I love "Not Quite"

So Marcy and I have 6 days left including today. It is strange to be at the end of our time here.

I have had many good moments in the past week, and I know there are more to come. One of my favorites was yesterday. Our language teacher, Jaci, decided she wanted to cook lunch for Marcy and I. We went over to her house yesterday and when we walked in she has flowers on the table and it was set up all nice and neat and Ray Charles was playing in the background! So sweet. Her son and granddaughter also ate with us and it was really special to see them all so happy and dancing. Jaci told us that she misses us already.

Another favorite of this week was last night. Jen and Randy have let me help them with a couple's Bible study that they are teaching. There are married couples and engaged couples that come, and it is fun to spend my Friday nights with them. Tiago, one of the men last night, also talked to me a lot about how people are people anywhere you go. He said that sometimes people have a bad picture of Americans in their head, but he said that he has never met an American that he doesn't like. That was nice to hear :)

Another big one for me is Marcelo, one of my English students, has finally been able to pronounce the word "these" correctly. We've worked hard on that one. He has improved so much on his English.

I could tell you lots of little stories of special memories that I'll take home with me, but basically these last two weeks have been dedicated to last minute sight-seeing on my days off, and planning last get-togethers with the church members here when we aren't in the office or at Bible studies. Russ prayed over Marcy and I the other day, and he praised God that all our lives are different now because of our time together. I couldn't agree more.