Wednesday, January 19, 2011
We packed up and checked out of the hotel early this morning, leaving our luggage there to pick up later. Today's workshop went well, we lost two people but it was still a fun class. That day we found out we got a new apartment. We were SUPER excited. We had lunch at CineCenter, which is a mall that has a movie theater inside. I had some kind of burrito wrap, which wasn't really a burrito. It was filled with ground beef and that was about it. I didn't like it much. Cristina's Lomo Saltado wrap looked better. I just can't order food here that I get in the US, you expect one thing, but its never the same.
AFTER lunch came the long day. We were asked to teach a 3-day workshop at night along with our day-time workshop, so we reluctantly agreed (the workshop is supposed to be four days, and no less than 12 hours.)We went to go see our new apartment and it was so dirty, and not as nice as they had made it sound, etc. On the bright side, its within walking distance to the center and our security guard is cool. We took a trip to the bank to exchange money, then to the market to get blankets, then a short trip to the supermarket and bought some stuff to clean and to eat, but we barely had time to drop it off and leave for the night workshop. We were so tired. We showed up at the Canoto Ward, but only 3 people showed up. Cristina and I were almost in tears and not happy. We really had to rely on prayer, and went into the bathroom to say a quick prayer before starting.
We had to cancel it. It was a good and bad thing because we were really, really tired but we still wanted to teach the workshop. In the end, we came home and didn't sleep well on a old, gross, sloping mattress, hoping there wouldn't be any bed bugs. Did I mention that only ONE room (the main bedroom) has AC? I'm trying not to complain, I really am. But seriously? Dirty floors, washer and dryer that don't work, dirty microwave, fridge and dishes, and questionably dirty gross mattresses. Also, we still have no phone, and will be without internet for a few days. In addition, we didn't have any time to prepare for our workshop tomorrow morning, and we were teaching a lesson I hadn't even seen before since I was at the doctor the day they demonstrated it. It was a long night.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Our manager and asst. manager arranged for someone to come in and clean our apartment this morning while we taught the workshop. It looked a TON better, but she still didn't clean the fridge, microwave, etc., but at least it looks a ton better!
We love our class, they are young and really intelligent. However, today was difficult to teach since I hadn't seen it demonstrated before, also, the center accidently scheduled something else in our room and we had to teach outside the room in a weird location. The students seemed uncomfortable and tired, but they graduate tomorrow!!! We will finish our first workshop and it was not even bad at all, so fun and easy! Camilo walked us back to our apartment and then had his friend Jose come and pick us up in his Taxi to get some food to take back to our apartment. Jose served his mission in Peru. We stopped at the store deli with Jose's friend and her mom. They invited us to her wedding tomorrow at the church!We already have our first wedding invitation tomorrow! The food at the store wasn't bad. I got fish, rice, some kind of fried carrot thing, an empanada, and fried bananas for 2 bucks and ate this for two meals!
When we got back to the apartment, Camilo let us check our email. I got the email from BYU's MFT department informing me that they will let me do a video interview for the MFT program! YAY! But also stressful, when will I rest? They need to have a physical copy in a week!
Here is a picture of the view from our apartment:
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