Sunday, April 1, 2007

¡bienvenidos a mi vida!

well, life just keeps on flying by down here in chile. i've been here almost a month and a half. crazy! i'm beginning to think that five months is not nearly as long as i originally thought. i miss home like crazy sometimes, but i have a feeling it's going to be hard to leave here too. but i have plenty of time before i have to worry about that, so for now i'm just trying to soak everything in, experience all i can, and really rejoice in the time i have here.

i don't have anything terribly profound or interesting to share, so i thought i'd post some pictures instead or long ramblings like usual. enjoy!
seba and i drove out to reñaca and con con (smaller towns to the north) sometime last week or so and took these pictures at this really pretty look out spot. i played with the color on the bottom one a little, that's the chilean flag, in case you were wondering.
¡mi primer pie de manzana en chile! i made an apple pie yesterday, and i had definitely forgotten how much work it was to make, but it was fun. it turned out beautiful except i guess i didn't put in enough corn starch because it was SUPER runny, i was really disappointed. but it tasted really good, the crust turned out great, and the fact that it was runny gives me an excuse to make another one later and show my family how good apple pie can really be!
me cutting the pie... not that exciting, but whatev...
me and mi hermano seba
me and my other hermano felipe (he was a little sick when this picture was taken...)
me and mi mama chilena
this picture's a little bit blurry, but i still kinda like it. we had a mini salsa dance party in our living room tonight. this is my brother seba and my mama.
maría jesús, mi hermanita (little sister)

well, that's all for now folks. i love you, miss you, and as always would love to hear about your life! p.s. i could use your prayers especially this week. i have a project, an oral presentation (all in spanish of course), and a lit test this week, not to mention some papers do coming up, so prayers for strength and wisdom would be greatly appreciated!

2 comments:

Mere O. said...

Rachel, you may have been in Chile for only a month and a half, but I think your hair has grown a foot and a half...sheesh! Your chilean family is beautiful.

Compston said...

Salsa dancing! Watch out now! Me and Kristen are probably moving to Boulder, CO in August for me to go to law school. That's what's happening in my life.