Oh, sweet Friday! I am SO ready for the weekend! Our speaker at LASP this morning talked about liberation theology, and her lecture led to more intense discussion all day. My brain is getting worn out, and while these topics are very important to me, I'm ready for a weekend that hopefully will consist of some time to just be brain dead for a while.
I rode in a taxi to and from ICADS this afternoon with a few other girls because one of them contracted a staff infection in her leg over Spring Break. A lot of people have come down with some pretty funky health issues, and I'm super grateful that I've been doing alright as far as that goes. The two absent students from my Spanish class returned today, so we had a normal class period, and because I took the taxi I had some free time before I went over to my old host family's house for dinner, I stopped at an e-cafe to check up on Emily (she's in Hawaii taking shelter from the tsunami), and was relieved to know that she's fine and that I'm not the only person in the world who seems to be followed by unfortunate events every time they travel.
When I showed up at Monica's house, she and her mom were both really excited to see me, and her mom gave me some hats and a scarf that she sewed for me. Tony teased me about being homesick, and it felt kind of surreal to be back in their house again. Monica and I went to the store to pick up dessert and we chatted about what's been going on since I moved. We had a great dinner, and I was relieved by how smoothly everything went. They invited me back for next Friday, so we'll see how the week goes...I might go back again soon.
The only bummer about going to dinner tonight was that I got home after dark and I forgot the sheet with mami's phone number on it, so I wasn't able to call before I left. My host parents like to pick me up at the bus stop if its dark out, so I felt really bad about not calling. Mami was super nice about it, and I was totally fine walking home (there's a security guard watching the apartments across the street anyway), but I made sure to put the phone numbers back in my backpack to avoid forgetting again. My walk from the bus stop was also made a little more exciting by the four escaped horses wandering about the street. Apparently that happens all the time, but I thought it was really funny.
When I got home I hung out with Melany until she went to bed and then spent some time reading and looking at pictures I brought from home. I was reminded of God's love and His promise to be with me through all of life. In all, it was a good day and I was happy to go to bed resting in that promise.
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