3rd week of the second month.. and like the 3rd week of the first month.. sickness has struck again.. but like the first month.. it wasnt bad and im fine now!

my job for the past few days since there my school is on vacation has been working in a tienda in the mornings and bakery in the afternoons. i love my students... but i love working at these places also and kinda wanna finish out my month here..
the store has all your snack, beverage, and cooking needs.... for Guatemala.. it looks like a hole in the wall.. but its really a room of a house.. the same house of the women that taught me and my friend to make tortillas.

not only is it a store but its also a a lil grill.. it kinda reminds me of my grandmas old store..
around 9 30 or 10... tons of workers flock to tienda Jessica to watch some TV through and to get a snack... tostadas, empanadas.. arroz con leche.. ive been helping.. trying to help through this rush.. i can at least pop the top to the glass bottle sodas... people ask for an agua... but it doesnt always mean water.. its kinda like how some people in nc say they want a coke.. but really want a sprite.. very confusing at first for those of us trying to learn the language... its alot of fun and i enjoy talking to all the people.. the world cup has obviously been a big deal and its been fun to watch every day.. i probably have watched 2 games a day...

at about 12 Jessica gives me some food.. which is always aammmmmazzzing.. maybe not the healthiest.. but its gooood. then i eat with her and my friend Susie.. the lady who taught us how to make tortillas.. its great.

ive gotten the opportunity to talk to susie alot and for that i am thankful to God for opening the door.

she attends the catholic church and she has alot of religious pictures hanging up. we were just talking and somehow we got to talking about one of her pics... then i popped the question.. wuts the difference between your church here and the evangelical church across the street...

she told me one was catholic one was evangelic.... so i asked again and for more info.. im obviously not God and I dont decide who gets to go to heaven or not... but I was so realived and happy after the conversation we had..

at here catholic church, just like the evangelic... they pray to God... padre.. God the father.. just like we do.. she believes in the trinity.. Jesus, Son of God who died for all sin...

I was already happy that she didnt pray to the saints or mary.. so then i asked her about the good works thing.. from my knowledge catholics believe they must do alot of good works to go to heaven.. i asked about this...

she said that christians should do good stuff.. and i then said but thats not what gets you to heaven right.. you have to pray and accept christ before you start doing good things for him and because of him.. she said she agreed... good works are easy when christ lives in your heart...

this was in spanish.. so many i didnt understand everything correctly.... and im not God so i dont get to decide who gets to go to heaven... but still... this conversation made me really happy and im excited have more talks with Susie.. im glad that we have become so close...

neways... i eat lunch with these peeps.. and i think the lunch yesterday just didnt agree even though i loved it... but its all good now.. im going to return in the morning to the tienda and then the bakery in the afternoon with susie and the other ladies...

pray for these relationships i have with these people.... its going to be hard to say goodbye.. but i know that some of these people i will see again in heaven..

pray for my family as well... they are all good people but there is def some tensions between households.. which is really sad when our church consists of family. esp my sister.. i love her to death.. but i want her to know its okay to love ppl when they dont love her back.. shes very judgemental and conservation.. not a good combination.. esp when it prohibits you from having relationships with people that differ in their beliefs, thinking, or even something as simple as clothing... i love her so much though.

i use to pray every morning before my mom and I would go to school for a little baby sister... God answered my pray.. not in the way i expected.. but it was answered.. for one month i have a little sister who i know loves me.. i just want this hard barrier of hers to be broken so more and more people can know how wonderful she is and how wonderful her God is... I want God to be real in her life.. not just a routine.... church every nite minus monday... skirts only... thats not christianity... i want her to fall in love with the relationship that she has.....

she took care of my last nite... after i upchucked my food from tienda jessica.... the toilet would not flush.. no water.. and i was locked in the house.. so i woke her up to get the key so i could go to the pilla to get a bucket of water to flush my vommit... it was quite the experience... she wasnt at all mad.. she insisted that if i needed something else to not hesitate and let her know.. i hate im not there tonite.. to talk to her... but i just dont know if could have had beans and eggs for dinner quite yet..

my family loves me too... even with their bizarre ways i know they do.. this morning one my aunts rubbed my belly with lotion to make it feel better... quite the experience at 7 in the morning after throwing up all nite... and she then made me this all natural drink that by the grace of God i got out of drinking because the bus was there to pick me up.... the drink reminded me of something i threw up last nite.... but i know that disgusting bebida was all out of love....

rest now... back to the norm in the mornings! only 11 more days here i think... its bittersweet...

speaking of sweet.. i cant wait to have some sweet tea