.

 It's hard to believe we have been living here in Guatemala for just a little over a month. It feels like we have been here forever. The times I get homesick, I don’t know what I am homesick for. I know if I went home, I would feel lost and know I am not where I should be.

This week I got to be part of an evening where ladies from our church group discussed a book, we all read on mentoring. Even though I was not there in person, I was so refreshed. After I got off the phone, I felt somehow comforted knowing I am not the only one with questions and a life that isn’t figured out.

 

Plant Name - Donkey Face

Here is a quote that I really like. “Sometimes we are in the desert, other times we are in the garden. Sometimes we are crying in the valley, other times we are rejoicing on the mountain. Sometimes we are holding ashes, other times we are watching beauty unfold. But in every season, in every situation God is good." - Author Unknown 

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