"Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. How
awesome is the Lord most high, the great King over all the earth!" Psalm 47:1, 2
Today we went to church and every time I worship in Spanish I am totally moved to some combination of goosebumps and tears because our God is not some local, small god from only our minuscule part of the globe. He is the same great, worthy God in any and every language. Realizing that yet again today was beautiful!!
I decided that we need to learn a lesson from the ladies who greet at the church here... they kiss everyone coming in, telling them how beautiful and lovely we are, and say "God bless you"! It made me so happy that I've been walking with an extra spring in my step today :)
So after a few hours of clapping, trying to sing, and trying to follow the spanish sermon, we went to a mall to buy peanut butter (Jif is expensive here, but TOTALLY worth it!) and tonight we get to have a night of prayer and praise and plan for the week ahead. Our team is splitting up between the two campuses, and this upcoming week is our first week of sharing on campus. People willingly share their views on spirituality, and are very welcoming to hear your's. Hopefully this week I will be able to meet lots of sweet ladies and begin hanging out with them during their breaks between classes. Also, they have this AMAZING fresh squeezed orange juice for only 50 cents! Mmmm.
Speaking of food, no one has gotten too sick yet, which is good new :). We've starting taking a few mores risks in where we eat (Tres P!), and sometimes I forget we can't eat what everyone else does. But it's only a matter of time before we try some food from street vendors :) Last night all 14 of us went to Pizza Hut, and all of the locals got a good show. How stereotypical, right? 14 gringos and some pizzas. Totally delish.
At breakfast every morning at the hotel they give us a different kind of "jugo" (juice)... we've had mango, pineapple, watermelon, blackberry, naranjilla, and others. Maybe my favorite part about Ecuador so far ;)
Well, that's all for now. Feliz Dia de Padre (Happy Fathers Day) to everyone!
Un Besito,
Ann
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