-you talk sports with your host dad. And you both agree that Michael Yordin (that's how he says it) is the best basketball player. You also tell him that, no, you haven't seen Michael Yordin in person.
-your host mom puts out bananitos and choco panqueques on the same day, and so you combine them, because obviously. Delicious.
-your littlest host sister is chosen to be the princess of the coming soccer tournament, and she gets to wear a pretty dress and walk out onto the field carrying flowers to start the tournament.
-you're reminded that church in Guatemala is way different than church in the U.S. But you're also reminded that preference in worship styles aside, you are worshiping and serving the same God. And you are reminded that God is able to transcend cultural differences.
-you're reminded that in Guatemala any noise made unto the Lord is a joyful noise, and so when any noise is made unto the Lord, it is made as loud as possible. Go big or go home, right?
-you're super impressed by the musicians at church, specifically the marimba players. Because 2/3 of them double as saxophone players, and switch freely between the two. During songs, no less.
-you can't understand any of the words to the worship songs because the speakers are turned up so loud (joyful noises made to the Lord...) and so you just clap. For close to an hour.
-you're reminded that your service here is part of a much larger picture of the work God is doing in Guatemala, and around the world
-you're proud that you understood the Spanish message and didn't have to rely on the translation. And you're also nervous because you know sometime this summer you'll have to provide the translation.
-you remembered to bring offering money, but then since it's the first day of the month they don't pass around the offering plate as usual, but rather you have to get up and march around the barrel and you were not prepared for this. So you hand your money to someone else as they're on their way up.
-you do, however, get up to hug the people who celebrated birthdays this week. And you hug them, even though you have never met. (Birthdays are a BIG deal in Guate)
-you spend time fellowshipping with the other interns on the roof of your house before lunch at the community center.
-your heart is full when you see your sponsor kid and he waves and shouts ¡HOLA SEÑO! (seño being short for señora or, in my case, señorita. They used it all the time when I was at the Monroy school)
-you come home from the community center with a full belly and a full heart, and are thankful for those who prepared the food, and for a group that is willing to share struggles and triumphs from the past week.
-you get time to rest and recharge for another week in Guatemala.
host sister ready to be the princess of the soccer games
by the way...sorry the font was so small on previous posts! Hope this is easier to read.
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