Brownies

Yesterday we took a tour of the Jesuit church and the coberna- the house of government. I think thats what is was at least, they only speak in spanish so I have gotten used to picking up the words I know and then going from there! We got the time wrong and thought we had to be there at 10:30 when it was really 10 so- we were late again. Big surprise. What I understood of the tour was cool and the churches were gorgeous.

I had to get my cake yesterday for speaking english at the school so I went to the pasteleria and ordered it all by myself! I'm starting to get the hang of this whole spanish thing. My friend Claudia is leaving tomorrow to go back to Austira so I went to her favorite place and got her favorite kind of cake. Luckily, they had a heart shaped one that was on sale because Valentine's day was over!

(Me and Claudia. We are really going to miss her!!)

 I went to the supermarket to grab lunch and heard two girls speaking english and I freaked out a bit and started to talk with them a little. You think you would hear more people speaking english around here, but it is really rare. We had class and then we went with Claudia to get coffee. I feel so worldly and cultured when we hang out with claudia and other students from the trip because we will speak in spanish and english and then some people will speak in german to each other! Very cool. I went for a run for the first time by myself and didn't have my ipod so it was really cool to just be thinking in spanish! (sorta- I was practicing verbs and other words, but still!) We had dinner at about 10 and for the first time I understand the whole prayer! And the prayers here are pretty long After my mom finished praying I told her that I was able to understand everything she just said and we both celebrated a little bit. I live for small victories down here. After dinner I was doing homework/watching  House in english (with spanish subtitles of course) with my sister. American TV is such a good conversation starter because I have seen all the episodes that come on down here so we can talk about them and joke and laugh. I am starting to get closer with my sisters and my mom and I'm really excited for when I am actually able to respond back- not just listen! That day is coming, slowly but surely.

Today we watched an american movie with Robert Deniro about the indigenous people of Argentina, The Mission. It was pretty boring, but better than class though so I welcomed it! We had lunch, class, and then Esther Taylor and I met with Mark and Karen. (The missionaries we met last week) It was really good to just sit around and have matte and talk with them. I was actually able to contribute to the conversation this time! Donald and Niauto (The boy from Japan) ended up joining us which was awesome! They just passed by and saw that we had brownies so they sat down.
I love the random ways the Lord works. Who knew brownies was all it took to start a conversation about  Christ?