So hello my friends. i have missed you more than you can imagine, but life is good. I spent the first four days of my stay in trinidad on a beach, literally, and loved it. I met the most random person there. There was this guy named Nigel who smoked marijuana as he sat with me and watched the sun set. We discussed life philosophies and all that hippy stuff. Then there was this guy named Jason who was really sweet, and pretty cute, but he got all romantic on me so I broke the news that I am a virgin adn plan to stay one till I get married and that I will not even kiss anyone until I am in love with them. That did not stop him from "falling in love" with me and on my last night he practically begged for me to stay and live with him on the beach for the rest of my life and we could get married as soon as possible... ummm, yeah. So and now I am at the children's home. I love it here. It is really hard though because some of the kids are just naughty, but I love each of them so much adn want to see them come to really know Christ. I will have to write more later, but that is the deal so far.
I live near a long thin park called Parque Forestal. It's really quite a nice park and it has a long stretch of a lane for riding bikes or jogging. And since I have a fear of riding bikes in this city, I jog. It's really pleasent. I usually listen to radioDisney on my mp3 player and jog along to Jonas Brothers, Beyonce, or Julieta Venegas. Great stuff. Yesterday on my jog I noticed that the trees were beginning to change. Fall has finally arrived and I am glad for the change. But as I was jogging through the falling leaves, I began to think about how much I like fall. And I had this special moment when I realized that I want to be here in Santiago, jogging through this park for many falls to come. After the past few weeks of cultural adjustment being a little more painful than normal, this was a nice thought to have.
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