Mis Amigas MUY Amables...

Yesterday, I wrote about my friend Elsy and that I am encouraged by her. I got an email from Luisa, my next-door-neighbor/good friend from Honduras yesterday. She is another friend who I am so blessed to know. I can write to her (or talk to her when I'm there, or on the phone) and she listens and is just somehow really encouraging. Not really sure how to explain that. I have some "gringa" friends who are very encouraging too though, I really tend to pity-party myself for "not having many friends" sometimes, but it's just that my best friends are not in Salem. But they are still my friends! And I am blessed to have some really neat co-workers - even though they don't always understand where I'm coming from, they're great to work with none the less!

I wish I were there with Luisa now though, she wrote about some stuff at work that just makes me sad. I wish I were there to tell her that I am her friend and that she is loved, even if not everyone treats her with the respect she deserves. I hope that Suyapa or Belinda or some other lady who actually IS in Honduras can be an encouragement to Luisa this week!

Luisa's family also has 2 gringas (from Marlia's team) living with them. I don't think they realized that people from the united states are not all acostomed to living in the same manner as they do - it sounds like it's been an interesting experience watching gringas adjust to a new culture, and for the family to adjust to the gringas! But I'm sure in just a short time, they will become near and dear to Luisa's family's hearts! I keep thinking of serving gringas "cuajada" for the first time - a white cheezy substance that Luisa's family makes at home - they have a big bowl of it in their living room, and just pull the cuajada out of the liquid that it sits in. It was an interesting experience for me the first time I saw that happen, and I'm a pretty adventurous eater. Cuajada is now one of my favorite foods!

Anyhow, I guess the point of today is - again - that I love that God has blessed me with some great girls who encourage me so much, even if they live so far away!!


Belinda (another wonderful young lady from Honduras!) and Luisa