In the past few weeks, we had our week intensive course on Cross-cultural communication with Dave. It was great to discuss so many relevant topics to our current experience and to learn from Dave's personal experiences. Following that week, we were able to attend a weekend CBM retreat, where we babysat the missionaries' children...
We also went to our church's young adults camp. The pastor shared a few messages with us and we got to play a whole lot of games. It was another great time to get to know some people a bit more.
This past Saturday, we went to see the Carnival parade which took place in the downtown area... As the Bolivian carnival includes lots of waterballoon throwing, water guns and what I will call "sud shooters" (Basically these spray paint-type cans that shoot soap suds), we came back home from the parade a bit more wet and soapy than we left...
Time has gone by so quickly since we've been here... I think I'm starting to understand what our parents say about time passing by more and more quickly as they get older... and I wish I didn't :P
And that's to show how much of a blessing my time here has been. I had come here with very little expectations, yet I'm still so blown away about how blessed we have been while here thus far. The people we've met and have gotten to know have been so warm and loving... God has certainly shown me that His greatest blessings come through people.
It's interesting how the things we sometimes appreciate most about people are the things in which they differ so much from ourselves. I believe this is what interests me most about cultures. Despite how different we are from one another, and how these differences are often what keeps us apart, it is also what can make relationships between one another so rich. There is so much to learn from each other!
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