Vamos a la Playa!

I´m going to the beach tomorrow for three whole days of hot water in a real shower, speaking English with good friends, and no mice in my room, ants in my food, or cockroaches in the bathroom. It sounds a lot like Heaven....

This week has been full of exciting events, some of which have already been reported. I´ve still been in Concepsión a lot, and am getting to know the people there almost better than the people at Capilla. I went to a youth vigil at Capilla Saturday night and gave a talk at about 2 am. If you are thinking that something seems not wrong about that statement, you are absolutely right. 1. I don´t NOT sleep. Ever. 2. I don´t speak Spanish early in the morning or late at night. Personal rule. When I´m tired, my Spanish skills are the first to go. BUT, by the grace of God, I hopefully gave my first and last 2 am Spanish devotional. Also, yesterday I went to a 5-hour baby shower for the grandson of Doña Julia. That was definitely one of those surreal, ¨wait, is this really my life?¨ moments, but I really enjoyed it.

My new family is so great. In the house are Lili and Melvin and their 7-year-old daughter Yaritza as well as Lili´s dad Guillermo, who is recovering from a stroke. (sidenote: conversations with an old, only-half-there, Costa Rican man about ¨Groomer Has It¨, hit new Animal Planet series about psycho dog groomers, is something I wish all of yall could have the opportunity to experience. Not many things could be funnier.) They treat me like an actual queen, which sometimes makes me feel guilty, but I´ve decided to live it up.

Hope no one has melted from the heat up there... I am enjoying eternal spring here with sunny days in the mid-seventies!

Prayer Requests:
-For safety on the beach trip.
-Denis, my friend who´s wife left him a little over a week ago. He has basically dropped off the face of the Earth after his wife left, and no one knows what´s going on or where he is.
-The land where they hold services on Sundays in Concepcion is also where they want to build a church. The owner has refused to sell it once in the past, but Mauro is going back to talk to her again this week to see if she will sell. Pray that that meeting will go well and that they will be able to purchase the land, the first step in building a church.