On Monday night I moved to the place where I will live for the rest of my time in Bolivia. It’s a big house with a pool and we have a maid during the week. My house is just down the street from a grocery store I have shopped there a few times now.

I am learning to cook new things the other day I made coconut rice with garlic, I had leftovers and we do not have a microwave so with the leftovers I made rice pudding just by adding some cinnamon, cloves and sugar it was really good, and Saturday I made pasta, the noodles I used were these really tiny bowties it was very good but I ate to much.

My cold turned in to more of a stomach thing with the trots for a few days. But I am feeling much better now and just have a bit of a cough.

On Thursday I went to week after being sick for like a week. It was a good day I went to the park with the Girls we had fun. Friday they made pizzas again and I got them to make one for me with out cheese, I may have that for Sunday lunch. Friday I went to the park with the boys it went well to start with but then they started fighting and annoying each other and throwing dirt I told them several times to stop or we would go back to the house they sort of listened but I ended up with a handful of dirt in my face so that ended the outing at the park.

Saturday I caught up with e-mails and such and I was going to go to youth but warren cant find the keys to the land rover so they took the bikes to youth so there was not room for me and I have no idea how to get there in a taxi so I stayed home and watched Marley and Me, my roommate owns it. Here is a side note, most if not all of the movies that you can buy here in Bolivia are burned disks. Such a warm night my father would love it here, as I do I love the heat but I miss the snow and sleigh rides, and warm fires and singing. Oh well I really can’t complain it’s not worth it and I am enjoying myself here.

I have seen so many cool things here like giant toads in holes in the middle of the side walk, amazing flowers that smell so interesting, markets like you can’t imagine.

Oh here is a cool thing that I am thrilled about, but there is a bit of a story behind this so I will start at the beginning….. Ok so when I was is Argentina I came across these green gummies and fell in love with them they are flavoured eucalyptus and I think that they are just the best thing, my friends at school thought that they were gross but I love them, which is about the only think that I really missed from Argentina. And they don’t have the in Canada at least not that I have found (so sad) anyways I found them here and bought a whole bag of them they are like the best kind of gummies I have ever found and you probably thinking eucalyptus yuk but that’s ok, I like them and that’s what matters, and they are GREEN. Woohoo

The sun burn that I got the other day when we went to the pool with the kids is finally peeling but its mostly just my back where I have not been diligent with lotion, my knees which where burned the worst have not peeled yet and I hope that they don’t. its like the weirdest thing my arms are so much darker that my stomach so when I put my arm across my torso I look like tow different people its awkward but I am slowly fixing this emphasis on the slowly, I do not want to burn like I did last time.

This morning I slept in some and have not done much I studied some Spanish and read a little and watched Cinderella in Spanish, though it’s a Sunday there is no church because Bolivia is having a vote for the new constitution so every thing is closed. People are very riled up about the vote, I think most people don’t want it to go through but the government may have enough money to make it go through, I am praying that Gods will be done in this situation.

I am loving it here and am thrilled about the things that God is doing in my life. I am reading so many amazing books, about how to be a woman of God. I feel as though I lack so much in the area of being quintessently feminine and yet being motivated to succeeding and rise to the top in a male orientated world. I want to fill the womanly roll that God lays out for us ladies in the bible.

Thank you all for praying for me and supporting me in this adventure in my life. I am so blessed to have you all in my life, you truly have no idea how much I appreciate all of you.

In other news….. I ask that you would pray for my aunt Debbie she has been battling cancer for a while now and was doing better but the Doctors have found a tumour in her brain, the tumour is in the center of her brain so operating is not possible they are trying to shrink it with chemo and other drugs but I would ask that you pray for complete healing for her. And pray for her husband as well as this is a time of uncertainty.

If you read this (my blog) on a regular basis please become a fan so that I know people are counting on me to keep it up dated.

I am usually online Saturday and Sundays during the day. If you send me messages on face book or e-mail me I probably won’t respond till the weekend but pleas do message me. I want to here what is going on in your life.

