So after I just looked at Kylie's blog for the first time since I got here, and I realized how terrible I've been about updating this thing. It's just that there's simultaneously so much to tell and so little to tell. I mean, I could go into a detailed explaination about every single thing I do here, but it would take forever and I'd have to pay a lot more for internet.

So I've been here for over a month...that's so weird. I absolutely love everything about it though. The people are awesome, both inside and outside of CBC. My roommate, Ahna, was pretty cool...but she was having a lot of issues at home, and she left after the first week. Kind of sad, but she needed to be there, and it's better that she got to where she needed to be than stay here and be worried all the time. The work is interesting, though some of the books we have to read are not what I'd call enjoyable reading. We had two papers due today, so about half the campus (myself not included) stayed up most of the night finishing them. I was done by 11 and in bed by 12...pretty sweet compared to the people that stayed up all night. The picture here is of the little girl who just randomly kept hugging me on the bus...sometime I'll try to get pictures of the other CBCers and the adorable little kids from ministry. On wednesday afternoons we go to three different locations (La Merced, Las Palmeras, and La Montana) to do ministry with the local kids. I'm in La Merced, which means that soon I'll probably have little kids greeting me when I walk around town. They're adorable...all we basically do is play random games with them, give them piggy-back rides (although they call them....horse...rides? They call the guys caballos, anyway) and then tell a Bible story and give out sandwiches. This week we had to divide our sandwiches in half so all the kids could get one...we always end up with more kids as soon as we start handing out food. Speaking of food, we've eaten at a few fun places since I've been here. For example, there's this place that I don't know the actual name of because everyone just calls it "Batidos". Batido is spanish for milkshake, and it has the best milkshakes EVER. Anyone ever had a mango milkshake? How about peach, mora, maracuya, or guayabana? Pretty sweet. Also, there's this Colombian restaurant at the San Luis mall (in San Rafael) called Crepes and Waffles. It sells...you guessed it...ice cream! Well, it does sell fresh, fruit-based ice cream...and crepes, and waffles. The desserts are absolutely beautiful...literally. If I could figure out how to get pictures to work, I'd post one...the aforementioned picture of the little Ecuadorian girl will have to wait, because blogger hates me right now. If there are pictures here, it's because I got it to work...if not, it's because I didn't. In any case, if there are pictures, it's me with a cute Ecuadorian girl who latched on to me on the bus, a confection from Crepes and Waffles, and a few of us girls hanging out at Batidos.