This morning I woke up at seven with terrible stomach pains. I got up and got ready to go to my language classes and praying that I would feel better. Then I went downstairs and had a piece of bread and a cup of water for breakfast. Since I could not get my schedule last night to find out when my classes were today, I went with Susana to school. During my ride with Susana to school, we discussed the problem with the internet. Also, she told me that she had hurt her back and that it hurt to walk. When I arrived at the language school, I found out that I was really early and that my classes were not until eleven. So I took time to study and review what I have already learned so I can keep progressing with my Spanish. Also, I had a discussion with a person who has been in the mission field since he was a child and will be leaving for the first time in August to attend college. It was good because I was able to ask some questions that I had and vent some of my frustrations that I have. For my first class, I had a new teacher named Karla. In this class, I practiced using the different forms of past tense. I talked about what has happened to me during my past two weeks in Cochabamba. Then I had a class with Angelica in which I discussed past events and telling my favorites stories and parables from the Bible. Past events included Birthday parties and what I did for the fourth of July. For homework I have to retell one of my favorite parables and write it out. My next class with Mauge, I went over how to use subjunctives when expressing emotion. Also, during this class, she asked me if this was truly my last week of classes and I said that it would be because I can not afford it financially. However, she told me that it might be possible that I be taught in Spanish for an hour and then I teach that person English as a trade program. Since my schedule is not set in stone yet, I will talk to Larry to see if this could be a possibility. Mauge’s class was good today because normally there is a lot of correcting done during my class with her, but in today’s class there was only a few corrections made. In my final class with Maite, I continued to work on discussing events of the past and expressing. So for this conversation, I stated what I liked and disliked about my childhood. I think that all of my classes went well today and that I am able to say more and pause now. There was also a reminder put up today that Lucas will be having his surgery tomorrow evening. A lot of the corrections now are just getting my words in the right place in the sentence structure and having the proper pronunciation. When I returned to the house, I was able to finally check email and use the internet. I also took some time to relax, reflect, and listen to some music. While I was reflecting, I noticed that when greeting a female, I am still adjusting to the idea of a kiss on the cheek. In my time of reflecting, Luigi came and asked me if he could send a text message from my phone and so I said sure. Then we discussed the differences in cell phones between the United States and Bolivia. Later on he came back and asked if he could borrow money from me and that he would pay me back when he returned home. So I let him borrow the money, but I hope I am not being too trusting in letting this family borrow money from me. I asked Luigi when he returned if he would take some time to share some advice with me. It was very exciting to me while reflecting to realize that Larry and Betty return to Bolivia tomorrow. It is comforting to know that I will know a couple more people here even though this city is huge. For dinner, I had chicken with pasta, carrots, tomatoes, and scallions. I have notice that all of the food tastes fine, but none of it seems to agree with my stomach. After dinner I did my evening devotion and spent the rest of the evening working on my Spanish by doing my homework. I typed up my notes from my classes today as well. While I was doing my homework Lucas came into my room and we had a little talk about my computer and then he was drawing pictures in a notebook and kept asking me to look at them. However, when Lucas was walking around my room, he tripped and fell and then started to cry; I felt so bad for him. I then did my night time devotion, showered, and went to bed.
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