The big 2-2

I wish every weekend was 3 days long. Due to the National Teachers’ Appreciation Day, we had off school on Friday, which was also my birthday! On Thursday night all of the teachers from my school went out to this really nice Chinese place for dinner and everyone sang to me at midnight and gave me a birthday present.


My 22nd birthday was low-key, but wonderful. I decided to go for a nice long run and then spend the day with my amazing friends out in Caldera. Joy took me to lunch at Casa de Empanadas (which I found out has much better jaiva queso (crab and cheese) empanadas than Empanapolis. Then we spent the afternoon with Heinz, Donte and Ben at Ben’s house, because he broke his ankle last week playing soccer with his kids and has been bed-ridden ever since. We hung out, and they got me a cake and sang! It was my best foreign birthday ever, and spending it with friends was the best thing I could have done. That evening before I went back Joy, Heinz and I were driving around and found a 3 week-old kitten in the middle of the road! We decided to rescue it and after being rejected from the vet clinic and finding out the city building was closed, we were able to give it to one of Joy’s students who happened to be walking through the plaza at the same time.


Teaching has been going well, and the English Olympics are in full-swing. It’s crazy to think that we only have about a month left here in our schools and with our students. In some ways I´m excited for Christmas season and to be back home, and in other ways I really cannot imagine leaving this awesome place.


Prayer for the following things would be:

- That the last few weeks of classes would be productive, inspiring, and fun for the students
- Continued energy and motivation for me
- Prayer for my host family (host mom Gloria and 8 year-old sister Monserratt), that I´d be a really good witness to them my last month in their house
- Peace about the future.

God is good. All the time.

Thanks for all your prayers and support - please keep in touch!

- Steph -