Random updates

1) I´m taking a Marinera Norteña dance class at the University. It´s so fun!! Marinera Norteña is a really pretty peruvian dance. Check it out :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epYnC0RaULY&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-1-HM

So yes, one day I WILL be able to move my feet that rapidly and gracefully. Don´t worry friends, I took tap dance when i was 5. So I already got some good experience in.
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2) In Peru there are lots of myths about scary monster creatures. For instance, the Pishtaco is a creature from the Andes that kills it's victims and extracts their fat and uses it for various purposes. It also looks like a gringo. Ok, the end.

3) My host mom Kika, is still in the hospital recovering. It's different without her around. She really does light up the room. Paula and Nair have been around a lot more since she has been gone, to help around the house. It's been really fun getting to hang out with them more. I enjoy them :) Next weekend Paula and I are going to a flower exposition in Lima. She looooves flowers.

4) Last week there was a GIANT food festival in Lima called Mistura. I went and it was so great! It was like a giant amusement park, except with food. They had all the wonderful foods of Peru. I'll post pics on facebook so yall can see.

5) I get homesick sometimes. It's never horrible. But it happens.

6) I also still get those moments where I cant believe I'm here :)

7) I'm 21 now ;)

8) God is teaching me a lot. That should be coming in another post. But basically, I'm learning a lot about sin and addictions that I have and have been ok with for far too long...but that need to change, or else they will literally ruin my life, my relationship with Christ, and the plans that He wants to carry out through me. Lately, I have been able to see clearly how it is affecting me. And how deeply it cuts. And how much I need His strength to keep resisting. It's a struggle. But He heals :)

9) I feel a lot more confident this semester than I did the last. It simply has a lot to do with that fact that I have 4 months of this under my belt already, and I feel like I know this place pretty well. It also has to do with the fact that I´ve accepted that I am not Peruvian. I am a gringa and I am proud. And thus it´s OK to make mistakes, it´s OK to talk and know that I´ll mess up, it´s OK to ask questions. It´s OK to just be me, to be real, and to not try and be something else.

10) Texas fight :)