Bienvenida!

I cannot begin to describe my joy for the day. First, I will say that I feel bad. Except during my three-day (Emmaus Walk – A Christian retreat weekend of sorts) I cannot tell you when I have experienced a 24 hour period where all day the whole world seems to just want to take care and accommodate me. If this is what it means to live in Christ’s love!! I keep trying to convey I am here to help and not be a burden, but perhaps it will take some time for them to get used to me as well.

I am afraid I will be force fed fritas (fried cheese and flour. I apologize for spelling as I do not have a good internet connection at this time to check some of this out). At any rate, force fed fritas simply because I said they were delicious. Every time I passed the cucina today, it seemed another was being put in front of me. Ay yi yi!

I was hoping that by leaving America’s sedentary lifestyle and processed food, I might actually make gains on my weight loss. I think I just might make gains on my weight. I kept having to refuse food. There were four breads for breakfast alone. At lunch, I had just finished a delicious soup that I believed was my lunch. I was getting ready to clean up when a full plate of rice, beans similar to lentils, and cabbage was served. Then, they tried to give me flan on top of that!! After siesta, another round of fritas and café were given to me after which, we moved on directly to preparing dinner. By dinner time, I was able to convey to only give me half servings. While the boys had been in the yard playing basketball and flying kites, I had not burned that kind of energy. I may have, just maybe, showed one spontaneous burst of energy chasing baby chickens across the yard. I really wanted to catch one. The boys new better, but had great sport in encouraging me that I could pet a baby chicken.

One of the older boys came to America for a year. He has been assigned to be my personal – everything. I told him I would try not to drive him crazy, and he said I would not, that it made him happy to be able to help me.

When I come home, I have decided to run for president. My platform is siestas. Those things are amazing.