Im not even sure where i was last. so yeh... im doing well, starting to make some friends, the kids are getting a lot more comfortable with me around. so what have i done lately. ok so yesterday i worked in the salon 9 to 230, i swept up the hair around the stations, got clients tea or coffee, picked up towels, and washed dishes. it was actually kind of fun. the only problem being that, my new mom, (Initine, and then the other lady, (i cant remember her name.. whoops), they dont speak hardley any english, so communication, is very bleak sometimes. like they wanted me to fix the other stylists hair for her, so they called Diks and had him tell me... it was kind of comical. but then i didnt know how to section the hair off so they had to show me, i know the poor lady was thinking.. "why did i let her talk me into this..!" but it looked cute when it was done. so after working the first part of the day, Diks and Marvin, came and got me, so i could be at the youth meeting. and i swear, the only reason Diks had it was so he could get the yard raked. Another thing about latvians, they ALL rake their yards... and everybody has trees around! i told all the kids while we were raking, i shouldnt complain about not having trees, becuz i have never had to rake my yard. so yes we all cleaned the yard up. then we came in and watched tv, till dinner was ready. after dinner, which was hot dogs.. eww! (but yes i ate one) for all of you who know that im a picky eater you should be proud, i always eat whatever is made. and i even try weird latvian classics, like garlic goat cheese, which had about the same texture as floam! yes floam! anyways after dinner we watched "yes man" in english! it was wonderful. then after the movie, we headed to the church for prayer night. ok so we got there i think at like 10, and we stayed there until 4 in the morning! it was nuts! we worshiped, prayed, had fellowship, and of course ate. it was very kool. but let me tell you at 11 when i woke up today, i felt like i got hit by a truck, it was so not fun. and sad news, small Diks is sick, which will mean 1 of 2 things: im goin to get sick, or hes goin to hate me even more than he already done becuz hes goin to be extra crabby, cuz he doesnt feel good. so that is a prayer request. um also for my dear friend Guna who is in Riga right now, that she is learning a lot at her conference, and that she will be safe. and also idk just something random. i love to talk. and i dont get to talk much, i mean, ill spend hours just goin through the motions of whatever im doing and not say a word, becuz everybody is speaking to eachother in latvian. so i guess this is Gods way of turning me into a good listener, or a good ignorer.. idk which lol. but yes so like last night i spoke a lot with dan, and some with marvin, and they were both nice enough to translate, so i was loving that. but i thnk my lativan is getting better becuz last night oscars asked if there was sugar in lativan and i answered him in english, and he just looked at me. and then he was like i just said that in latvian and you understood. and i now know like 7 words... and everybody thinks that i am getting a latvian accent. yay me. so today i slept in obviously, and i think maybe this evening i will get to go to a movie, with Unda...and idk who else. im kind of excited. and as of yesterday, i have been in latvia for a week. oh and your prib wondering what in the heck the little white box with the white pill is. well the little white pill is sugar, and its made for your coffee. its crazy sweet, like not way more sweet than a whole spoonful of sugar. i just thought it was kool. im guna bring some home! is kinda nice. and all you do is push the top of the container, and they fall out a little opening. we may have the same thing in the states but ive never seen it. oh and for all my young girl friends this is goin to make you sick. ANY body percing is only about 4 lats, which is like 7 us dollars, more or less depending on the day! its crazy so i think im guna get my ear done again while im here, becuz its so ridiculously cheap! itsnt that awesome, emans a kids in the youth group like laughed at me when i told him how much it is in the states. anyways thats enuf for now.
Hey Alyssa! I remember sitting on a tram in Riga back in 1992 orsomething like that, with a whole gang of Latvian friends feeling terribly lonely cos I didn't understand what they were going on about and couldn't participate in the conversation. It does feel pretty isolating, I know. Anna is heading upstairs for a bathe better go will ifnish later
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