Top Ten Reasons Why I Am Filled With Happiness

10. It may seem shallow, but I got to drink rootbeer today! Sometimes one of the local supermarkets brings it in for a limited time, and Carlos bought some, and it was soooooo gooooooood!

9. Three times in the last week, I have been walking along the streets downtown and randomly run into someone I know. What are the chances? I guess I really live here!

8. After much struggle and despair, I am finally getting the hang of F major on the guitar.

7. I get to have a girls' sleepover tomorrow night!

6. My current side project is that I'm re-doing the songbooks for our worship team. They are currently a dilapidated and torn set of sheets that reside in two broken-down, too-small binders...but by Thursday, they are going to be three large,colour-coded, sleek, gleaming, white, pristine, new binders. I LOVE organizing and refurbishing!

5. I was downtown photocopying the songsheets, and I was getting it done at a place I went to once before. The lady remembered me because the last time I was there, the copy job was rather long, so I had taken a seat and chatted with her for a while. She remembered I was from Canada, that I'm a missionary, that I teach an English class...it was so cool to make a connection like that. She introduced me to her husband today, and they were both asking me about what I like about Bolivia, and they said to come back and say goodbye to them before I leave the country. Awwwwwwwww!

4. I am loving worship practices more and more. They are Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and so much fun!

3. I was introduced to two new girls today, friends of a friend, and we chatted for a few minutes, and then one of them remarked (with great sincerity) that she was very impressed with my Spanish, especially my ACCENT! She went on and on about how good it was! Take that, Alex and Nathan!

2. Katie and Matt arrive in two days.

1. Shirley is home.

Love to all,
Rachael