Right now I feel like maybe somebody should be filling out a baby book about me: first word, first day of school, first taxi ride alone …. First successful phone conversation! I am very excited. Just now I finished my first phone conversation with a national – in which I actually communicated something. Up ‘till now “ting bu dong” (“I don’t understand”) is the extent of anything I’ve tried to say on a phone. Without being able to rely on wild hand gestures as a back-up, phones are pretty intimidating. BUT – I just managed to cal the couch deliver guy (I just bought couches for my living room) and arranged a new delivery date (being as he was supposed to come two hours ago, I figured something had happened). So, now it’s tomorrow at two! Nevermind that I only used the words, “Hi, I’m the foreigner.” “You can come tomorrow?” “You can come today?” “When can you come tomorrow?” “I don’t understand.” “When?” “You can come tomorrow at two?” “You can?” “Good.”
Celebrate! This is a big deal. I need pizza.
3/27/2007
3/25/2007
Open Doors
Well, my mom complained that I hadn't updated in a while, so I guess it's about time...
Things are going well here. I just sent out a newsletter about my adventures in the villages these past weeks. I'm very excited. The open doors that He's given me are amazing. It really seems too easy. I'm sure there will be hurdles, but I've been very bles-sed. And, I'm actually learning to enjoy riding a bike everywhere. Really amazing.
I think that in the near future, the thing I'm most excited about is using Easter eggs as a way to tell the story. I wanted deviled eggs today, so I decided I also needed to test out a Easter-egg dying recipe (good ol' internet) that just used food coloring (which was brought from the States) and vinegar. It worked pretty well. I was sad to peel them in order to make the deviled eggs! But they tasted good. I brought some mustard from a bigger city, so I am able to make them.
These coming weeks, I think the Easter eggs and I will be visiting many people, along with the story. Keep yarping.
Things are going well here. I just sent out a newsletter about my adventures in the villages these past weeks. I'm very excited. The open doors that He's given me are amazing. It really seems too easy. I'm sure there will be hurdles, but I've been very bles-sed. And, I'm actually learning to enjoy riding a bike everywhere. Really amazing.
I think that in the near future, the thing I'm most excited about is using Easter eggs as a way to tell the story. I wanted deviled eggs today, so I decided I also needed to test out a Easter-egg dying recipe (good ol' internet) that just used food coloring (which was brought from the States) and vinegar. It worked pretty well. I was sad to peel them in order to make the deviled eggs! But they tasted good. I brought some mustard from a bigger city, so I am able to make them.
These coming weeks, I think the Easter eggs and I will be visiting many people, along with the story. Keep yarping.
3/05/2007
Way too many confessions
Well, I apologize for this entire week that I've been repeatedly "confessing" my heart out, lol, I finally fixed it. Don't you love overseas internet connections that freeze the web page even though the "Post" request actually went through -- three times!!
So, today was a busy day. So was yesterday. Yesterday we bought ourselves an orange tree. We're tired of buying all the oranges, lol. We made sure it was the shrivelled looking kind (not the tree, the oranges). The wrinkly oranges are by far the absolute best. They have a big wrinkly peel that comes off without even getting juice on your hands, which is always the big drawback to eating oranges. I'm going to miss the oranges whenever I go back to the States again. Oh, and today I did two big things -wait three. I started classes (we have a hyperactive teacher, but she's is DEFINATELY entertaining - oh, I do learn alot too), I moved dorm rooms (I'm really tired of climbing stairs), and I got my first package!!! Yeah! Everyone is invited to send me packages. I got valentines conversation hearts. Made my day.
So, today was a busy day. So was yesterday. Yesterday we bought ourselves an orange tree. We're tired of buying all the oranges, lol. We made sure it was the shrivelled looking kind (not the tree, the oranges). The wrinkly oranges are by far the absolute best. They have a big wrinkly peel that comes off without even getting juice on your hands, which is always the big drawback to eating oranges. I'm going to miss the oranges whenever I go back to the States again. Oh, and today I did two big things -wait three. I started classes (we have a hyperactive teacher, but she's is DEFINATELY entertaining - oh, I do learn alot too), I moved dorm rooms (I'm really tired of climbing stairs), and I got my first package!!! Yeah! Everyone is invited to send me packages. I got valentines conversation hearts. Made my day.
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