Wednesday, June 17

¡Que emocionado!

Wow, I am a horrible blogger. And I was doing so well there for a few days...But I made up for it with tons of links for you to enjoy throughout my post!
This site is one of three places where I am keeping track of what I'm doing here (my journal and diario for Spanish tutoring are the other two), and I blame this for why I don't post very often; I feel like I've already written everything down.

It's also a lot easier to post when I don't have anything else to do. Since I've been here, I've had two hours of class everyday (besides reading and writing outside of class), and I've also been working on creating name tag badges for a research team that's coming soon from Harding to help with ICDU's community projects. It was really exciting to see ICDU make it's first no-interest loan to help Willy, the son of the lady who helps both the McKenzie family and the Smith family around the house, buy a taxi to stay employed. It was truly the beginning of a great relationship with the rest of this family, and I loved seeing how willing people back home were to loan Willy money so he could keep his job.

In other news, Ben, Wes, and I have signed the lease and sent in the security deposit for our house next fall in the Stevenson neighborhood of Abilene. This "intentional community" is going to be so much more than a house. We will be living together, not just rooming together. Our use/adaptation of a New Monastic model for community will no doubt be the next adventure worth blogging about!

I've posted some pictures from the last two weeks on Facebook. Even if you're not on Facebook, you can see the pictures here.
The team also had me post a short bio on their website. If you'd like to see that, and the rest of their site, click here.

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