Thursday I felt better and went to work it was a good day they had a meeting and I had all of the boys to watch over we watched a movie. Some of the boys were really well behaved but some of them were not but the oldest boy Alex he is 17 or 18 he helped me with the rest of the boys so that was good. Friday I tried to read to the girls but it ended in cough in fits. We also made pizza the older girls at the home have a pizza business, so with the help of a missionary lady Erna Friesen we revamped there pizzas. She is an amazing lady and a good cook by what I hear, so I helped translate a bit for her she knows some Spanish but her ministry is in German. So that was fun, I got the girls to make me one with out cheese it was very good.

On Saturday morning we went to the Ferria a huge permanent market that has like 6 big buildings a little bigger in size than the prairie pavilion at the westerner park. We only made it through like half of one of the buildings.

On Saturday after noon I had a meeting with the teachers that I am moving in with, to see if it would work out to live to together and they said that yes it would.

I tried to go to church on Sunday but with miscommunication with the taxi I did not end up going. We tried to go to a movie but it was in Spanish and we did not think that we wanted to tackle that so we went to the main plaza and walked around and went up the bell tower in the cathedral it was fun but the stairs were spiralled and tiny so I was dizzy by the time I got to the top which made looking out over the city hard to enjoy because I was dizzy. We then went and looked at the market booths that were set up in the plaza. Then we went to the cultural building and looked at the paintings and stuff then we went for lunch at Alexander’s Coffee. Then we went to a grocery store and got bedding for my new place, and I will probably go grocery shopping tonight or tomorrow depending when I move.

Over the weekend my cold has gotten worse so last night I picked up some cough syrup and it kind of seems to be doing some thing so hope fully by the end of this week I will be better. to day is Monday and I have taken the day off to pack my things and rest some.

I hope to get into more of a routine ounce I move, there are lots of things that I want to accomplish in my own personal life while I am here and a routine will help me with that.

I hope all of you are doing good and enjoying my Blog please let me know if you are following my Blog so that I will be motivated to keep it up to date. And pleas feel free to tell you friends about me and that things that I am doing, spread as much excitement as you can, its all for the glory of God.

Love you all and remember a little time with God is better than nothing

Saturday was youth and we had lots of fun we played games with my pink baseballs the games were so fun we played the chin passing game and the under over game but here they play it a little different when the ball gets to the back of the line the person then has to go over and under all the people in front of them to the front of the line and then start the ball again it was so much fun. I think that I will be attending this youth group regularly. Church was good as well the pastor Andy Pardington talked about how God is a global God (Isaiah 44:24 – 45:25 the three points of his message were 1 the start point of missions is always God. 2 his purpose should be out purpose and 3 his concern should be out concern.

Here are three things the help us share the gospel
- God has the authority to achieve his goals
- His purpose, he redeems his people
- His concern, he calls all people.

After church we went to lunch with the Friesens and the Beams and the whole McCaig house hold we went to a Mexican restaurant the food was good but I had to be really picky. We tried to go see “Marley and Me” on Sunday night, but it was sold out so we bought movies instead, and we watched “Mr Magouriums Wonder Emporium” at home, it was fun.


Here is a poem I wrote, hope you like it

With Out

With out love, I am nothing
With out passion, I do not truly live
With out trust, I can not achieve my purpose
With out Christ in my life
I am empty and dead and these things
Love, Passion, Trust matter not



Monday at work I was pleasantly surprised they had just gotten new books from some one that had once helped out at the home, the books are all in Spanish but they are new and the kids have not yet seen them. And it is my privilege to read them with the girls one on one, it is such a blessing to show the girls love in this way. In the afternoons I still go to the cancha with all the kids that want to both the boys and the girls it is so much fun. On Tuesday we went to the home of this amazing couple and went swimming in there pool all the kids and some of the staff went it was a good day had by all, they served us lunch as well it was some amazing food there was stake and sausage and rice and all was cooked to perfection so delicious. The couple even gave all of the kids and the staff presents the younger girls got Barbie dolls and the younger boys god bow and arrow Nerf like sets and the older kids and the staff got bags with there company logo on it. (My bag is green and black) We all had a wonderful day, I got sunburnt but hopefully I won’t peel to bad. Monday night Tuesday morning I got a sore throat and this morning (Wednesday) I could hardly talk without my voice dropping half way through what I was saying so I have taken the day off to try and get better before it gets worse and I lose my voice completely so I slept most of the morning hand have doubled up on some of my vitamins like my C and garlic and Echinacea and my greens I hopes that I can kill this thing before it gets the best of me. Right now I am drinking hot tea to try and sooth my throat and try and kill the bacteria.


