flip flops are my fav

Well, I have been sick since I got here and last night I went to a doctor in Recife and he gave me medicine. So, hopefully I will get better soon. Super nice guy! He studied at Harvard and in Japan and he saw me for free! I super appreciate that.  But, for today, I am home sick.

Last week, we had the kids tell us some things they thought about America for the workshops and we got some really interesting answers!  The most common ones were no trash in the streets, eat cheeseburgers everyday, and eat tons of ice cream.  Well, after seeing a picture of ice cream everyday for a week, Lindsay decided to drive to an ice cream place down the road.  They have really good fruit ice cream including this one kind that's almost like a cherry it's called acerola. I had acerola and chocolate. . .super good! But,in the ice cream shop they have some sort of a petting zoo.  There are goats, some super big rodent things, birds, fish, and then one cage with a ton of guinea pigs, a rabbit, and more birds. Really random.


We had an American Night in Guadalajara last Saturday and as we were packing up things to go I was getting a liter of coke out of the fridge and I dropped it and it exploded everywhere. It sprayed onto the wall in the living room. Klutziness never fails me. But, the night was a blast! We made American style hot dogs, brownies, pancakes with syrup, chips and vegetables with ranch dip, and root beer. They seemed to like everything except the root beer. But I promise you that was the best hot dog I have ever had and I don't even know why.

The boys at the church in Guadalajara know one phrase in English and it is I love you.  I call them the I-love-you-boys.  They are about 7-12 years old and they get these really huge grins when they see me and yell "I love you." It's quite comical.
Last Sunday, a group of basket ball players from Indiana came to church here. They are doing workshop type things at places around Recife. It was pretty cool to have some other Americans and the message was in English so that was awesome too!  We went out to eat with them and it was comforting to see some of their reactions to some of the food.  I knew I wasn't the only one who felt the need to spit the beans out.
 
Sunday night I was going to dry my hands of on one of my towels (which are hanging on the side of my wardrobe) and something flew out and into my hair. I honestly didn't know what it was. So, I was doing this dance, whipping my head around, and it finally flew out. The moths are huge here. I didn't know it was only a moth so then I felt a little silly but in my defense it was rather large.

I am starting my workshops on Nevada this week and I'm really excited. It's funny, you don't realize how seriously beautiful a place is until you leave.  My first class was seriously impressed with the mountains and especially Lake Tahoe. Hopefully, the rest will like it too!
 
Love you all!
 
Love your scaredy-cat girl, 

Brittney