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ahhh!! I don't have much time to type and I don't even know where to begin! Last week was nuts. Okay I'll do what I did last time and type like crazy and hope it makes sense :)..

Last week (week 2 of school) was all about pushing my limits...like whoa. I fought a negative attitude many times because I felt like I was forced to do everything, nothing was my choice or even worth discussing.
We did a lot of drama practice and as you may or may not know, I HATE acting!! So when they made us act (sometimes in Spanish!) for 3 hours every day in front of the whole group I was NOT a happy girl. So out of my comfort zone...and always when I was soo exhausted. The problem is that every day when everyone else has naptime, I have lunch clean up for an hour and then right after that I have to literally run to the "creativity class" or else I'll be punished for being late. I could care less! oh goodness, haha! But anyway, yeah so acting was interesting, and God has been teaching me a LOT through it.  Especially this: that I am a leader and I'm being watched, so whether I like it or not, I need to be obedient (with a good attitude) so others will follow my example. One day I chose not to have a good attitude and my whole group got dragged down with me and everyone got in trouble. Okay, God, point proven. :) 

Another day during "creativity time" we were told that we would be doing 'street evangelism'. At the time I was so tired I could hardly walk, I was hot, full, and not happy because I didn't really even like the idea of preaching to people on the street. Jesse, the other American, and I were discussing it and how rare it is that people do this in the US and how we didn't even get a chance to voice our opinion or think it through! Well, anyway, on the walk to downtown, I surrendered it to God and was like okay, not one part of me wants to do this right now, but please get the glory. And it ended up going really well...of course! We met foreigners from all over the place, and simply had the chance to hear their hearts and explain the love of Jesus to them. We met these two girls from Belguim who aren't Christians but have some friends who are. I was talking to them and one girl was explaining that she thinks a relationship sounds awesome for some people, but she doesn't feel like she is lacking anything. But it was really good because we gained their trust and walked around town with them and established trust. and we are going to friend them on facebook...so I'm praying for them because they are such beautiful, sweet girls and God loves them so much!

Okay what else, Friday night we canceled class and went to the beach instead. Oh WOW. I needed that!! I had no intention to go swimming but all the foreign girls got dragged into the ocean against their will, so needless to say I went swimming. It was so fun! And we had some cheap, squishy ham, cheese, mayo sandwiches that we have every single friday...and honestly they tasted so good! We had a bonfire and worship on the beach while watching the sunset and everyone roasted marshmellows. I was actually cold on the beach and I LOVED being cold for once!! :)

Okay what else, Saturday we deep cleaned the kitchen after I got in trouble for being a half hour late...I had no clue (I had no clue I was even supposed to help clean. this is a common problem because I miss directions when they talk in Spanish and then they are like...uhhmm where were ou??). But anyway, it was really fun serving with my classmates and listening to their crazy Colombian music! Then Saturday night we had a talent show..that was fun too.

Then Sunday was crazy...church in the morning was beautiful. They had girls dancing during the whole service! Then lunch, clean up and then I did homework for a couple hours. Then we had night service for two and a half hours and honestly, with a bad headache, it felt like the LONGEST two and a half hours of my life!! When the guy got up to do the sermon, we had already been sitting in the dense heat for nearly two hours and then he started, and all of the foreigners were like, "he's joking, right?!" Haha! Then Jesse and I decided we didn't want to eat the dinner which was the infamous skinny hotdog with this huge dry, crusty bun and if you want...pineapple jelly on top! So, instead we purchased pizza and ate some cereal. And since they really don't have milk here we poured this oatmeal drink on our cereal. We recently discovered it at a store and we both think it's sooo good, but everyone here thinks it's nasty...go figure!

But yeah, last week was hard, but really good too. This week is all about inner healing. So it's going to be pretty heavy. I missed class yesterday because I was sick. I slept from 7:30am until 12pm! and LOVED that sleep! Tomorrow we are fasting and seeking God for a while, gearing up for the next week when we will be fasting for 1, 2, or 3 days in preparation for a mini outreach we will be doing in the city for a week. Wow!! I'm enjoying God and how good He is to me. How well He takes care of me when I simply obey Him.

Okay I think that's all for now. I hope you all are well! Miss you!