yo quiero HELADO!!

I know I just posted, but I am going to post again really fast...jaja.
This week is the birthday of Tlaxiaco, so there are rides and festivities going on EVERYWHERE!! This goes on for two weeks..it is the the biggest party of the year for them, next to Dia los muertes, which is coming up soon. Anyway, yesterday was the start of all of this...I was walking through town and every 20 minutes there was a parade coming through...not even kidding. hahaa! Anyway, the cars were throwing out candy, I tried to get some, but the kids almost beat me up. :) There was this one truck that was giving out ice cream....and i was like...WHAAAAT!! So, of course I started to chase it...a long with 50,000 other people....and my my hand was in the window and i was just running a long with them....everyone was knocking each other over, but they wouldnt give me ice cream!!! I was so sad...they did give me a sucker though. oh welll...apparently watching all of this was hillarious though because I was with Monica (one of the girls here) and when i got back to where we were standing she was laughing so hard she was in tears. along with a few other bystanders. I guess seeing a group of people chasing after a parade with a crazy white girl amongst them is just a funny thing to watch. :-)
so that's all I have to say about that.
I am craving a chocolate milkshake like you would not even understand!!!!
I am way excited for Christmas...there is lots of "christmas cheer" going on around the base. Well at least in the girls dorm....we always play christmas music at night, and we watched elf last night!
k....umm.....time to finish my homework now....mondays are the only day we have off...pretty much every other day is insane. maybe not insane..just busy.
class is from 9:30-2.....then lunch is at 2...chores at 3...and on tuesdays and thursdays we teach english from 4-6 then we all meet for tacos in town at 7. On the days we dont teach english, it's just whatever we want to do...hanging out with friends we've met in town....homework....teaching English to other people...or whatever...yeah you get the picture. The only other required thing we have to do is spend saturday in town all day, in the market or hanging out building relationships in the barrio where we teach english in. so yep...I need to stop procrastinating now.

no se...

Okay, so...
I really need to get better at writing in this, I know. :) These past 5 weeks have just felt so intense. They have been amazing, no doubt. Just learning how to adapt. I feel like God has stretched me more in the past few weeks than I have ever been stretched in my life. I have also learned (and am learning) so much more about myself and who God has made me to be. I often look around me, and think...."wow...am i really living in Mexico?!" Is this real? Then someone offers me a fried grasshopper and I am reminded that "yes, this is definitely real." :) yes, I ate a grasshopper. jaja....
it was crunchy and salty. hahaha. not too bad...i think part of the leg got stuck in my teeth though, so that was pretty gross. Grasshoppers aren't even the craziest thing I've ate so far...umm...I'd say the goat intestine soup, yeah........I just shut my eyes and pretend I am eating chocolate cake. :-) That is the only way I can survive, seriously.
This town of Tlaxiaco is so beuatiful, I cannot even describe with words, so I will post pictures. ;-)
This is the market town, it is like a mini-city. We are surrounded by villages, the villages are mostly the mixteco indians..some of them speak spanish, but a lot of them speak different dialects of mixtec. I actually havent been to a village yet, but I can't wait to go! They are a lot less open in the villages though, and a LOT less into modern culture. Many of the villages don't even have electricity. The people are very simple here, although here in Tlaxiaco, they are slowly becoming more modern. I found a really cute coffee shop yesterday!! Anyway, the village people come here every saturday to sell things. It is TOTAL chaos....I LOVE it!! So many people...everywhere. They have everything....vendors from other parts of mexico come too, so they sell things from mp3 players to traditional clothing.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays I teach english classes at one of the local schools with four other people. It is so amazing....I am already starting to fall in love with some of the kids.

alright ...more later....love!

Here at last!

Well, I am finally in Oaxaca, Mexico. It still just doesn't seem real to me at all. I can't believe I've only been here for a week either. So much has been going on this past week that I don't really feel like I've had a chance to process it all. I know that God is moving in major ways already though. Lots of new challenges and blessings. The town is beautiful, I am surrounded by mountains...everywhere I look. We are a few minutes away from town driving, so we usually catch a taxi at the end of the street. I have met so many local people already! There is one girl, Patrica who has a 3 month old baby girl. (adorable!) anyway, she has really been on my heart so please pray for her. I will write more later......i need to read

thinking...

There is so much I must to to prepare...
94 dias!