sorry...turn your head :) this is a pic of my living room :) it looks bigger than it is :)

i have termites...and its very common here!! (in this pic, the mites are right by the wood in the far right hand corner :)) each morning i wake up and see small piles of tan dots on the floor, around wood borders around doors, walls, etc! sometimes in the middle of the floor, which i cant really figure out! i asked what i do with them, and im just supposed to sweep them up...then throw them outside, where they find their way back inside to do some more damage :) bug spray doesent kill them, just slows them down :)

missionaries really live the life here...in shell, the gringos are considered upper class...bc most of them have cars, money (compared to ecuadorians), and nice houses...its kind of a weird feeling, bc i dont want others to think that i think im better than them...its like...whats the point of being a missionary?? theres a lot of politics that go into being a missionary...and i dont know if i feel so good about sleeping in a bed, when it seems like the missionaries should be having not so nice places to live in...mind you, places and things are a little cheaper here....

i went shopping today and bought some random food items at a local place, its kind of like paying 7-11 prices on things you could get a lot cheaper at wall-mart....but there really arent a lot of choices...i mean, there are 3 places to buy food in shell...unless i travel elsewhere...

my luggage is still not here yet, im hoping for tomorrow!

i visited my classroom today and cleared out a lot of OLD junk and random things...i just need to make it my own room...the last teacher was 70 yrs old!!! wow..i cant believe that :) im really excited to teach...were going to have a lot of fun! i think its been awhile where there has been a qualified teacher at nate saint...its weird to think taht i could be getting paid to do the same job in teh states...but i always did say i would teach for volunteer...so there ya go :)

tonight i went to the johnsons to play cinq-o with their daughter hannah...and watched 7th heaven on dvd :) pretty happening night life in shell :) its ok though :)