Since I last posted about a year ago....

1. I have been living in Lima

2. Ive been helping out in a Child Care Center and Children's Home

3. Ive been teaching English, Spanish, and flute

4. My sister is about to have a baby boy in April

5. Dana's first, Audrey is now walking and is a cute, spoiled lil thing

6. I have a boy, Ruben (not a baby, a 25 yr old one :P

7. Im job searching in IL

8. Will be back in IL in mid-March

 Well, I do not even remember the last time I was on this thing. My dear friend Ellen was wondering if my sis was still pregnant since the same pic had been up for forever, so I figured I'd update. My sister had her baby on October 18. She is a beautiful, healthy baby girl, Audrey. My sister went through alot of pain having her, though and ended up having pancreatitus which caused her to be in the hospital for a month. She is finally recovering and is gratefully doing much better

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Other news: My brother got married at early this month in Hawaii to Beth.

Last semester- Steak 'n Shake

I have been through student teaching both in IN and Lima, Peru now. It was a tough experience, but well worth it. I especially enjoyed my time in Lima. I didnt want to leave! I am glad to be back here at Grace. I love my friends.

My trip to a few cities in Peru and to Ecuador

Nothing all that exciting has been going here. Its been good though. Work is going..A lil slow. I still do not know how much they really expect of my "internship." My boss doesnt seem to want me to do any big parts of this project and is giving me smaller things to do..although im the only one working on it. Jennifer, a woman I work with, has been an encouragement helping me think up some big plans- new webpage on diversity, portal for all CT hospitals to access translated documents, a press conference, public services announcements, and more. Right now Im working on cultural fact sheets for the top 20 or so cultures represented in CT. ts been really interesting. I came across a saying the other day that I thought was cool:

Kolik jazyku znas, tolikrat jsi clovekem.

"This Czech proverb, impossible to translate, proclaims that you live a new life for every new language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once (Words without Borders)."