Right now I am sitting in the courtyard with Annie and Rebekah, accessing the wireless internet for the first time. Even though wireless is always available, I never seem to be able to make time for it so far. Still, it's just the beginning of getting adjusted.
We (Rebecca, Rebekah, Annie, Rachel, and I) arrived in Acapulco Friday afternoon. When we got to Casa Hogar, all the kids greeted us at the gate. That night was a flurry of learning names and practicing Spanish. We all struggled a little more with our Spanish than we anticipated. Still, we're learning!
Saturdays are our days off, so we started out by hanging out with the kids, a little orientation, and then one of the girls who's been here a while took us out in Acapulco and showed us the ropes. Now we know which buses to take, which not to, and other things like that!
Sunday we took all the kids to church. I opted not to grab an English translation device for the sermon. It was so hard! I am learning a lot though. It took me a while to break through with some of the kids, but they're all warming up and helping me improve my Spanish! I have heard a few of their stories, and the more I hear, the more I rejoice in our God who brought them here. For many of them, Casa Hogar was where they came to know the Lord.
Today, I was helping translate for a short term team that was here working with construction. Oh man! Talk about tiring! Please pray that the Lord will help me communicate well. I'll be working on my tool vocabulary!
Well, I need to head to bed. I will try to update this weekly! I hope you are all doing well!
In His love,
April
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