OK!! So PROM 2008...

For a really good blog posting of PROM 2008 please follow this link. Beth and James are great bloggers and please continue to read their blog! I have attached some more pictures.

We have INTERNET!!

We have INTERNET!! YEAH!!!! Just wanted to let you know!! I am actually Skyping Mom right now!! IF you have Skype, please tell me your make so I can add you!

The Belle of the Ball!!

I promise to have more photos soon, but this is the only one for now!! It was incredible and guess what... I was voted PROM QUEEN 2008!! How funny!! Hope this makes you smile! I am still laughing about the whole thing!

Spring Fever!

Things are just plain BUSY for me in Guatemala, but it is great! My schedule is getting hectic and just feels like everyone has spring fever here! That is no excuse for not writing, but I promise "I am getting internet soon." I have said it before (for months now) but we really got the box from the internet company yesterday so it should be ready by Tuesday (Guatemalan time, so I am just hoping by March!).

The weather is beautiful right now. Today is almost cloudless with a gentle breeze and we just had an hour picnic where I got to bust out both my line dancing and double dutch skills! Lucky me!! It is a wonderful time to be in Guatemala.

I have also started teaching English to the guys involved in Global Soccer Ministry. I have wanted to figure out a way to work with them and I am very excited to be able to serve in this way. They are looking for conversational English, but we still have to start at the beginning.



Tomorrow night is Prom "backFlash"! Yes I know that does not make much sense, but we are having a Prom Flashback party where everyone is coming dressed up! I am the lucky one who found my dress off the back of a Garbage Truck! It is peach with a nice lacy overlay! I will provide pictures next week!



Hope you are enjoying the weather where you are!

Feliz Dia del cariño!

Happy Valentine´s Day!! or at least the day after!

Yesterday was a big day here in Guatemala. Valentine´s Day is also friendship day so that meant a lot of hugs and even more CHOCOLATE!! Every year for Velentine´s when Beau and I were growing up we recieved a cookie cake. For this reason, I make my students a cake as well. It was delicious and they were so excited!

I hope you had wonderful day and you got as much candy as my students!!

First Tuesday goes to Guatemala!

Happy First Tuesday of the Month!!! Well as many you of you know, the first Tuesday of the month is such a wonderful day for all! So in honor of February, we cooked hot dogs and played Sequencia. Gift and I won the first 6 games and Jake and Matt won the last 3. They tried to pretend that the last game was "winner take all" but we all know that it was not! Gotta run!!

My recent descansa....

I am so sorry for all of the faithful readers who have complained about my not posting for so long (okay so maybe it was just Allison, but it really made me feel like one person is reading). I really have no excuse except for that school has been a bit crazy and we still don't have internet at home. Now we finally have the paperwork to get internet, so I am thinking that by maybe March we will have it at home. So... we will use those excuses for now.

This weekend was great!! On Friday night, I had Bible Study

with the girls from Shalom. It is always great to see them and hang out for the evening. We are studying The Lies Women Believe. It is really great. I read it in English and then we discuss it in Spanish. Kind of difficult sometimes, but I am still learning a lot.

Saturday was a day 'o Fun!! Jake Parham (he is working with Global Soccer along with Gift and Matt) turned 22 so of course we CELEBRATED! I had a game at noon and we lost 1-0, but it was still a good game. It was HOT!! And soccer shoes don't breath! After the game, Gift and I ran by Subway then just relaxed at home. At 4, Matt and Jake arrived for a game of Sequencia. We just kept saying, "one more game, then we will eat." Well almost 2 hours later, we left for Cebollinas, a Mexican restaurant that has a wonderful outdoor patio. We split a large appetizer and then a taco tray for 4. It looked as though none of us had eaten in weeks, but the food was just so delicious that we were found spooning out every last frijol and bit of guacamol. We then headed to MetroBowl to play some boliches. I bowled a 110 which is VERY good for me. We had an ice cream beat between the boys and girls and unfortunatly Gift and I owe a round of ice cream this week. Finally, we returned to my apartment for chocolate cake and rainbow chip icing. I then left the group and went dancing with a couple of gals from school. It was a Salsa show/dance. It has inspired me to want to take more lessons, so I will let you know how that works out.

Sunday came pretty early (after my adventures of Saturday night)! We climbed Pacaya, the active volcano near my house. It is really a great hike and the weather was gorgeous. There was hardly a cloud in the sky. You could actually see all of the other volcanos with such clarity that it was incredible. I had never climbed during the day, so it was a new experience for me too. It is always great to see the reactions of newbies as they climb up a volcano and see the outpouring of lava and the dried rocks. The terrain is also amazing to new people. This group decided the they were going to climb to the top, but I instead to wait a bit below and take a quick nap on the lava. It turned out to be more comfortable then I expected.

We returned home with just enough time to watch the Superbowl at the Hardeman's. Because it was on Fox, the commentary was in Spanish. It was not as much fun to watch when you don't understand what the people are talking about the plays. So I spent most of the time playing with Levi who is 2!

Overall it was a great weekend. I will do my best to be better at posting!! Sorry about the delay and I am going to try to post some past events soon!!