faster than I thought!!!!!!

January 24, 2010. . . .. . . 97 days left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where is the time going????? Seriously the time has gone by sooo fast and I still feel like I have so much to do! I still want to go to Casa Materna, visit Danilo’s mom, visit an orphanage, and I still have sooo much to teach my kids! Not only kids. I also just started teaching adult classes, and I feel like I have no time! But its okay. We are going to cram like crazy. I really really like the adult classes; they really want to learn, make a lot of funny jokes, and we always laugh a lot. It's good, because I have adult class on Monday after a day of 3 other classes, and it’s a good relief! I also had my first experience of being really sick in Nicaragua. Don’t worry I’m perfectly fine. I woke up one night with a horrible stomach pain and a few hours later I was throwing up everywhere. The whole next day I had the worst stomach pain ever, and I ended up going to the doctor. I had about 7 shots and some tubes in me to give me water or something, because I didn’t eat all day. . . .I'm not really sure but now the doctor says that I have to be really careful what I eat and I can't eat things with acids and some other foods that I really like. Ohh well whatever! I'm still having a great time and I'm fine so all is good! In about 25 days my best friend Michele is coming to see me. yayyyy!!!! It is going to be soo much fun! I'm really excited for that! Also Cheryl and another women are coming to do some things here really soon and I'm really excited to see them! I have my Spanish Bible and I like it. . . Joel and I have been staying up long nights comparing the English and Spanish just to be sure they are the same. lol. We're finding out that yes, its true, they say the same thing. Nelson, one of my best friends here (who speaks English) just recently found out that he is going to live in New York as soon as possible to work and help an aunt who lives there. I'm sad, because he is one of my best friends here, but I know that it is really good for him because he is going to be able to send money back to his family to help out with things here in Nicaragua. Right now I'm helping him get his passport and visa, even though I told him I don’t really want to because I don't want him to leave! For about a week and a half it was really cold here and I don’t know why! I had a sweater on everyday and two at night! But now. . . . we're back to tank tops. Mira (my puppy) is doing really well. She hates dog food. She cries when I'm not with her, and when I leave she looks at me like she is going to die. Soooo I just bring her to English class. . . in the church! The kids love her and she helps me teach! She is much bigger now too, but she is still my little puppy. When we go on walks she stays right with me and loves to run with me! I still haven’t tried to see if she can swim, but we are going to go to the lagoon soon! Well church is about to start so I gotta go! Hope everything is going amazing for everyone! Love to all!