Saturday

Today was a very unique saturday for me. Usually I wake up early and have very productive days. False!
Today I found out how exactly to get hot water in the shower. If I turn on the handle with a blue dot one whole turn, and the one with a red dot only a tiny bit. The interesting thing is the way that I found this out. I dreampt it! Then when I got into the shower I remembered my dream. I can cleanse myself without catching pneumonia. I think that someone was a little confused when the building was built. After breakfast, I helped paint a new house on the seminary campus. Every time I paint, I remember that it is not one of my gifts. I think my arms are crooked because I can not paint in a straight line. It was excellent however to have Danielle, a wisened four year old teach me how to paint. "Arriba y abajo, arriba y abajo." "Up and down, up and down". If only, we could return to the simplicities of life, I feel like things would be better. After all it is biblical to become like little children. Mostly, this is my excuse to act like a 5 year old. I am following the Bible!
This afternoon we went into the small village near the campus. What an interesting place. The main draw there is the shopping. There are tons of stores that sell whatever you would like. My mission is to find a soccer ball. I found sunglasses for 2 dollars. LaCoste shirts for 14 dollars and the best smelling food in the world. I am certain that I will retur to the "panateria" the bakery many many times. There is just something satisfying about eating an Ecuadorian do-nut.
At dinner, I tasted a very interesting chicken. It was a rabbit.
The altitude makes it hard to breathe. I would not consider myself to be in great shape, but am certainly healthy. Today I was slowly making my way up a hill, when a native Ecuadorian ran past me with a smile on his face. I took off after him, but could not keep up. Que triste.
It has been such a pleasure to meet the people that I have met, and smile and pretend that I understand everything that is said. I am probably in culture shock, but am having too good of a time to know it.