Happy Valentines Day!

Well first of all I'd like to let you all know that I'm feeling much better. For those of you who prayed, thank you. I'm still a little tired but much better. Quite a few people on my team are sick though with a variety of ailments. So if you would keep them in your prayers that would be great! And pray that I don't catch anything.
So Tamale making went GREAT! Elle was the lady who taught us and she was so super sweet. I have pictures that I'll have to post tomorrow. When we first got there she had tamales all ready for us to eat. They were super good and then she made us a mexican version of papusas (it started with a TL but i can't remember the full name and i certainly can't spell it). They were super good. I'm gonna be a little bit chubby when I get home I think because for one the food is so good and for two everyone wants to feed us and it's not polite to decline. :)
After eating she showed us how to make the food that we ate. We filled the corn husks and rolled them up. And then patted out the papusa like tortillas. It was great, it was kinda like we were on a cooking show. And then after wards we took a walk down the street to her house (we were cooking at her daughters house). It was really fun because on the way home there were sheep in the park by her house. I loved it. And her dog looked like a sheep, i loved that too. I learned how to say "this is the best day of my life" in spanish because i was having such a great time. "Es el mejor dia de mi vida"! I can't really explain why it was such a wonderful day but it just was. It was great making food, and eating food and getting to know Elle and her familia.
Today was another really fun day. We decided to have a Valentines Party at the clinic and it turned out really well. Me and my instructor made pink popcorn balls and "cheerio treats" (we couldn't find rice crispies) with pink marshmellows. And we shaped the cheerio treats into hearts. And then this morning me and Carlos and Angela went and got candy and a pinata. Some other girls got a happy valentines day cake with strawberries on it.
Everyone took a turn swinging at the pinata and then at the end the doctor just took his blindfold off and took Dora out. (Dora La Exploradora was our pinata) Carlos was the pinata mover, i'm not sure what else to call him, i'm sure there is a better name. He was really really good at it. He stood on the roof of the clinic pulling on the rope to make Dora dance around. Carrie is a really really good director for the person with the bat, there was probably about 20 of us who swung and she faithfully yelled out directions to us all even as some of us got a little tired of yelling.
One kinda sad thing though is that I'm not really loving suturing as much as I thought i would. Honestly it kinda makes me queasy. A guy came in with his finders almost sliced off today and as I helped the doctora prepare him for surgery i kinda thought i might be sick. I really want to be a good nurse. I want to be helpful and proficcient. Please pray that God gives me strength. I'm gonna try extra hard next week to volunteer for things and jump into help even if i feel apprehensive you know. Practice makes perfect. And I really need to remember to pray throughout the entire day, because in my weakness the Lord is strong.
Tomorrow is actually going to be a day off. Two of our team members are flying home and in the morning we're gonna go to the famous City Square. I hear it's beautiful, so i'm excited about that. And then Carlos and Carrie are going to be gone until Sunday because of some business they must attend to. That means that on Friday we won't have an interpreter. The scary thing is that I'm probably the second best spanish speaker in the group once they are gone. Very very scary, considering my spanish is virtually non existent. It's defiently gotten better since being here but still it's very very minimal. So please pray for us on Friday. We really really need to the Lord to be our strength and to grant us communication and understanding. I'm praying that the Lord will just give me the language. How awesome would that be. I show up at the clinic on Friday and i can just be the new translator! I come home and I'm just fluent. The Lord could do it!
I'll keep you updated.... ;)