Well...I'm officially 21!!! My birthday was really great here :) I woke up around 6:30 to get ready for breakfast and then had breakfast with my host-mom. My first birthday present on my 21st birthday was a Bible...completely in Spanish :) I had mentioned before to my host-mom that I wanted to buy one....and she bought one for me! Then..my host-dad came down and gave me a present from him...a 2013 calender with a matching planner...with pictures of Cuenca for each month! So beautiful :) Oscar, Sarah and I walked to school together and when we got there, Abby and Kyle gave me a donut for my birthday!! So great! After two 2-hour long classes...we went into the courtyard area and we had chocolate cake and ice cream! Then, I went home for lunch and my brother, mom, dad, sister and her youngest (who calls me "Aggie" because she can't say "Becky" :) ) were there for my birthday lunch! We had this delicious rice (no surprise! :) ) and meat meal and after we had cake! Later that afternoon, we had a lecture thing...and later that night we went to a bar with live music. Abby slept over which was a lot of fun :) It was a great birthday! Excited to be able to celebrate back in the states with more friends and family though :)
Today...I went to the market with my host-mom this morning and we bought the food for the week. Standing next to the raw meat wasn't entirely spectacular...but it was an experience! Haha, she also told the guy that she bought her milk from that I'd like to try milking a cow someday. Hopefully! :p Then...we went back around 9 to the house and had breakfast together...and watched some cartoons in Spanish! And then I read for a bit..and we had lunch..and now I'm at a cafe with Oscar just catching up on e-mails and this :) It's been quite a relaxing day! And...later, I'm going to church with my host-parents and then maybe out to a movie with our group? Tomorrow we're going to Ingapirca! It's a bunch of Inca ruins...I'll make sure to take lots of pictures! I hope you're enjoying the pictures on facebook so far :)
Oh, I forgot to mention before....but last weekend we went to Cajas National Park...which was absolutely incredible! We went on Saturday and spent the night. It was a little chilly..but we had tents and sleeping bags and lots of clothes, haha. I loved it! On Saturday, we took this 4 hour hike..and on the way, I was just so overwhelmed by God's presence.. and his love for me! It was incredible. In the difficult times of being here...of feeling overwhelmed by the language barrier (getting better...), I have just been struck by His presence and it's amazing. So, thank you all so much for the prayers and thoughts! God is soo good, and I hope that you'll feel that and continue looking for his little planted blessings for you every day :)
Hasta luego!
Becky
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