More adventures in Trinidad
There has been so much over the last week+. I took a leadership course last week for the AWANA-JV (called OANSA here), in Spanish of course, and somehow the Lord blessed me and I was able to understand and I passed the test with an 84%!!! So, I am now an official leader of OANSA-JV (youth group)! Hugo, who was the instructor for the course, said he was surprised I passed because he didn't think I understood everything (which is true, I understood about 80-90%) .
In other news, I got to drive the La Palmera microbus and take people to their homes after church on Sunday. Wouldn't you have liked to see me driving a bus around the streets of Trinidad (without a license of course)? So, I've now driven both a micro and a truck in Bolivia. Next up: a moto, and I'm getting one at the end of the month!! Everyone has been telling me I should get one, and I'm starting to see the benefit of it as I rarely have change for taxis and spend lots of time walking and sweating. They're a lot cheaper than I thought, which is part of the reason I'm doing it.
My first two professional Bolivian soccer games were both quite the experience. The local team, Real Mamore (which is currently in last place in their league) won the game last week 2-1 against a team from Santa Cruz (the Destroyers), but lost last night 2-3 to a team from Cochabamba (Aurora). After last night's game the fans were throwing empty bottles of soda and water at the refs and the police came up into the stands and were going to arrest some of the ones doing this. As you can imagine, there was quite a commotion in that part of the stadium (a fair distance from where I was sitting) as they were all trying to get out before they got stopped by the police. Ah, so is the life of Bolivian soccer fans . . .
Yesterday, our house was without power all day, we blew a fuse, and we were all busy, so we didn't have time to deal with it until yesterday evening. Thankfully, my friend MaryLynn, who we affectionately call the "house mother" took care of it for us.
And lastly, the string of cold weather is officially over . . .it was 102 degrees today (with a heat index of over 110 from the humidity)!!! So much for it being "winter". It's going to be a hot one tonight . . .
In other news, I got to drive the La Palmera microbus and take people to their homes after church on Sunday. Wouldn't you have liked to see me driving a bus around the streets of Trinidad (without a license of course)? So, I've now driven both a micro and a truck in Bolivia. Next up: a moto, and I'm getting one at the end of the month!! Everyone has been telling me I should get one, and I'm starting to see the benefit of it as I rarely have change for taxis and spend lots of time walking and sweating. They're a lot cheaper than I thought, which is part of the reason I'm doing it.
My first two professional Bolivian soccer games were both quite the experience. The local team, Real Mamore (which is currently in last place in their league) won the game last week 2-1 against a team from Santa Cruz (the Destroyers), but lost last night 2-3 to a team from Cochabamba (Aurora). After last night's game the fans were throwing empty bottles of soda and water at the refs and the police came up into the stands and were going to arrest some of the ones doing this. As you can imagine, there was quite a commotion in that part of the stadium (a fair distance from where I was sitting) as they were all trying to get out before they got stopped by the police. Ah, so is the life of Bolivian soccer fans . . .
Yesterday, our house was without power all day, we blew a fuse, and we were all busy, so we didn't have time to deal with it until yesterday evening. Thankfully, my friend MaryLynn, who we affectionately call the "house mother" took care of it for us.
And lastly, the string of cold weather is officially over . . .it was 102 degrees today (with a heat index of over 110 from the humidity)!!! So much for it being "winter". It's going to be a hot one tonight . . .
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