Rainbow

Someone could have told me that the people throw urine, not beer, in their beer cups at the soccer game!  Yesterday when Jose left my backpack at the church it had my shampoo, toothbrush and a change of clothes in it.  This morning I went to the church without brushing my teeth or washing my hair.  In the afternoon I commented that I hadn't taken a shower since the game and at that point - almost 24 hours later - they told me that people don't throw cups of beer (which I did think was wasteful) they throw urine!  Gross.  I had already changed the sheets on my bed this morning.  All that was left to do was shower.

Don Juan and I cleaned the inside of my car today in preparation for Lad coming.  We took all of the carpeting out and cleaned everything.  We decided to leave the outside for tomorrow because it looked like rain and we figured my car would get muddy.  We figured right.  It rained all of the way home.

I got a schedule of Lad's time here.  I am starting to get a little nervous.  I wasn't nervous at all when I translated for the team in Costa Rica.  But this time I am a little nervous.  Not sure why.  I guess it is really important to me that he enjoys his time here and is able to communicate easily with everyone.  It's also important to me that the people in my church here are able to communicate well with him.  They wouldn't have asked me to do something that I am not capable of.  I don't know why I am doubting myself.  I talk with them in Spanish every day.

Last night I was so wound up from the game I couldn't fall asleep until 1:30 a.m..  Tonight I want to get some sleep because I need to be fully rested for Lad's visit.

Driving to work this morning a plane came really close to the side of the mountain.  It brought back bad feelings on September 11th.  I've never seen a plane in that area and I know the planes all come in at noon, not at 9 a.m.  It was a little scary.  On the way home tonight Belinda said, "Look at the rainbow!"  I was driving and couldn't see it for a while.  Then I turned the corner and saw it.  It was the most enormous rainbow I have ever seen, with bold, bright colors.  It was completely full.  At one point it looked like it ended behind my house.  The picture doesn't show how bold it was.  It was beautiful.