Hola Todos!!



This is Sarah, not Meghan. I'm kinda a dinosaur with this stuff so I have to use her profile lol. I'm studying abroad in Mexico this semester and loving every second of it... I'm already dreading when December comes even though I miss all of you and can't wait to meet the new Bonners. I studied here in Guanaujato last summer and came back to spend more time here and its defeintly "vale la pena por seguro" (worth it for sure!).

I'm volunteering at La Casa de Buen Pastor, its a convent that runs a home for girls that have a lower economic status. It's really cool. I was nervous at first because I was afraid the youth would be so use to volunteers coming and going for short time periods that they wouldn't really take to us, but it has turned out really well. We're there on Monday and Wednesdays in the afternoon tutoring. Sometimes in can be really hard because of the language barrier and sometimes their homework is a little harder in Spanish than I can do. i really like working with the elementary school youth, especially since I can rock that kindergarden Spanish homework! There's one little girl Julieta that I try to do homework with, but she's not very into doing her homework so that can be quite the challenge. The girls are all really nice and its a fun position to have here in Mexico. It is definetly harder finding volunteer work than I thoguht it would be, like Heather had said also.

Besides volunteering, I am on the intrafalcon (intramurals) basketball team for la escuela de idiomas. oh, and do we represent La Idiomas! We lost our last two games por un masacre... pero fue divertida! It's fun playing basketball and trying to speak spanish running up and down the court... its pretty entertaining to say the least:) i'm also taking lots of dance classes trying to learn how to have rythm and its getting better. and besides that I'm enjoying just exploring the city, trying spicy food on the streets, and spending time with Mexican friends (and International too!). I think I may be learning more spanish slang than formal spanish, but that's ok. it's all a part of the expereince and so far it has been an incredible experience!

I hope everything is going great in DeLand and with each of your service sites!

Hasta Luego,
Sara con hache (Sarah)