well..just got back from a long weekend in quito, we didnt have school on monday, so it was a nice and long weekend! me, elizabeth, and rachel travelled to ambato to stay the night on friday...bc rachel's aunt and uncle live there...the next day, bets and i travelled by bus to quito....it was a good trip...we really got to see some different things in quito..and rode the trolleys...which were nice, and cheaper than taking cabs everywhere!

when i got back to my apartment, i smelled something funny and realized my refrigerator had been turned off all weekend! usually, when the power goes off, it flicks back on...bc it has been happening a lot recently...but not this time! so i had to throw out 99.5% of my food! which is really frusterating bc thats a lot of money! oh well, my fridge needed a good cleaning. luckily, katie came over to help me! that was really great! we are starting to become good pals :) i also went out to puyo with their family to eat...and i ate with them tonight too..its fun bc i can just hang out, help the kids with their homework and just be like an aunt or something...its nice :)

things are going well at school...i love the kids..and we are enjoying learning together! i am looking forward to going back to the states for christmas! it will be here before i know it!

today i also got a magazine that i ordered from the states, which is great, even though its a month behind...its great to get english literature! i never knew how much i appreciated it...till now! its been raining a lot recently...but thats shell for ya!

hope all is well!

oh....this past weekend, shultz hall , the boys dorm at taylor ft. wayne burned down! it was 100years old...and 36 guys lived there...and i think all their things are destroyed! if you think about it...keep that situation in your prayers..i cant imagine what it would be like on campus right now...if anyone at taylor is reading this..can you fill me in??