Creepiness

So interesting story from last night. I had gone out to dinner with Chris, Kyle and David but Kelly stayed home to talk to her sister. So I got home around 9pm and she is like freaking out. So she tells me that she was sitting in the cool room when she heard squeaky shoes walking past the door. She figured I was home and came in to drop something off and then headed over to the guys house. A little while later she heard someone walking down the hall again. She came out and was in the bathroom brushing her teeth when she sees a guy walk past the bathroom door! She came out of the bathroom and started asking the guy why he was in our apartment and telling him to get out. It was our guard that comes for the night and he said he was "checking the doors." Now there is no reason he should have to walk all through our apartment, TWICE, to check doors that are not his responsibility to lock. Needless to say, Kelly was really freaked out to find the guard in our apartment. I was really upset when she told me and we talked to the guys here at SAM Center and they said that guard will not be back. We are going to have our very handy neighbor, David, replace a doorknob on a outer door that doesn't work so we will be able to lock the door at night. I am so thankful for all the guys that live here at the center. In the 6 months I have been here I have never felt scared until last night. The guys here do a great job at making sure we feel safe. I thank God nothing worse happened and that He continues to keep us safe.

Game night results

Well, this is going to be really short...I accomplished one of my two goals for game night. I did beat David is Dutch Blitz...however I have a feeling he wasn't playing his hardest and kind of let me win. Oh well. I did not play Risk...it was too late by the time the started...I needed to go to bed. But in all it was a lot of fun and really nice to have everyone from SAM Center together just to hang out.

Game night

So tonight has become game night here at SAM Center. Most of the people from SAM Center plus some other random people are going to be there. I am excited to get together and play different games with people. It is always fun playing games with missionaries...they are usually really good which makes it challenging. (I mean what else are we going to do with our time...nights can be a little boring around here) So my goal tonight at game night is to learn how to play Risk and hopefully be good at it and to beat David Speyers at least once in Dutch Blitz. I am not entirely confident that either of these goals will be met, but I am going to try very hard. Meanwhile...here is a new random picture of me.

A good reminder...

Jeremiah 33:3

'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

Jeremias 33:3

'Clama a mi, y yo te respondere, y te ensenare cosas grandes y ocultas que tu no conoces.'

(ok so there are some accent marks missing since I am writing this on an american computer)

This has been a very interesting verse that God has continued to show me over the past week. I guess He really wants me to remember that I can call on Him and He will answer me.

Ceiling fan!

Today was an exciting day...I finally have a ceiling fan in my room again!! My ceiling fan died at the end of February shortly before conference. Like everything else here it was taken downtown to see if they could repair it. Sadly it was pronounced officially dead a couple of weeks ago. Now as sad as that is...it is also good because that means I get a new fan. John installed my new ceiling fan this morning and it is wonderful. The oscillating fan that I have been using is really not that great. It has sort of done it's job, but I needed to have it right next to my bed in order to actually feel any air from it. And with the weather here in Pucallpa, if you don't have a fan...you will not survive. So thankfully I now have a brand new ceiling fan that actually has multiple speeds and will hopefully keep me sweat free while in my room.

Classes are going well this week. It is nice to have a week that doesn't have anything besides just normal things happening. Last week we had a visitor 2 days of the week, the week before was testing and one of my students came back after being gone for a semester. This week has been easy in comparison...of course it is only Tuesday...a lot can still happen. It has kind of been an emotional week for me though. Thursday is Jennie's birthday and it is the first time since she died that I won't be able to be with my family for her birthday. I still have a hard time believing that is has been 2 1/2 years since she died. Some days it seems like just yesterday. The other day I was looking through some things of hers that I had brought with me. I am glad that I brought them with me to help me remember her, but it is so hard to look through those things and think of all the things she won't be here for. So I think come Thursday I am going to have to make sure I have at least one person to hang out with for the night...otherwise I will probably just end up crying all night. Which isn't bad...but I also don't want to spend my night wishing she was here when I know she is in a much better place. Anyway, it will be a hard week, but I know it will be good too because God is in control.