A day full of blessings :)

Yesterday (8th) I had one of my busiest days yet. Tuesdays are my busy days with class in the morning from 8:30-11:50 and then a class at night but during the afternoon I needed to take a short nap which cut into the amount of time I had to work on homework which was probably a bad idea. I was doing homework in the afternoon, but two of my classes require a lot of reading which takes a long time when there is usually a lot of vocabulary words that I don't know, but it will get better in time! I talked to Neal last night on Skype and I don't think I had ever been that stressed out with him. I had a lot of homework to finish up for Thursday (me working ahead) and some other odds and ends like catching myself and everyone else up on whats been going on through my blog and sending emails, etc. I felt bad for him because he didn't really know how to react or what to do, but those moments are a blessing from God because we learn so much about each other even when we are thousands of miles apart. God is so good once again! Neal was such a trooper and said I will just sit here and watch you do stuff :). He said something along the lines of "we don't need to talk a lot, because I know you have a lot to do, but can I still see you when you are doing stuff??" so I thought that was a very kind gesture of him so that we could still spend time together even though we weren't talking.

Today, (9th) I went back to the Patronato and was unsure if I would get there without getting lost again, but it went just fine! I left the house at 9:30 like usual and went to where we normally get on the bus at and the bus pulled right up so I didn't have to wait in the sun. One of my professors (Fernando, the poet) got on the same bus so we sat next to each other on the way to downtown which helped calm my fears a bit. When I got downtown I was speed walking to the other bus stop 4-5 blocks away and knocked on the door as it was pulling away, so I got on just in time! The bus driver probably didn't like that I was practically running as he was taking off, but I did what I had to do to get on! Then, I stayed on the bus all the way until we got into the part of the Colony that I needed to be in to go to the Patronato, and low and behold, the bus drove right in front of the Patronato so I got off! God is soo good! I didn't have to worry about walking or finding my way because I was right there! Then I went to the same classroom and had a great time with the students helping them with physical therapy and then spending time practicing my spanish-speaking by them asking me questions and vice versa. I didn't even get his this time! As the Patronato closes at 1, all the parents come and get their kids and at that moment when everyone was in one area, the director introduced me to everyone so I felt like the center of attention, but it was very special for me! And 5 minutes later my day would get even better.

Usually I would have to ride two different buses back to the house but one of the mom's of a student that I have been working with the past two days was going to be driving three blocks from the Central House so she offered to drive me back and even said she would do it every Wednesday! That is such a blessing. It is even a smaller world because she ran into Val before Val even found the Patronato for me and she was the one that gave Val the information about the place! She is such a sweetheart and is correcting some of my Spanish and is encouraging me to speak as much as possible. God is definitely present here and is providing for my every need and worry.