bastante

well,
its been another week. i only have two left out of 8! life in guatemala feels pretty normal now. i work in the farmacia from 7 or 8 in the morning till about 1, come home for lunch with the family, and return to the farmacia from 3 to closing at 6:30. at night we usually go to some sort of church service. my dad is really involved in one church, my mom mainly goes to another one, and my sister is involved in another. so there is never something not going on. mostly i'm going to be involved in the church of papá. anyway, there is always a lot going on, we stay really busy.
living in chiquimula is pretty sweet also. the city is like big, but not really that big. but the farmacia is right next to the mercado so there are always a lot of people coming in and out. i know a lot of names of drugs in spanish now lol. at first i could not understand anybody that came through the door. now i can generally understand the distinction between their question and the statement of the medicine that they want, but i dont know what medicines exist, so its really heard. for example. at first i just hear: blah blah blah blah blah. now i hear: disculpe, que vale una docena de blah blah blah. practically, here is what i think is happening. i am getting a lot of practice at learning words extrañas oraly. so now when people talk and i know most of the words, i am able to listen and repeat with some accuracy the words that i dont know.
anyway, i can get most of the simple medicines that we keep out front no problem. also, filling bottles with aceite in the back is pretty easy too. its just the middle room with crazy medicines that i need a lot of help with still lol. anyway, its a lot of fun working there because i get to talk to a lot of people. the morning is really busy, and the afternoon is usually less busy. in the afternoon i get to talk more with co workers (of which there are only like 5 mas sometimes my brother, my sisters and my parents.)
anyway. there is a mall here that ive been to a couple of times. it is almost like the ones in the us. there is ac, and the cine, discount clothes stores, mcdonalds, subway, and pollo campero! the discount clothes store gets old clothes from the us, my sister's boyfriend joked that while we were shopping i could say, look here's my shirt! haha it was funnier if you were there, and in spanish.
anyway, life here is a lot different than i expected. keep praying that God would do sweet stuff. i love it here, but i also can't wait to get home and see everybody.