Thursday, March 21, 2013

Photo Update of my Life

Hi!  A lot has happened in the last month or two since I last wrote, and I figured that since I have a lot of pictures that I´ve taken recently I would just make this next blog mostly pictures.  Enjoy!

First off: my parents came and visited me!  Here are a few pictures of us hanging out in Monte Sinaí

Me, my neighbor Carolina who owns a store near our house, and my mom

Us with Mónica´s family

Me witih Cristina and her sons

Me with Elisa and Fernanda´s kids

We took a trip to Cuenca, a historic and beautiful city up in the mountains
 
The Cathedral in Cuenca

The altar in the Cathedral




The botanical gardens outside of the museum we went to



Me and Mom

A parrot!



 An outdoor artisan market

The Incan ruins at Ingapirca



¨The Inca´s Face¨ 

Near the end of my parents´visit, there was a major rainstorm in Sinai.  We weren´t able to get them to the airport for their flight because the roads to get out were flooded.  It was a good thing in that it meant my parents got to stay two extra days, but it was pretty scary and there were several fallen houses and a few deaths in various parts of Guayaquil that night.  Many families are still recovering.  Here is a picture of some of the houses by the canal the next morning when the water was starting to go down:


On a less depressing note, today was the last day of our vacation classes through the parish and all the classes did a presentation for their parents!  It was super fun.  Here are a few pictures of the performances and of me with my students.

The little kids showing a game they learned

One of the Arabic dance classes

Greg´s English class singing Old McDonald had a farm

My singing class for high schoolers

The guitar class

 What beautiful and talented students I have!

I also have a video of my ballet class´s performance that I really wanted to post but it looks as though that´s not going to load any time soon.  Perhaps another day.
  
Things to look forward to: Holy week should be awesome!  And I´m leading my first retreat group in two weeks- University of Detroit Jesuit High School.  Wish me luck!

Have a wonderful day.

Abrazos,
Heidi

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