Moments of Peace

The past few days have been very up and down for me as I recount what has happened. I have felt frustrated with friends here and missing friends at home, I have missed RJ a ton, I have missed my family a lot and really have been doing a lot of thinking about what I want my adventure here to look like. I have these moments sometimes where I feel extreme peace that this is where I am supposed to be, but those moments never last long enough. This can be due to amazing and exciting things happening where I wish I could share it with the people I love, or it may be crappy times.

None of this really surprises me or makes me feel like something is wrong because I feel like this is a natural feeling to have when experiencing something completely different. I really wish I could share this with everyone I love, and we could do amazing things together, but I also know that I need to grow individually and that can be just as important as being with people.

Lately I have been praying/worshipping God a bit more than I was at the beginning. I feel like things have died down a bit and I am getting into a routine where I can see the gaps and holes in what I want in my life. I have no idea where this is going to lead me right now, but I am working through this mini series on my phone that is 25 Words a Day of the Bible. I am really bad at doing it everyday, but that is something I am working on. :) And I have also been watching a few more sermons from First Pres and am thinking about going to church with my advisor and her family next week. I am excited to see where this may lead and if there is something that I might be called to do while down in Chile. There might be something, but there also might not be and that is okay. Oh and also, I have noticed I have missed singing immensely and starting next week I will be singing again. I joined this workshop through my school where it is once a week and with Chileans hopefully. I want to thank anybody who is out there praying for me or who has while I have been down here. It really means so much and I appreciate the support.



Tea with herbs, jam and crackers in the morning

In other news! Yesterday I went to a BBQ with my friend Tess and Eric. It was a BBQ of one of Chilean friends that we met through the early start program. It was actually really fun and I was glad I went because I have wanted to do things with chileans. We had some delicious chorizo and other random types of meat. We also day drank which is always funny and played some card games and dominos. Afterwards, Tess and I went back to her house and had a very great conversation with her family while eating our once (their type of dinner, less food and usually bread/avocado/salad/tea...) We probably sat and talked to her mama, papa and brother for about an hour and discussed a lot of things but mainly about some common differences between the US and Chile. Also, I asked them about the protests that were going on yesterday. They had to do with students and they were protesting education and everything that it encompasses. Tess and I then hungout and watched an episode of Girls. I headed home after that and enjoyed the weather, it was very nice out still even at 12:30ish and it was nice to walk around a bit. However when I got home, my stomach started hurting really bad and I got pretty nauseous. I ended up getting sick a few hours later and felt much better after that. I have no idea what happened, I think I must have eaten something wrong because it came on so suddenly and my body was not happy at all with me. Today though my family has been adorable :) I told them about how I was feeling and my mama made me some tea with herbs and then then made me a soupish thing for lunch that was bland but it was good on my stomach. Today I just took it kinda easy and I think that was the best thing for me! I feel much better and hope that it continues in that direction.

Tomorrow I am planning to go to Laguna Verde with some of the girls for another BBQ and just some good hanging out time. I have heard it quite beautiful so will be awesome to see.

Some food pictures! I want to put more food pictures up so I am working on taking more.



My soup and crackers for lunch

Once: bread, avocado, cheese, honeydew melon, an egg, tea