Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Yet another usual Wednesday. Class, mass, class, lunch, class, fun event, class, walk home. The one fun event was that between my Biblia class and my pobreza class, we went and had a beer with our professor again. It was only my three friends and I, like the first time, but we had fun laughing and relaxing. I unfortunately couldn’t stay long because I had my next class, but I did get the chance to ask my professor/the priest about something I’d been wondering about but too shy to ask in class. During our current unit about evil and sin, he said something along the lines of “Justice is immortal”. So I told him my theory that no one goes to hell unless they want to and asked him what he thought. He responded, “well obviously!” So that was a very welcomed surprise! He went on to explain that people only go to hell against the will of God because God wants all salvation for all people. We are all still saved by Christ, but just because someone doesn’t understand or truly appreciate that fact while alive on earth doesn’t mean they are going to burn in hell for all eternity. And he also said that people who reject Christ or simply remain ‘neutral’ on the subject are rejecting a false image of Christ (or rather, a false image of the Truth) which has been falsely perpetuated by Christians. Interesting.
After my pobreza class I walked home and arrived to a very excited Miguel and smiling Olga. Rino and Evan had another meeting so Miguel had hung out at our apartment all evening and was thrilled to see me. We had once together and afterwards Miguel played games on my computer while I tried to read but really ended up playing/helping him play. Rino and Evan came back and had once themselves and then left around 11. After that I finally started working on my Animals in English lesson for the high school kids tomorrow. Luckily Courtney suggested I play Pictionary with them to hopefully keep them interested. We’ll see how it goes. Now it’s almost 1 am and I am waking up at 6ish to go hang out with the monsters. So now that I’m all caught up on my bloggy blog, I’m going to bed!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
I woke up, ate breakfast, did homework till one, went running, showered, ate almuerzo with Olga, and then did homework till 5. Then I walked to meet up with Lorin who is also volunteering at Nuestra Casa for a meeting with Javiera, the volunteer coordinator about the workshops we are going to do. Javiera ended up not being able to make it, but we met with Patricio, the coordinator of Trampolin. He seemed to like my proposal for the Health Workshop and we decided we will be doing it Tuesdays at 5:30 starting the 23rd, for 4 Tuesdays in a row. Lorin is going to help me for now and hopefully later on we’ll be able to do an English workshop.
After the meeting I stayed and hung out. I talked with many of the people then we all watched part of a movie. We started ¼ of the way in and had to leave with about ¼ left. It was called Sangre por Sangre in the Spanish dubbed version, but in English, “Blood In Blood Out”. I think it was from the late 80s, about a gang and all the members later in life. Despite the humorous Spanish dubbing and horrible 80s outfits, I enjoyed it. At 8 when Trampolin shuts down, I walked back to the main street with Maluco and his basically wife, but I can’t remember her name. They are a very cute couple and have been at Trampolin every time I’ve gone. While we were walking, they told me they have 2 children together, a 7 year old and an 8 month old. The 8 month old is in a home where they take care of her and I could tell it was hard for them to talk about it. I’m not sure where the 7 year old is, but I don’t think she lives with them either.
I walked home, had once with Olga (again telling her she keeps giving me too much food), then did homework till I fell asleep exhausted.
I woke up, ate breakfast, did homework till one, went running, showered, ate almuerzo with Olga, and then did homework till 5. Then I walked to meet up with Lorin who is also volunteering at Nuestra Casa for a meeting with Javiera, the volunteer coordinator about the workshops we are going to do. Javiera ended up not being able to make it, but we met with Patricio, the coordinator of Trampolin. He seemed to like my proposal for the Health Workshop and we decided we will be doing it Tuesdays at 5:30 starting the 23rd, for 4 Tuesdays in a row. Lorin is going to help me for now and hopefully later on we’ll be able to do an English workshop.
After the meeting I stayed and hung out. I talked with many of the people then we all watched part of a movie. We started ¼ of the way in and had to leave with about ¼ left. It was called Sangre por Sangre in the Spanish dubbed version, but in English, “Blood In Blood Out”. I think it was from the late 80s, about a gang and all the members later in life. Despite the humorous Spanish dubbing and horrible 80s outfits, I enjoyed it. At 8 when Trampolin shuts down, I walked back to the main street with Maluco and his basically wife, but I can’t remember her name. They are a very cute couple and have been at Trampolin every time I’ve gone. While we were walking, they told me they have 2 children together, a 7 year old and an 8 month old. The 8 month old is in a home where they take care of her and I could tell it was hard for them to talk about it. I’m not sure where the 7 year old is, but I don’t think she lives with them either.
I walked home, had once with Olga (again telling her she keeps giving me too much food), then did homework till I fell asleep exhausted.
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