above: me and the plane in shell, about to take off
below: view from the plane of Shell, where i live

wow..i have never had so many things going on at once! its kinda ironic...but hey! i have to learn time managment sometime in my life i suppose :) i guess i have never had so many friends :) heheh

well...i went on a jungle flight this past tuesday..it was the smallest plane that i have ever been on..a 6 seater (including the pilot) it was such a beautiful day, which = a beautiful flight! its a great flight...jungle everywhere..beautiful mountains..it was neat to see shell from the plane..it really is in teh middle of the jungle..its just a larger "village"...we went to a jungle where the waronis live..where nate saint and the guys went...there is a christian school there..as well as a high school and elementarty school..the community is of about 60 people...i really liked it there..small..really small...but it would be a place where i would like to teach..they speak waroni...but in school, they speak spanish..it was a good experience!

i also have opportunity to be on the radio here! one of hte missionaries here, has a radio show on sundays..and the radio station is looking for someone to talk in english for a chrisitan segment..i went to talk to the guy today..but he wasnt in..its something to pray about! it would be really neat though!

this weekend, i am going to Quito for a womens retreat at teh english fellowship church there! there are about 7 ladies going from shell, and we are all riding up there on friday...we have a half day of school! i hope it is nice..im sure i will learn tons!

i think thats it :) im really tired...but i am really enjoying life in shell! im starting to feel like i can be myself around people...for example, calling people in funny voices, etc :)

my class is having our first pizza party tomorrow! everyone got an 100% on their spelling tests last week..so pizza party! it will be really fun! the kids are such hard workers :) plus, they have a great teacher :):)

the school board approved that i can come home to the states over christmas break..so its official :)