this morning was more reporting, praying, and fellowshiping. we heard from teresa and bookie, an american and mexican who just got married this february. they have such a cool story...teresa has been serving at clinica la esperanza, a base for teams coming to do ministry. it's also a bible school run by bookie's brother, junior. she had been here for about 3 years and then they dated for 2 and then got married! they're adorable.
after lunch we saw their house, which is just down the road...they call it their miracle house because the story behind it is just crazy. it's super cute. i took a nap in the afternoon and then after dinner and communion we went to the church where junior is a pastor. it was awesome! i love mexican church. we sang a couple of my favorite songs and majesty, which we sang at hope all the time. sometimes in spanish the songs are so much more beautiful. one of the lines is something about God waiting for our hearts with his arms open wide...gah! i love it.
there are a lot of mexmed missionaries who are bilingual (obviously) which makes me want to badly to be more fluent. becky's going to language school in january and she'll come back knowing so much more...so i have realized that since i don't have any plans to go to language school for 6 months i'd better get my butt into gear. benjamin pearson the dictionary i stole/took/borrowed from you is about as worn down as my bible. i've been getting grammar lessons from some extremely patient people here and writing everything down. i have figured out that i'm not going to absorb spanish like i thought i would. this isn't kids camp, where i'm surrounded by hundreds of people speaking spanish all day long. i really am going to have to be an active learner and teach myself as much as i can. pray for me, please! i promised myself that i am not going back home until i feel like i can translate for people...so either i've got a lot to learn or i'll be here for awhile hahahaha.

back to gabriel house tomorrow. i'm excited to see everyone again!