Though I am so far away from every one I am not as lonely as one should think. I have talked to both of my parents and unlike when I was in Argentina for school, phoning them dose not result in a sob fest, instead I glow with smiles and feel like every thing is all right. If any of you would like to try and Skype me, my Skype thing is Laura.Suzanne1 I am going to try and do internet stuff on Saturdays so if you want you can see if you can get me on a Saturday though I would ask that you do not try and call me after 5:30pm because I will be on with my parents but any time that I am on before 5:30pm your time you can try me. I am three hours ahead of you guys in Alberta so do try and take that in to consideration when you decide you would like to chat with me. But I am totally up for hearing from all of you. I hope this week has been a good one for you. Blessings to all.

Well I have been here almost a week and it has been fun, exciting and emotional. I haven’t exactly cried yet but I have come close many times. I started work to day it was good full of things. in the morning I tutored one of the younger boys. Then I helped paint one of the amazing works of art that they do to help supplement there funds. Some are scarves others are shirts and other things, it was so much fun. The art work that they do is all for sale, and they do custom art as well. We had lunch together and after I helped finish the paintings. while the older kids were having English class, then we went to the cancha (soccer field) and played games with my pink baseballs it was fun I tried to teach them a new game but they didn’t get the concept of it and it was hard to explain in Spanish. we were at the park till 5ish then we got back to the home and I got a taxi back to Jackie’s place. Even though emotions ran high every thing went really well and it was a good first day at my work. The next day was really good I took the kids to the cancha by myself their was eight of them and me. It went really well the next two days were rained out and Friday I had most of the kids especially the younger boys while the other staff was is a meeting with a psychologist on how to discipline the kids with out being physical, at work I usually end up with the kids hanging all over me its exhausting but well worth it all I can hope is that they feel loved. And now it’s the week end and I don’t have to work. On Thursday we went and saw Yes man, at the cine center it was so funny it was in English with Spanish subtitles so it was really interesting because our row of five would get the joke before the rest of the crowd and then they would laugh seconds latter so it was like delayed reaction but not really because that was how long it took them to read the joke. Any ways I am doing really well so far it has been a very good adventure, though the food keeps trying to kill me.

If any of you want more info about the art at Talita Cumi let me know and I will get you the info

well i am in Bolivia now. and i'm still excited to see what God will do through and in me.

i had very good flights and nice people to talk to all of my seat mates were guys, the first one i did not talk to because he listend to his iPod the whole time the next was a military officer in the american navy and the last was from bolivia that has lived all over the world.

i have had such a good time so far, i got in only yesterday and i have aready been to a theater and watched Nick and Norahs infinite play list, it was is english with spanish subtitles witch was good because i was so tired from flying the whole day befor and that morning. the movie was ok the whole gum thing was the funniest thing.

we also went grocery shopping it was fun and a little chalenging. After we went to a nice resturant called Micalangelos it has very good italian food. i slept realy good last night partly because i was exausted from traveling and did not have a nap when i got in and because my tummy was so full of food.

now we are just about to get ready to have some supper, i think and then after supper we are going to youth at Warren and Jackies church.

i am living with Warren and Jackie for a few weeks till the teacher that i will be living with is home from summer vacation and then i will meet her room mates and see if things will work out.
Jackie has me in the Guest house. so i have my own batheroom and i have the only airconditioning. because the one in the office is curently broken. so my room is chilly and i slept with blankets last night.

things as far as food are kinda fend for yourslef so for breakfast and lunch so its kinda like home.

i will not be meeting the kids and staff at the home till monday i'm looking forward to it.

thank you all for praying and for the notes that you wrote in my book they made my heart melt i am blessed to know each one of you. and thank God for you daily

Laura