Today has been a very very rainy day. It is still pouring as I write this, which knocks out our plans to go to a church in the city tonight. This morning Glendy led a devotion for the women that I attended. It was absolutely wonderful to see all of them again. They have such a quiet, deep strength and beauty that I can't begin to understand. And their babies have gotten so much bigger! I couldn't understand any of the devotion except that it was on Psalm 91, but it was good to hear everyone talking and laughing. Today was a normal project day, so I was also able to spend some time with the kids, which was awesome. And then I hung out with Amelia and Maribel for a while, and they taught me how to say some things in Cachkiquel, the native Mayan language of Panimaquin. Today was also a pretty bad fibro day for me, so I spent some time with my IcyHot; and the rain has ruined the rest of our plans.

Every day when I wake up (to the pleasant sounds of the cows), it's like breathing in a huge breath of God. He is so alive in this place, and every day I am seeing Him in more and more places. Something also very great about this place is that I have nowhere to run from myself. When I go to be alone, whether in my room or outside, I am truly alone. I don't have a cell phone, it is usually relatively silent, and nobody usually bothers me. When I feel something, I have to process it right then and there because I have no time to waste here... every moment is so precious, and I don't want to take any of them for granted. Much of the time here is quiet, and so I've been wrestling with a lot of things within me lately; but it has been good. I am finally facing the big things in me like my weirdo boy issue. Everything seems to sink in deeper on this ground...