Well this week has been great. We have had many things happen. First, Erin and I have decided to give up media...to a degree. We found that last year, we retreated to watching Friends on DVD to escape the cold winter nights (and it gets REALLY cold here at night...last night we had three blankets on and I would wake up when one would get a little low--that's what happens when you have no heat!). We also found that we were choosing to watch movies or internet shows more than we think was healthy. It was just much easier than taking the risk to go and build community.
So far, it has been a real blessing. It helps that we can speak more Spanish, so that we don't just sit there and pretend to laugh when other people are laughing.
We are trying to fill that time with building quality relationships.
Just the other night, we were trying to figure out what to do after dinner. We usually go downstairs and hang out with people playing games. We heard a knock on the door and it was a friend who needed to talk. We gave this person counsel in sadness and it was totally in Spanish. Erin and I were very impressed with our understanding.
Yesterday, I turned into the ambulance driver. Gabriel got something in his eye from working with tile and was in pain. The clinic could not assist. So I ran him into Ensenada to an optician. I was able to watch as he dug a chunk of tile out of Gabriel's eye. It was intense.
I took him back again this morning and brought Edgar to school. We stopped at Angelito's where I picked up a bunch of fish for dinner. (one Kg for only 40 pesos!)
We are excited for a big weekend full of activities. It is so nice to be back!
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