Quick update!

Thank you so much for all your prayers, they have been so important to me these last few days. Since I wrote last we had a short, three day orientation that was very nice and I wish could have lasted longer. On Saturday I moved in with my host family and that was very new and required a lot of faith and will. It has been a tough transition for me. I normally can deal with change well, but it is different when you want to get to know people and you can't even say a complete sentence to them. That is why I am so excited to learn the language, but I have to be careful not to stress myself out over learning - I will take it little by little as fast as I can with God's help.
I can honestly say that I have never depended on the Lord like I am now. In the evening, even though I can sit with my family, He is my lifeline and I have really had some great personal worship times. As far as communicating goes, I did have a good time with my host brother, Lemuel, last night. He is going to school to be a dentist (he is 24) and has an English class in which he had a test in today. I helped him study for about two and a half hours last night and it really helped my Spanish. Lemuel does not speak English as he is a beginner in the language, but he is interested in learning and even more interested in helping me learning Spanish.
Like I said, time is crazy now and it's all I can do to not stress myself out to get an update out, but I promise to write more later. Thanks!

These are some guards (we had to ask permission to take their photo) - they are everywhere (concerts, guarding Pizza Hut, walking the streets, parks, McDonalds, etc.) and we just get used to them.


Here is a picture of my team in a mountain (one of the many) above the city. Karen is trying to fix her hair, but oh well.