Party, party

Hi everyone,

     It's been a fun couple of weeks. Last week was the Fiesta Universitaria -- always a fun week filled with competitions between the carreras (sort of like departments, except a student takes all of his or her classes within the carrera, so more like majors) and party after party. We enjoyed the dancing, singing, sports and more all week and had a wonderful time! The carreras gain points throughout the week based on their finishes in each event, then at the end, a champion is crowned. This year's champion is Agronomia! This carrera is here on upper campus, and one of my classes is there. Also, the boys from this carrera are the ones on the other side of the wall from our apartment that we have told you about a few times. They had a big celebration the last three days, including a pig roast, a formal gala dinner and dance, fireworks (at 5 AM!), parade and lots of singing and music. It has been a fun few days. Tomorrow I will post a video I took this afternoon of the "parade" in front of our apartment. All of my Agronomia students were there, and they were having a blast!

     A couple of things to watch for this coming week: a link to the YouTube video of the volunteers and guest house residents dancing on stage last Saturday night (yours truly included! Watch for Delaney up front, and Jeff's new signature dance move near the end), plus we will be posting the English II student projects where they wrote to/about the future, for themselves, the UAC, and Bolivia. Also, this week my Education students will be baking banana bread on Wednesday morning, so taste test judging will happen that afternoon. I will post the winning team's photo and recipe as soon as I have it.

     The weather here is warming up, although it seems the rainy season may have started a little early. Prayer of the week: Lord, please let our clothes dry!!! But seriously, we would ask you to pray for our little 4-year-old neighbor girl Nathaly, who fell off the stair landing in the girls' dorm yesterday afternoon and hit her head. She has six stitches and a big bandage on her head. She fell about 10 feet onto concrete. Ouch! She is resting comfortably at home, apparently no broken bones, but YIKES! Thank God little kids bounce!

    We miss you all and may God's peace be with you~

     Susan