Dios es Fiel (God is Faithful)

Hola Amigos!
Tengo mucho informacion por ustedes! Mi clase de Espanol es muy bueno! A mi me gusta la profesora. Estamos aprendiendo un monton. Tomorrow I will have been in Ecuador for two weeks. Can you believe it? I am absolutely loving everything about being here. Along with my Spanish class, we now have Spiritual Formation. I think it's going to be an awesome class, and I'm excited to dive into it like Spanish! This past week was a lot more chill than our first week. Orientation was a blast, and I'm not saying this week wasn't as fun, but it was definitely more serious. We are now on our own for meals, and we go to the market every other day or so for fresh ingredients. I'm so lucky the other girls know how to cook a lot of things from scratch! They're incredible. We also do just about everything else on our own now too. We catch the trolley to go to class downtown like pros. We've learned how to force our way on and off, and not be so scared of being smashed in tighter than sardines. (It's really a hilarious sight, and I've been wanting to take a picture, only I can never reach my camera to take one!)

 This week was filled mostly with classes and homework. I never thought I would be doing homework this soon after graduating, but I'm actually really enjoying it! Not having to worry about a grade is awesome. My goals are simply to do my best and make you all proud! :) I love this process of beginning to understand and communicate with the beautiful people of Ecuador in their own tongue. I've actually been surprised that almost no one speaks any English here. I guess my ethnocentrism got the best of me before coming, because I assumed a lot more people would know at least a bit. Despite only being able to communicate on a very basic level right now, I'm already falling deeply in love with these people. They are so precious to God and He loves them so much. How could I not adore them?

My internship begins in a week, and I am so incredibly excited for it to start. I'm so glad I've been able to have intensive Spanish first though, because I'll definitely need it. Also in a week, I will be moving in with an Ecuadorian family for three weeks. That is going to be so crazy and awesome and intense! I'm looking forward to it.

Prayer requests for this coming week would definitely include patience for me in Spanish class. It's definitely like trying to drink from a firehose right now. There's so much it kinda hurts! ;) I want to know everything, but I know it has to be a long process. Also, prayer would be greatly appreciated for continued safety for my whole team. I am so humbled and grateful for all of your prayers so far. Know that they are being tangibly felt and are having a huge impact here!

Amor para ustedes,
Jenni