One last post

Sorry that it has been so long since I have been able to update my blog and say something!

We have very little access to the internet which is lame, but also pretty nice at the same time.  It has been really hard for me to adjust to not checking my e-mail and facebook two or three times an hour.  But at the same time, it has been nice because I have been able to do other things rather than checking my facebook all the time.

My team and I have been setting up everything at our site and we are ANXIOUSLY waiting for the kids to get here this Sunday!  I can’t wait until they get here!  I am a little nervous because I am not going to be able to translate quite as well as I would like to for the groups that are coming.  But, it will be fine because people here love it if you try to speak to them in Spanish.  Then they will whip out perfect English and laugh at you because you were trying so hard to speak to them in Spanish.  Only about 25 percent of people in Puerto Rico speak English and the majority of them are under the age of 25ish lol.  The majority of the people here know a little bit of English though, so that has been helpful.

The last night we went to an AMAZING church service!  We will be going there every Tuesday evening with the groups that have been coming here.  The services will be different when the kids get here, but last night it was nice because there were about 15 or 20 people and we just got in a circle and told everyone our prayer requests and what we wanted to say “Gloria a Dios” about.  It was SO interesting being able to hear these people be super excited about God and what He is doing in their lives and stuff like that.  It was interesting because it was all in Spanish.  I had to say what I wanted to say thanks to God to all in Spanish!  It has been scary because while I am here I am realizing how bad my Spanish really is haha :)

I have recently found out that the Spanish spoken in Barranquilla is slightly similar to the Spanish spoken in Puerto Rico, so God’s plan has really come shining through in the last few weeks.  I am so happy to be able to learn about this, I am going to have a funny accent though!  I love it!  They speak in such an interesting way.