All day today I thought it was Monday. That is because I spent 13 hours on Monday trying to do my taxes. I never finished, so I think my mind is trying to block out that day.
Sunday was so fun! I woke up early and got 2 hours worth of work on my taxes done. Then as I was getting ready for church Fany invited me to go to Coa with them. Coa is a little village where Fany's husband, Santos, grew up. He invests a lot of time there. He helped build a school and then a soccer field. Sunday was the finals for the first year of soccer on the official field. Santos had trophies and drawings for prizes. People came from all over to watch. It was packed! The home team lost. But it was fun.
I got to meet Santos' family and see their home. The people of the village were really nice. Usually if I go into a small town the people stare at me like I am a monkey in a zoo. But not in Coa. The people there are all different. Different heights, different hair, different shades of skin. I don't stand out so much. On one hand I was very comfortable, but I must acknowledge part of me missed having everyone stare.
Santos asked me what I thought of his little village. I loved it! I decided I am not a city girl, or a mountain girl (although I thought I was each of those at one time or another in the past). I am a small town girl.
Santos has a pomegranate tree in his yard. But the people there don't eat pomegranates, so they all just rot and die. Fany and I each ate one and I brought some more home. Santos' mom cooked us breakfast. Somehow she heard I like healthy food so she made broccoli, cauliflower, and two big chunks of cuajada, which is my favorite cheese. A local lady in Coa makes the cuajada and Santos' mom knows I love it. She sends it home with Santos to give to me all of the time, although they had never met me before.
Then I got to meet the son of the lady who makes the cuajada. Apparently she has been trying to marry off her son with me for a while. Fany told me a couple of times about the cheese lady saying that Fany should introduce me to her son. All I have to say is that I wish I were 20 years younger. Her son is one of the most handsome men I have ever seen. Fany said everyone calls him the "prince" of the village because he is so handsome and he has this air about him. I asked why he doesn't have a girlfriend. Fany said he is related to everyone there. I can't say if he is nice or not because we never spoke. I just admired him from afar. And wished I were young again.
Today I called Betsy, the lady I would like to serve with. She said she has another team coming tomorrow, but she will meet with me on the 13th after they leave. I am looking forward to that! It's a Friday, I may be back to serving full time the following Monday, if this is God's next step for me. I hope so!
