Death Defying Experiences

Altotonga, Mexico -- QUE FRIO!!!! is one of my most common sayings. It means "how cold!" and we say it all the time around here.Well, this week has been a bit more "normal"... and I'm finally back on a North American sleep schedule.

Tonight I met with two girls... they'll be getting baptized on Saturday and so we sat down to have one final meeting to talk about "what's gonna go down" (ha, them!) on Saturday up at the river. And, thank Jesus, it looks like it's going to be warm that day, so I don't have to say, Que Frio!!!

Anyhow, they're pretty excited, and of course, you'll have pics to come up in a newsletter.

Other than that, I've been stalking Japan online. Reading, reading, reading. AND I looked up language schools and found one that another missionary had gone to that is working with the missionaries I stayed with when in Japan. Tim, the team leader, said that if I'm looking long term in Japan, that it's very recommendable to spend the first two years in full-time study of the language. And that's expensive (you may get used to me saying that... I probably will not).

But, really, it's not as expensive as what you'd pay in a university in the States, which a friend pointed out to me. So, anyway, I'm looking (more) and planning (more) and asking for God's guidance. At least I have a good idea in my head now of how things "are" and a better understanding of things, a kind of "mental picture" in my head, a lot of questions answered and a good... "plan of action".

One thing I'm SUPER thankful is the opportunity that I had to stay with Tim and Christine and get to know them. How kind they are! They have an awesome history and a huge heart for evangelism and discipleship, which of course is what I'm all about. It's exciting what God's done and doing. I'm VERY thankful for everything they did for me, and helping me to see and understand and answering my ten million questions.

SO, for the totally unrelated thing... I killed a man-eating spider the other day. I was contently walking up my narrow spiral staircase to collect my laundry, and I look over, and about a foot away is a really large spider. One of those that you can see across the room. I quickly stumbled backward down the stairs (which takes talent on a narrow spiral staircase). I stood downstairs and was like, AHHHH!

So, I decided, ok- be brave, you HAVE to go up to get your laundry. And I started back up the stairs, only to come right back down.

No, that's just TOO big.

SO, I decided to do what usually kills them. Bleach spray. Yep.

Only I was out.

So I went to look for some more... Minty Bathroom Cleaner! Wait... non-toxic?? Well, that's what has to work. And it did. So, it crawled with its creepy unusually large and thick legs upstairs to a place that I could get to it, and I ran up the stairs and killed it with a broom. Had I had tried with my shoe, it would have eaten my shoe off, and probably my foot as well. I think. Don't mess with my logic there. Leave it be.

But the fact is...Your super agent 233 killed a man-eating LARGE hairy spider and lived to tell about it. And now my staircase smells minty fresh.

Another side note.... I keep seeing commecials about Japan here in Mexico. Well, it's for Nissan, but it's all about Japan. And I remember the first time I saw it and I was like... hmmm.... And JUST now, the commercial came on again.

Well, I should probably get to bed. My momma and grandma are comin in tomorrow and I need to go get them, which means I need to get up in less than 6 hours. And I've been yawning this whole time!

So, see ya'll people later!