Just Another SST Adventure...

Another great week on SST. I have one interesting story to share from this past week.

On Thursday, Lindsey and I were making our 20 minute trek to Los Pipitos for the afternoon sessions that we help out at. On the way, the strangest thing happened to me. We were walking down the sidewalk, like we do every single day. I looked to my right and there was this middle-aged woman leaning up against a truck. Immediately, I could tell something was wrong with her, that she was either drunk, or had some type of disorder. Her clothes were all mismatched and she seemed really dirty. I didn't think much of it and continued to walk on with Lindsey. When about 20 seconds later we heard footsteps getting closer and closer and then we heard a voice. Something in spanish that we couldn't understand (I wish i would've known what she said). Just as we were turning around to see what was going on behind us, a metal rod, probably about 10 inches long and the circumfrence of a dime, hit me square on the back of my head. A METAL ROD! I turned around and said "what the [heck]?". It was the lady that was leaning against the truck. She looked really angry and just as I turned around she turned and walked the other direction. Lindsey just stood there cracking up and asked if I was okay. I was so dumbfounded that I was just hit in the head with a metal rod, I didn't even know what to say. Que Raro! How strange. Lindsey and I kept on walking and laughing because it was such a strange occurance. I didn't sustain any major injuries, just a slight bump on my head today. Plus, a lot of questions about what was wrong with the lady? And why was I the choice target for that metal rod? In the words of Lindsey and I "Ohhhh the adventures of SST...."

So, that was the excitement for me this week. Ha. I was really missing home this week as I remembered it's the fourth of july and it's always family time. Not to mention that wimbledon is on...probably one of my favorite weeks during the summer : ). But the week here was still good. On thursday, at Los Pipitos, the acttivity is sports. And I got to lead stretches. It was really nice because I felt like I was actually contributing something and invovlved. That has been a struggle for me on service so far. But I keep reminding myself that its more about just being here and building relationships than getting a ton of stuff accomplished in 6 weeks. Today, Lindsey and I took our sisters out for lunch because it was the 4th of July so we wanted to have our own celebration. You know, because we are so patriotic and all ha. : ) Afterwards, we headed to Los Pipitos for the afternoon and we got to participate in painting. Um, and if anyone knows the extent of my artistic ability you can imagine what my work looked like. Yeah, interesting.

But overall, a very good week. Tomorrow we are going to a party with our sisters at their university. So that should be a fun time. And next week, the school we work at is on vacation, so that means only working in the afternoons. Rough life, I know! Now we only have a few more weeks here and then it's back to Jinotepe. And then back to the states. Time is just flying.

Buenos Noches!