Our Spanish lessons went a new direction today--we wrote our first paragraph and let me tell you it wasn't very eloquent! Beatriz, our tutor (picture attached) gave us a "happy face" even though it wasn't even close to "perfecto." The good news is that we don't have any homework tonight. We're so thankful Beatriz was assigned to us--she's patient and funny--just the right combination for us! I baked my mom's oatmeal cake last night and we shared it with her. She thinks I have a future as a baker in El Salvador. :-) I was just happy that I could find all of the ingredients here and that it tasted just like home.
Yesterday the wife of VidaNueva's worship pastor came over to work on our backyard. She's great with plants and was able to prune our giant rose bushes and hibiscus to more manageable sizes. She brought over the beginnings of my herb garden (picture attached) and I now have fresh cilantro, basil, rosemary, mint and two other spices that are yet to be determined. She speaks a little English and I speak even less Spanish so I'm not sure what the other two pots contain.
The car alarms have been going crazy the last few nights--who knows why? It's been beautiful during the day (blue skies and around 85-88 degrees) and raining at night. It came a gully washer (bet that doesn't translate into Spanish) last night with both thunder and lightning for about an hour. My cake was in the oven and I was praying that the electricity didn't go off before it finished baking!
We sent our first newsletter to ALBC today and I've posted it on a support page on the blog. Please let me know if you would like to be added to our email list. Stephen is heading to band practice tonight so I will have a quiet evening at home catching up on email, planning the menus for next week and reading.
News flash--just felt my first tremor while I was finishing up this posting! Didn't last very long, but noticed the screen on my laptop shaking. Paula just called to ask me if I felt it. Yes! Welcome to Central America; I can now check that off my list of things to experience.
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