First Weekend

SO last I updated was LAST Friday. Sorry. It's been a long week. Here's what I missed:
Saturday was a Devotional with the "Singles" at the church (anyone who is in high school, college, or who isn't married in the church). There has been one woman in the singles who has been helping me out since I've gotten here, her name is Sandra. Renee gave her my email when Renee first found out I was here (because Sandra speaks English) and Sandra emailed me right away. She did everything she could to make sure I was able to get to devo Saturday and church Sunday. She met me at the mall by my house on Saturday so we could hang out before she helped me get there. She is so nice and we sat and talked (over coffee of course) and took the bus to devo. The funny part is the buses here get super crowded and they're used to it, but I'm not. So we made our way to the door when it was time to get off, but there were so many people in the way and a backpack on the floor, and the doors closed with her on the terminal and me still on the bus. I would have felt so stupid had it not also happened to a couple who was standing next to us; the girl was able to get off but her boyfriend and I were not. Luckily, ECA gave me a cell phone that makes calls inside Colombia so she called me and told me to get off at the next stop and wait there for her. The next stop felt like it was forever away. But I did get off and she eventually was able to get off at the same stop. We made our way to devo (30 minutes late) and it made for a very funny story. The couple who leads the singles ministry apparently lives pretty close to me, so the husband agreed to drive me home after the devo
They picked me up Sunday morning. When we got to church she had to stay at the car to feed her daughter, but she introduced me to another woman who speaks English. This woman was so nice (naturally I don't remember her name). She invited me over for lunch the next Sunday (which was yesterday because I'm posting so late), she needed to check with her husband but she said I should just assume it’s a yes unless she tells me otherwise. She couldn’t stay in service so she introduced me to another woman who speaks English (Marciela I think) to translate the sermon for me. Marciela also introduced me to people around her. One man she introduced me to was the guy who does announcements, so he wrote down my name to announce that I'm here and for how long. I met a couple from Canada who are visiting which was a nice dose of English in a haze of trying to explain student teaching to everyone in Spanish.
After church the singles went out to lunch and coffee. Then, they decided they needed to show me all around downtown Bogota, so we went to see all the beautiful important buildings like the president's house. Before we could walk around though, we had to wait out a huge storm. I thought it was beautiful. Bogota is a gorgeous city. I'll attach some pictures, but there's a ton on Facebook so you can check those out! :)Read more