El Salvador 2011 Day 4c

Now Amelia Smith adds for today:

Hola mis amigos en los Estados Unidos! Well for those of you, like me, who don’t speak any Spanish that is Hello my friends in the United States! My name is Amelia Smith and this is my first trip to El Salvador. It was also my first plane ride so I was pretty scared. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be though. For those who have never been down here you should really look into coming. Everything is so colorful and pretty. The people are super nice too. I absolutely love it here!
I have been working with teen evangelism this week. We have gone into the school, performed a skit, and then played with all the children. All they really want is attention. When you pull out your camera to take a picture you'll automatically be surrounded with children wanting to have their picture taken. My sunglasses are also a big hit. They like to put them, pose, and get their picture taken. All the kids are so sweet and I just wanna take them all home with me. I realized that I don’t know a lick of Spanish. I try to talk to them and they just laugh so I laugh too.
Well, of course, everything would happen to the rookies. The room I'm staying in is full of first timers. Within the first five minutes we had a lizard in our room, and Rebecca named him Gilbert. That same night our shower flooded and got all over our room. We probably would've never noticed if I had not bent over to get a snack. Mr. Mark Crisp and all the maintenance people got that fixed very quickly. Sunday the time had changed back in the US but not here. All our clocks had changed time so we got up an hour early. That was a very long day. Yesterday we accidentally locked our key in our room. We were all scared because our passports and everything were in there. Luckily Mr. David Burka got the keys and let us in. So far nothing else has happened.
The translators are awesome! They are all some of the funniest people I've ever met. Some of the girls have been teaching Hector and Juan English slang and terms. It is so funny to hear them say them to us. One of the things we taught Hector was Boom Shockalocka Boom. He had a little dance for it and everything. Ashley and Nicole taught Juan to say things like kinda and sorta which is hilarious to hear him say.
The people here are such crazy drivers. I've only seen two stop signs since we've been here.

I love being here in this environment. The people are so much more accepting of God's word than at home. I pray that many more souls will be reached and adding to the church.
I miss everyone and can't wait to see you!
-Amelia Smith

# Posted @ 10:27 PM on Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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El Salvador 2011 Day 4c Now Amelia Smith adds for today: Hola mis amigos en los Estados Unidos! Well for those of you, like me, who don’t speak any Spanish that is Hello my friends in the United States! My name is Amelia Smith and this is my first trip to El Salvador. It was also my first plane ride so I was pretty scared. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be though. For those who have never been down here you should really look into coming. Everything is so colorful and pretty. The people are super nice too. I absolutely love it here! I have been working with teen evangelism this week. We have gone into the school, performed a skit, and then played with all the children. All they really want is attention. When you pull out your camera to take a picture you'll automatically be surrounded with children wanting to have their picture taken. My sunglasses are also a big hit. They like to put them, pose, and get their picture taken. All the kids are so sweet and I just wanna take them all home with me. I realized that I don’t know a lick of Spanish. I try to talk to them and they just laugh so I laugh too. Well, of course, everything would happen to the rookies. The room I'm staying in is full of first timers. Within the first five minutes we had a lizard in our room, and Rebecca named him Gilbert. That same night our shower flooded and got all over our room. We probably would've never noticed if I had not bent over to get a snack. Mr. Mark Crisp and all the maintenance people got that fixed very quickly. Sunday the time had changed back in the US but not here. All our clocks had changed time so we got up an hour early. That was a very long day. Yesterday we accidentally locked our key in our room. We were all scared because our passports and everything were in there. Luckily Mr. David Burka got the keys and let us in. So far nothing else has happened. The translators are awesome! They are all some of the funniest people I've ever met. Some of the girls have been teaching Hector and Juan English slang and terms. It is so funny to hear them say them to us. One of the things we taught Hector was Boom Shockalocka Boom. He had a little dance for it and everything. Ashley and Nicole taught Juan to say things like kinda and sorta which is hilarious to hear him say. The people here are such crazy drivers. I've only seen two stop signs since we've been here. I love being here in this environment. The people are so much more accepting of God's word than at home. I pray that many more souls will be reached and adding to the church. I miss everyone and can't wait to see you! -Amelia Smith # Posted @ 10:27 PM on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Comments: Post a Comment << Home	Mt. Juliet Church of Christ Physical Addrees: 1940 N. Mt. Juliet Road Mt. Juliet, TN 37122 Mailing Address: P.O.Box 248 Mt.Juliet, TN 37121-0248 (615)758-2274 Fax:615-754-2351 Email Worship Services: Sunday Early Worship: 8AM Sunday Bible Study: 9:15AM Sunday Late Worship: 10:15AM Night Worship: 6PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7PM Past Archives: March 2007 March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2013 March 2014 March 2017