We are trying to finalize our schedules. It has been such a whirlwind exploring the city, meeting new people, and finally feeling like I am starting to build some relationships in the community as well as renew old ones from my summer a few years ago.. This week becky and I are house sitting for Jim and Peggy, missionaries, couple who works down here. I am hoping to plug in with Peggy and the ministry they started called Broken Hearts. It works with women teaching them how to do embroidery and then Peggy, in conjunction with their home church and other contacts, sell the items giving the money back to the women. It is a neat ministry not just because it helps families, but because it offers an escape for some of these women. There is a house in our community that a family moved out of but they don't want to sell it yet so they are letting Jim and Peggy use it for the ministry. Almost all day Monday, Tuesday for bible study, and a few other times a week the house is open to anyone who wants to come in and sew. Women from the community can just come to hang out, or work on their pieces. Becky and I have been working with them during hte bible study to help with the kids so the women can attend the bible study. I am going to start spending my Monday's over at the house with the women, maybe learning to sew some, and helping Peggy with some of the organizational aspects of the ministry. I am excited to learn about how it works, and build relationships with some of these women. A lot of the women go to La Puerta for church on Sunday, and others join us at the comedor to either help cook or attend the service. Becky and I are also helping with a new Kid's Comedor (soup kitchen) at La Puerta on Sunday. So I'll be pretty invested here at Site One. I am also looking to spend some time at site five with the orphanage out there, but we keep missing the director. We are all also going to start working with Site 2 as they develop a youth group, and then hang out with them Sunday nights for soccer of course. Man when I type it all out like this it seems like a lot, but really it leaves a lot of time to relax, reflect and hang out in the community.

On another note I am really starting to feel comfortable in the city again. It took me a few days for culture shock to settle in and pass.. not entirely of course but its nice to feel like I have my bearings. My biggest problem has been learning the city and border routines enough to get around without other people. I am making it a priority to learn learn learn how to get around. I don't want to get lost and then panic.. especially since landmarks don't really help yet. Turn right at the micho.. or turn left at Del Rio.. there are a billion of those.. You know the glorieta? You know 16th of Sept Street? Where it turns into a backwards one way? OR the street where they built a new speed bump? hahah.. seriously.. It will happen soon enough.. I can get to Site 2, Site 5 (I think), Jim and Peggy's, the women's bible study, La Puerta, Juanita's in El Paso and back, to S-mart/Gonzalez/Laundromat.. WOOT.