Brrrrrrrrrrr!

I really didn't believe it when people said it gets really cold down in Bolivia so pack really warm clothes. But we are freezing--yesterday morning it was 50 degrees and probably only reached 60 degrees all day. There is no heat what so ever so getting out of bed is pretty cold.

We have been at the school a lot the last two days. Thursday we had new staff orientation and then Friday we had all staff orientation. On Thursday we went to a Mexican restaurant (which are not very common) and ate lunch together. There were several tables of Mennonite men in the restaurant. We were told when we got down here that Mennonites are probably the most unfriendly people in Bolivia. At lunch they stared at us and smoked the entire time. I've read somewhere that many of the mennonites here are mennonites only in heritage but they aren't Christians or practice their faith. They speak German and Spanish and dress similar to conservative mennonites from the states.

My classroom is not with the other classrooms but it is in the gym on the second level. They have been working on the gym floor recently and so I have to power in my class yet. It is pretty small but it does have a big window and an air conditioner--which we haven't needed yet. Grant and I have been making posters and banners for our room. It's plain white so it needs some color. Our school verse is Micah 6:8 so I made a tac board with that verse in Spanish. One of the school rules is NO SPANISH because my classroom and one other teacher's are the only places spanish is to be spoken. Otherwise the students would speak spanish all the time.

On Friday night we went to a family house for dinner. They had served in Honduras for 10 years and had only been here for a little bit of time. We had a lot of fun we played spoons and then speed scrabble. I have one of their daughters in my class. They asked if they could call us Aunt Heather and Uncle Grant because that is how they do it within the mission family.