2 weeks later...

I have been in Colombia for just under a month now and I am still loving it. Though I have started to experience the things a foreign culture can do to your body. This past sunday after church I went to lunch with two other teachers from ECA to a rotisserie chicken place in the neighborhood behind our apartment. It was the best chicken I have had in Colombia and possibly in the past few years! though its repercussions made me second guess if I will eat it again. I have been sick since Sunday night and am finally feeling a bit better today. I can truthfully say that I am extremely excited for the next few days to rest.

I have been loving my time here other than the fact that I have been sick this week. The people of Colombia have been extremely welcoming and so have the teachers and members of my school. i have grown to love my students very much and I look forward to teaching them each day. each of my classes has grown to be very fun and extremely intelligent. I well into WWII with one of my history classes, getting a bit depressed in the Great Depression with the other US class, and we just made our way into Africa with my Geography class. My geo class continues to amaze me with the amount of energy they have and how much they really enjoy learning. As do each of my other classes. 

For the past two weeks I have started to have a small group with a group of around 8 9th grade guys. they rock. I was able to lead last week and i talked about a verse that has grown very special to me over my two summers at Noahs Ark in Colorado and told them about my recent walk with the Lord. the verse is Jeremiah 12:5. It was well received and lead to a good discussion of where we seek refuge and find faith in our lives. We are currently planning a night when my students will come spend the night at my apartment and I will introduce them to the movie the Sandlot and the next day we are going to hike Monserrat. 

i will upload pictures later this evening when I get home but for now I am off to have dinner with our staff at a family who has us over once a month and their son is in my Geography class.