well, i guess its time for another entry. this month it will be more difficult to get on to a computer since i have no internet at my house and at mcc its difficult to get on sometimes, buts its all good :) so yeah, i´m just about to finish off the second week here in santa cruz, and also its been almost a week since i moved in with my host family.
a little about my host family:
I live with a widowed lady, Doña Marina, who lives at her house (DUH! :) ) with two of her two kids and two grandkids. She actually has five kids, three of them are married (one lives in Santa Cruz, close to her house, and the two other married ones live in spain). Its a simple house, no hot water, and so far that has been a blessing in disguise. During the shower, you curse the cold water, (not actually cursing, you know what i mean) but then once you get out of the shower, you just become thankful that you took the cold shower cause its so stinking hot out. Well today its not exactly warm outside, so today it might just be a curse and not a blessing. Jokes!!! :) Doña Marina´s house is a guess you call it a open concept house?? no clue, but anywho, every room , when you step out of the door, puts you outside. I might just draw out a floor plan and stick it on here, depends how bored i am :) It was a bit of shock for me at first, cause here, most people live very simply. but i got my room, so i have some alone time every once in a while and that is nice. and i really need this, i think i was living to comfortably at home, dont get me wrong, i really miss home but this is good, im liking it more and more each day. yeah.
this month, september and the last part of august, is filled with language training and tutor time (people from our churches who are our age that show us the city). so its really been fun and interesting. Being with people our age is definitely helping with the language a lot. My tutor is the drummer of youth praise and worship band of my church. His name is Edgar, he´s a fun guy. Yeah, this city gets easier to get around every day. This week with Edgar we figured out how to get to talita cumi, man they should have picked a childrens home that is a bit closer to the center, this home i´m working at is waaaaaaaaaaaayy out there, but its a small price to pay haha. yeah i begin working at talita cumi at the beginning of october i think.
yeah i´m kinda zoning in and out right now, sooooooooooooooo i shall stop for now. tune in next time
peace love and happines
Tons
Friday, August 29, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
First two weeks
Ooooook. Hello. So i started this blog last week and I think its fair to say that i should write something on here eh? but yeah, anyways, this whole SALT thing started a week ago, so i´ll start from there.
I left Steinbach at quarter to four in the blessed AM to head to the airport in Winnipeg and fly off to Chicago (the first stop). The wait was dumb, i mean, i disliked it, but then, Kathleen showed up and she was like, Toni? and i said yeah, and we said SALT, and it was good. No it was great to have a travel buddy the entire way to Akron, PA. Yeah, anyways, we left Winnipegat about 7 am, and then landed in Chicago a couple of hours later. Then we had a four hour layover at the airport, it was not bad, but it does get kinda boring just sitting and waiting. But then we were off again and arrived at Harrisburg airport and were off to akron!! ok, let me tell you, i enjoyed the orientation at akron a lot! i enjoyed getting to know everyone, going to most sessions :), and just hanging out with the other salters and ivep and yamen. This was the first year that IVEP and YAMEN! were with us, wait at least i think YAMEN! might have been there the last few years, but anywho, it was great. i was roomed with Edder from columbia, so the i got some spanish practice there, and he was great fun. What i also really enjoyed was that all of us had the same beliefs, there is nothing better than waking up in the morning and going to the daily devotionals and knowing, yes, we all believe in the same GOD and it feels great!! At orientation we played some wicked games of pingpong, soccer (us salters lost to the ivepers) and ultimate frisbee. it was kinda strange leaving akron and saying goodbye was not fun. I found it amazing how attached you got to people and the close bonds you can make in one week. All the fireside conversations, the praise and worship, man it was all good!
ok now that flight to bolivia was a bit more interesting, well sort of. we flew to miami no problem, and then the flight kept getting postponed, and that sucked! we arrived the airport at 2.15 pm and the plane was supposed to leave at 11.10, but nooooooooooooo, we ended up leaving at around 1.30ish from miami. it was great! :) so we got to santa cruz at about 10 am. and so far i really like santa cruz. when we got to the mcc compound, we had some brunch, soooooooooo good, you know what, guave jam (homemade of course) is the best !!! anyways after the we had a little two hour nap and then went for a walk to the central plaza and browsed the local artisans market. i think thats what its called. really cool stuff, just had no money so i didn´t buy anything but yeah, then we headed to a restaurant where we at some amazing icecream!! wow, i think ill use most of my money to buy icecream ;). yeah its about 6.20 now and we will eat supper in a few hours, so basically i´m dying hahaha not quite, but i´m HUGNRY :) but yeah i love this place! i get to move into my host familys house next sunday, so that will be cool
anyways, peace hope and love and happiness
peace
Toni
I left Steinbach at quarter to four in the blessed AM to head to the airport in Winnipeg and fly off to Chicago (the first stop). The wait was dumb, i mean, i disliked it, but then, Kathleen showed up and she was like, Toni? and i said yeah, and we said SALT, and it was good. No it was great to have a travel buddy the entire way to Akron, PA. Yeah, anyways, we left Winnipegat about 7 am, and then landed in Chicago a couple of hours later. Then we had a four hour layover at the airport, it was not bad, but it does get kinda boring just sitting and waiting. But then we were off again and arrived at Harrisburg airport and were off to akron!! ok, let me tell you, i enjoyed the orientation at akron a lot! i enjoyed getting to know everyone, going to most sessions :), and just hanging out with the other salters and ivep and yamen. This was the first year that IVEP and YAMEN! were with us, wait at least i think YAMEN! might have been there the last few years, but anywho, it was great. i was roomed with Edder from columbia, so the i got some spanish practice there, and he was great fun. What i also really enjoyed was that all of us had the same beliefs, there is nothing better than waking up in the morning and going to the daily devotionals and knowing, yes, we all believe in the same GOD and it feels great!! At orientation we played some wicked games of pingpong, soccer (us salters lost to the ivepers) and ultimate frisbee. it was kinda strange leaving akron and saying goodbye was not fun. I found it amazing how attached you got to people and the close bonds you can make in one week. All the fireside conversations, the praise and worship, man it was all good!
ok now that flight to bolivia was a bit more interesting, well sort of. we flew to miami no problem, and then the flight kept getting postponed, and that sucked! we arrived the airport at 2.15 pm and the plane was supposed to leave at 11.10, but nooooooooooooo, we ended up leaving at around 1.30ish from miami. it was great! :) so we got to santa cruz at about 10 am. and so far i really like santa cruz. when we got to the mcc compound, we had some brunch, soooooooooo good, you know what, guave jam (homemade of course) is the best !!! anyways after the we had a little two hour nap and then went for a walk to the central plaza and browsed the local artisans market. i think thats what its called. really cool stuff, just had no money so i didn´t buy anything but yeah, then we headed to a restaurant where we at some amazing icecream!! wow, i think ill use most of my money to buy icecream ;). yeah its about 6.20 now and we will eat supper in a few hours, so basically i´m dying hahaha not quite, but i´m HUGNRY :) but yeah i love this place! i get to move into my host familys house next sunday, so that will be cool
anyways, peace hope and love and happiness
peace
Toni
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