Random tidbits!

First off HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMA! I have a card for you but it costs a whole heck of a lot to send mail here. So you're gonna have to wait for it, ha ha! I love you very much and hope your birthday is WONDERFUL! Make sure you and Dan use that gift card to go to the movies soon!
Sam I hope your birthday was awesome!

I realized about two days into the trip that you cannot run away from your problems. I mean, I already knew that, but it kind of hit me. I mean, I really have not been struggling a whole lot because my time here is so focused on others. But it is still important to take "me" time and spend it with the Lord because the last thing I need is some emotional break down, ha ha ha!
I love these kids already and I have not been here for a week.
They are so adorable and so yearning to be loved. Just paying them attention, playing with them, helping them with homework, goes such a long way! It is amazing.
God is truly faithful.
I am learning more spanish which is exciting. The guys my age that go to the Bible study are going to help me have better conversation skills since I mainly know vocabulary and not how to converse with people.
I definitely have a cough. I feel like my throat is closing up but I know it is allergy-related. My nose is all stuffed up and runny at random times but I am mainly coughing. My throat only hurts when I am yawning.
I get plenty of sleep, I am not concerned on lack of sleep. I get more sleep here than I do in the States. It's the wind and the dirt and the pollution in the air that is messing with me.
Heather, you would love it. The two ladies I teach with have done mission work in Africa. One of the ladies started the first orphanage in Ghana and the ministry she works with has 7 orphanages in Africa. She has lived there for years and years. She has stories to tell.
My schedule is mainly Monday-Friday school from 8 a.m. - 1:30
Lunch from 1:30-2:30
Homework 2:30-4:30
Time to myself 4:30-7
Monday nights @ 7 Bible study
Tuesday nights are free.
Wednesday nights Bible study @ 7
Thursday nights are Missionary nights (yummy dinners).
Friday-Sunday are usually random things of going into town, time alone, time with the kids, church, etc. But night times are my most free times. I get on here to post and I am usually logged into facebook at the same time so I can do facebook chat.
Or if you have skype, we can talk on there (amada_ritalee)

Thank you for the comments, I really appreciate them and enjoy reading them. They are encouraging so please keep at it =] I love each of you very much and appreciate the prayers more than you will ever know. This time in Peru is the opportunity of a lifetime and I am so grateful to God that I am here. All glory to Him alone.
I will try and take more pictures soon to post on here!
Sending my love from Peru to the States!!