Christmas
down here is nuts. NUTS. I was fortunate to talk to family on Christmas
Eve for 40 minutes, and after that, we went to the Bishop´s house for a
Christmas Dinner. We had permission to stay out until 1230AM Christmas
Eve, so we got to watch the most insane firework show ever. We went to
the roof of the Bishop´s house, which looks down into all of Villa
Hermosa.
Imagine this - Every single person in Guatemala has access to
professional grade fireworks, and a lot of them. Then, at exactly
midnight, everyone sets them off at once. PUCHICA. It was absolute
insanity. There were fireworks going off above us, below us, to our
right, left, front, back, everywhere. My companion asked me if we do
that in the US, and I said, well, this would definitely be illegal.
We moved our PDay to Wednesday this last week, and
nothing was open, save La Torre (local grocery store). We didn´t do
anything that day, except for sleep!
We didn´t
get all that much food on Christmas, but the days following we had 2
back to back lunches every day. I thought I was going to die. We were
stuffing handfuls of food in our backpacks and clothes when people
weren´t looking, but we didn´t do a good job of hiding that fact,
because we couldn´t stop laughing. I felt so sick after every meal, but
you just gotta eat it.
My companion should not be allowed to use superglue, ever. Ever.
She is constantly getting her hand stuck on things. A few weeks ago,
she glued her fingers together. Friday, she glued her hand to the toilet
while trying to fix the handle. The next day, she glued her hand to the
superglue bottle. I have pictures of every time, but the toilet one was
definitely the best.
I taught a lesson to a canche (WHITE PERSON!) the
other day. We contacted her in the street by her house, and started
speaking Spanish, and she interrupted us and said she doesn´t speak
Spanish. We found out she has lived here for 2 years (but she doesn´t
know Spanish...) and is from Denver. My goodness, it was the worst
lesson ever. I can´t teach in English PARA NADA. I think I told her 20
times that God has a plan for us because I just didn´t know what else to
say.
Feliz Año Nuevo!!!
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