so. no fight. rocio and her mom had an argument that ended with her mom not letting her go. rocio was angry and upset but paco and i spent the day with her, and after telling us the story and processing some stuff we had a great afternoon. we told her that since she is always the one being told what to do, the afternoon was hers to boss around hahaha. she picked where we wanted to eat, what we were going to do, what songs we were going to listen to, and what we watched on tv. she really wanted chop suey...so we went to a chinese restaurant in mexican. the waiters were asian, and they spoke perfect spanish! i shouldn't have been surprised but it threw me off a bit....anyways, it was really nice to be able to take her out of her house for awhile.

i spent the night at marta's and i was so happy to be there. adriana and i talked for a long time. i was really thankful that i could be there. her life's not easy right now, and she doesn't have friends besides the people she lives with. after we had been talking for awhile, i asked her what her dream was. she told me, and part of it was to be in her own house with kerly, her daughter, and to be able to give kerly anything she could ever want or need, because to adriana, kerly is her life and everything she has. adriana is 16, and she would give anything for her daughter. she is such a good mother despite everything that is constantly thrown at her. i hope that she feels this and i hope she knows this.

every time i have a conversation with someone here i am so humbled. with rocio, with adriana, with paco...their lives are so different than mine. our worlds are so different. i don't know struggles that they know. i haven't faced a lot of the issues they face daily. and yet, we all believe in the same God. the same God knows what they deal with, and He knows what i deal with. and He is waiting for every single one of us to run to Him, because His arms are open wide. in the midst of these difficult, hard to understand lives that my friends here are living, i find comfort in this God. i hope that you do too, and please keep praying for these people.

lots of love :)