almost a week here

Hello,
Have had a tough time getting an update posted....its been a very busy week. In hindsight it would have been a great idea to have had a bit of "down time" after arriving here. I finished my first day of school in the huge City of Montevideo yesterday and am spending the weekend here at the farm. This is about a 2 1/2 hr. bus ride from where I am living with a local family for school. I didn't know how much I would enjoy the farm environment after the City but its very refreshing, and WONDERFUL to have the fellowship.

I really like my school and had 2 other women from Germany in my class last week. The professors don't speak English so its like learning to Charades at times and I felt a bit frustrated y-day with the new material. Overall, the food here is very plain as they don't use much seasoning, and especially not spicy. (I looked for hot sauce in the supermercado but didn't find any) Thebig meal here is lunch, but I usually just grab a snack as its during school. Dinner is very late. Often we finish dinner after 10:00 at my homestay family which I certainly am not used to.

When I arrived here last eve, I helped plan sweet potatoes from cuts off of previous plants. There is a huge garden here. It is going to be so wonderful to eat such fresh food out of the garden. We will have lamb tonight and yes.... it is one that used to run around here in the pasture....I will get used to that in time I guess.

Please continue to pray for my time a language school and for the ministry here...
In Him,
Holly