Loving a Mexican's honesty!

So, it has been too long since I have received a back-handed compliment. So... today was the day! :o) I had a doctors appt. today, it was just a check up for my Shingles. I have been taking Lyrica for the past 3 months and I have gained a little more than 10 pounds. So, I just stopped taking it and was set on telling this man I was NOT going to take it anymore. I went in and told him the only problem I still had was the itching. He tells me I need to continue on with this medication for 3 more months. Hmmmm.....that would be 20 pounds in 6 months. No thank you! I told him I had gained weight and he said, "Well, stop eating so much." Okay, that wasn't exactly what I wanted to hear. I told him I had started Weight Watchers and was trying to lose the weight. He then says, " Well, lets weigh you." Also not what I needed to hear. I wanted to say, "Look bud, the only thing wrong with me is I itch! Plus the fact that YOU put me on a medicine that made me gain weight." Instead, I smiled looked at the scale as if it would eat me and stepped on it ever so lightly as if that would make me weigh less! Sure enough it said what I already knew. He smiled really big and using his STUPID English says, " FAT LADY!"  Me: "Ugggg.... keep smiling, don't knee him," then he grinned again and said, " FAT PRETTY LADY." Knee goes up, and Greg starts talking about my medication. Oh how lucky that man is! Anyway, so now I know, I am a fat, pretty, lady. Somehow, that doesn't make me feel good. Doesn't that man know anything? His wife is probably anorexic or maybe she left him for a fat man. :o) I must say, sometimes this culture just about does me in! Anyway, I am not taking the medicine even though he thinks it is a good idea. Hope this has given you a few laughs! I am laughing now as I sit here and think about the doughnuts in the kitchen. Love you! The Fat Gringa

church

Hi everyone. I only have a second because I am helping Alex with Spelling and Annie with Bible. However, I do have a second. Last night at church I really just wanted to take pictures of everything to show you just how things can go on any given night here. When I arrived I realized that we had 2 special guests. They are from another church in a nearby village and they came to visit. Now it is customary that if there is a guest Pastor visiting, you allow him to preach. I know that in America this would never fly. So, one of these men was expecting to preach.

I was a little bummed because Greg had worked on a special message about baptism all day long. He was well prepared and was going to do his best not to offend anyone; but just make it known what the Bible says about baptism. We are preparing to have a baptism in the next few months and he wanted everyone to be well informed about what it was we were doing. Anyway, when I saw he wouldn't be preaching I was sad for him. However, he didn't seem bothered at all, he said it was God's plan. We think so differently! I sat down and waited for the rest of our group to arrive. 10 minutes passed, nobody, 20 minutes, 2 more people, We went ahead and started with about 8 adults and 5 kids. 45 minutes after we arrived, there were about 25 adults and 15 kids. The strange part was that almost all of our regular group was missing, they were all new. There was a room filled with new people who had come for the first time. That is when I grinned and thought to myself, " When will I learn? He IS in control!" I was happy then that there was a guest speaker! I am not sure how Greg's message would have gone over with first timers!

Okay, now to give you a visual for some laughter. Imagine a room with brick walls and plastic outdoor chairs lining the walls. Okay, all of these seats are filled and they have added a few benches as well. I am sitting there singing our songs with all my heart, making sure to pronounce all of the Spanish words correctly. I notice that everyone is looking up. I thought, "Oh how wonderful, they are singing to God. They are praising Him and looking up to Him." Then I hear some snickering... "hmm.. wonder what is so funny." I then notice what they are laughing at, there was a mouse running back and forth along the rafters. These ain't HIGH rafters either. Jerod later tells me that this mouse had been running above my head the entire time. Everyone knows how much I hate mice, and that made it even funnier. So, that is how church went last night! Wish you could have been there!

Love ya!