Monday, June 15, 2009

It's been a while...

Yes, it has been a while since I've written a blog post and I apologize.  So if there is anyone out there who stills bothers to check for updates, here's how life in Gama is going right now.

Sunday- We have sunday school at 9:30 and an evening worship service at 6:00.  I usually spend the rest of the day in my house because it's the one day that the family is all there.  My oldest host brother (who lives nearby) and his wife and daughter usually come to visit as well.

Monday- Monday is our day off and Dani and I often use it to visit old friends in Samambaia and Ceilandia or visist Ottis and Betty in Brasilia, or just hang out in Gama.  There's also a bible study that we attend if we have the chance.

Tuesday- English class at 10:00 in the morning, then another class for children at 7:00, followed by a class for adults at 8:00

Wednesday-Advanced English at 7:00, and I try to help Dani teach spanish to children at 8:00, (though really, my biggest contribution is just crowd control.  That and trying to explain to the younger students that they speak portuguese, I speak english, and now we're trying to learn spanish)

Thursday- The same schedule as Tuesday, with an evening prayer service at 8:00

Friday- The same as Wednesday with a prayer vigil from 10:00 to midnight.

Saturday- I give guitar lessons from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00.  The rest of the day is free.

And that's how I've been spending my weeks here in Gama, although after today we will have only two more.  We leave the Federal District on the 29th of June to start our trip to Paraguay.  That's really hard to believe.  It won't be easy leaving all everyone, but we'll see some of them in Paraguay and I'm starting to get excited for World Conference in July.