Semper Gumby

Well, what a week it has been. After arriving on Tuesday, I have settled in and really gotten used to the morning schedule and even the insanity of morning workouts. My favorite times at camp are around 7:30-8 (I've become a morning person...amazing) and 7-11. The wind is so strong and it cools off so that everything feels so pleasant and relaxing. Our schedule, as far as I can tell, will be something like this......
Monday....I have no idea.
Tuesday...English class for kids of the village
Wednesday....Guanajuato time! Guanajuato all day until the English "club" with college aged students at 6
Thursday......English class for kids of the village
Friday....free day and laundry
Saturday.....youth group
Sunday.......church with the group in the morning and then free time

So far, we have actually faced a lot of opposition from some people in the village and in the cities. While walking back from the village one day, a little boy yelled out, "HEY! Gringos! F*** you!"
We were all a little surprised and didn't exactly know how to react to that so we just ignored it.
Yesterday, while on a packed bus to Leon, an old man over heard our conversations in English and yelled at us to stop speaking f***ing English and that we were all crazy and a lot of other things that I tried to block out of my mind. While this was alarming, it was also rather humorous for us and for the Mexicans on the bus. The man just really, really hated English, apparently. When he was about to get off, David, one of the guys who works with us at the camp, said, "HASTA LUEGO!". At least it was in Spanish...


 Although we don't have a car, transportation hasn't been an issue. A bus drives right by the front of the camp every 20 to 45 minutes from around 6:20 AM to 9:45 PM. However, catching the bus DOES prove to be difficult at times. Yesterday, we had to walk for a mile and a half before we encountered the right bus and then had to sprint across the road to flag it down. At night, if we catch the 9:45 bus out of GTO, we end up having to walk for several miles in the dark to reach the camp. While the dark is overwhelming sometimes, the sky is amazing. We see shooting stars every night that we walk.

I know that this post is getting long but I wanted to make sure that I let you all know some of the harder aspects of living here as well as some of the great aspects.

On Wednesday, we met with a group of college aged students to form a "club" of people who want to speak English. This time was so fun for me and for the rest of the girls as we made friends and were able to just relax with people our age. We made plans with some of the students to go see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie some time next week and have plans to get coffee and play some games. I'm so excited to see how these relationships develop and how God uses them for his kingdom!

My time in Guanajuato has been so great! Though there are some harder aspects to life here, they are far outweighed by God's blessings and his provision. May God bless you and keep you! You will hear from me soon.