What I Do...

Sometimes, people want to know what I do here on a daily or weekly basis. Each day is a little different, so I will give you a "snapshot" into a typical week here.

Monday-Our day off! Some of the things I do often include sleeping in, catching up on emails or phone calls, washing clothes, cleaning my room, hanging out with my roommates, visiting people, running errands, relaxing, and spending time with God.

Tuesday-We have chores in the morning from 9 AM to 1 PM. Then, we have a big team lunch with our American teammates before having team meeting in the afternoon with our whole team (Americans and Mexicans). At night, I go to my cell group from the church which is like a small group.

Wednesday-We plan for "Club" (a weekly Bible Club for Kids) and work on future lessons. We also spend time praying for Club. After team lunch, we set everything up for Club and then invite the kids on foot or by vans. Club itself is from 4 to 5 PM, and then we visit one of the children in our class afterwards.

Thursday-We invite kids to Club and have one Club from 10 AM-11 AM. Afterwards, we visit a Club kid and then have some down time to eat lunch or rest. At 3:00 PM, we start inviting kids to the afternoon Club which is from 4:00-5:00 PM. After that, we do another visit before calling it a full day!

Friday-Every other week, we have team prayer in the morning. Then, we spend the rest of the day doing various miscellaneous tasks for the ministry. I also often have Spanish lessons on Fridays. We can also spend Fridays visiting more of our Club kids.

Saturday-We have Torta (a free feeding program for kids and youth) every Saturday. This takes a lot of time to prepare for and clean up from. It is neat to get to help feed over 300 kids sometimes though! If it is not my turn to help with Torta, I work on more of my other ministry tasks. In the late afternoon, I help with the youth group from our church.

Sunday-We have church at 11:00 AM each week. In the afternoons and evenings, I like to go out to eat or over to people's houses and enjoy spending time with families from the church. On Sunday nights, we often will watch a movie or do something else fun since the next day we get to sleep in! :)

A Tour of our House..

You might be wondering what the houses are like in Mexico. There are all different kinds of houses, some very fancy and some very poor. I live in a fairly big house with three other girls my age who are also missionaries here. One thing that is very unique about our house and unlike most homes in the United States, is that there is a large patio/courtyard in the middle of it. The good part about this is that we get lots of fresh air; the bad part is we get wet going to some parts of the house when it's raining outside! We call our house "The Patio" though for this reason. Are you ready for a photo tour? Here we go...

When you walk in the front door, this is what you see. My room is one of the ones on the right (the first actual door you see, about midway down the hall).

Here is my room...

After you walk down the hall, you turn right into the "patio." All of these doors are different rooms in the house (the dining room, living room, 2 different bathrooms, office, etc.)

The kitchen...

This is the other side of the kitchen which connects to the dining room...

The living room or "sala"...that is pink!

There are lots of other rooms in the house, but that is the end of our photo tour for now. :)

Aguascalientes

Recently, my roommates and I went to Aguascalientes for a fun day trip. It is about two and a half hours away from where we live. This made me think about the book Esperanza Rising because that is where the novel begins. As we drove through the countryside, I thought about the book and how much Esperanza loved living on their ranch. I also thought about how I missed Reading Group and teaching novels. Here are some pictures from our drive...