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I haven't been good a staying on top of my blog this week!
During the day on Friday, I had a gap in my course schedule enough to make it over to Main State (which is what the DoS main building downtown is called). They take passport pictures there for free. I got those and applied for my diplomatic passport. They're going to expedite it for me so I can apply for my visa as soon as possible. Hopefully, it'll be ready by Wednesday.
On Friday evening I had a really nice time having dinner and catching up with some relatives: my mom's cousin Sharon has lived here for a long time, and we've been in touch by e-mail. Her parents were in town visiting, so we, along with Sharon's daugher, got together at the Doubletree hotel near my apartment, which has a rotating restaurant at the top. It gives a great view of the city. It was a really nice time of getting reacquainted. Hopefully we'll find a time to get together again before I leave, and when the rest of Sharon's family is in town.
On Saturday I slept in and barely woke up in time to get to boxing class. It was pretty fun, though a good hard workout. I watched a Venezuelan movie last night all about the infamous Express Kidnappings that they're so famous for, which was pretty eye-opening and a bit disturbing. It was also some good information to learn about why they happen and the huge disparities in the distribution of wealth there.
There's a recent university graduate from Spain here for a few weeks to improve her English, staying with a family at my church, so several of us are going to go out to watch the Spain/Netherlands game this afternoon.
Sounds like a busy week! I just watched the end of the World Cup game before reading this post. I bet your friend from Spain was quite excited! We're praying that all your official paperwork zooms through the process! Keep us updated as you hear.
ReplyDeletethanks for your prayers! Yes--the game was quite exciting. I don't think I've ever sat through and watched a whole soccer game on TV, but this was pretty fun. Mariola was very animated and finally very happy :)
ReplyDeleteWe watched the game too, but sadly I fell asleep during the time of the goal. Oh well, it was fun to see the replays. Hope you have a good week coming up!
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