I'm there, finished, completed. I guess....well now I am suppose to know Spanish. I have completed my course in Spanish. We just took our last Spanish test. Next step is starting in the Bible Institute. I can't believe I have already come this far, it's so unreal. I feel as though I have learned SO much but I still have SO much more to learn.

The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you. ~Kendall Hailey

It's all about getting there, learning from people God puts in your path and taking in the "view". I definantly struggle with not always thinking about home and what people are doing there. I want to be able to fix their problems and help them through tough times. Being right where I am right now though is the most important. It's kinda like taking a walk enjoying what you are doing is half of the battle taking your surroundings, and not trying to hurry life up.

well she said....

The grapevine is the ONLY way I can find out anything(ok, ok most things) here at Palbra de Vida. Remeber the post about Cordaba, well we're not going. I kept on hearing about it through different people. "Did you know that we can't go to Cordaba?" I am sorry for a "rant" blog. I felt it was necessary since I posted that we were going, and now we're not.

oh yeah and Happy Saint Patrick's Day.

Dear John

I finished "Pride and Prejudice"(part of my 21 things). Then I started another book today titled "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks. It was just made into a movie, and that was the reason I wanted to read it. I seriously CANNOT put it down, it is such a good book.

Autumn is that you.....?

Well I can feel it this week. It definantly feels as though the seasons are changing, which is a good thing. I love the change of weather and scenery(plus the mosquitoes die). God is always keeping us on our toes with constant change and its just gorgeous.

Just last night I learned that the Latinos call Prince Charming, Principe Azul literally translated Prince Blue. Isn't that ridiculous? Sometimes the more Spanish I learn the more I like English.

The next few weeks should prove to be interesting. I will be traveling with a group to Cordaba, Argentina to do ministry. I am not sure what we will be doing when or how, but that is typical Argentina/Palabra de Vida style. Que sera, sera.

share-to use participate in, enjoy, recieve etc.

I have never been really good at sharing. Since coming to Argentina it has been forced upon me. I guess you could blame it on the culutre. If I have something and they see it, you are forced to share. Most of the time if I have something yummy to eat I just eat it where no one can see me, but yesterday I didn't. I shared my oatmeal cream pie with the gringas in my room. It really is a step up for me to share.....and it makes me happy.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -Pride and Prejudice

I have started on my list of things to do. I have officially started reading "Pride and Prejudice". I've tried before, but this time I am gonna do it. I'll keep you updated on how it goes.

21 things.....

Twenty-one things to do before I turn twenty-one....
1. read the Bible in Spanish
2. Hike overnight on the Appalaction Trail
3. read Pride and Prejudice
4. Run a 1/2 marathon
5. Drive a stick shift anywhere in town
6. Make an ice box cake with my grandma
7. go to the Alhambra Theatre
8. Stargaze viv and I stayed up half the night on her trampoline gazing at the heavens:)
9. Learn how to swing dance
10. See the leaves change in the North
11. Attend a concert at Murray Hill Theatre
12. Be a translator on a Misions Trip
13. Return to Africa
14. read a CS Lewis book (finished "Mere Christianity")
15. purchase some red high heels my sister bought them for me:)
16. read "Redeeming Love" LOVED IT!
17. Buy a car i haven't exactly paid my parents back for it yet....
18. buy some cowboy boots double check!!
19. Sleep under the stars
20. go to the zoo
21. Sprint Triathlon

"How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about the Rule of 3, and a small career to tell one's own children about the universe? How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone and narrow to be everything to someone?"
-What's Wrong with the World?-

The other day someone asked me who I missed the most from home. My answer is without hesitation was my mama, of course. I love it here in Argentina; and I am having the time of my life, that doesn't change the fact that I miss my mom though.

"Summer is like getting a bucket of gold."

When did Peanut butter become a delicacy?

All of a sudden somethings are a delicacy that have never been considered special before; since moving to Argentina
1.peanut butter
2. ketchup
3. oatmeal cream pies
4. cheez its
5. eggs
-just a few things that I would just DIE to have again:0 notice they are all food; you can see where my priorities are.