New Friends and Food

Here is a picture of me with some of the other students here in Ensenada: Danielle from Minnesota, Kyoko from Japan, Gordana from Germany, me, and Elizabeth from Wheaton. The other students that are here with me are mostly from California, Minnesota, Oregon, North Carolina, and Canada. That is something I just love about YWAM, there are people from all over the world, all here serving God together! Today I ate lunch with some of the staff here: Jason from New Zealand, Jean-Phillipe from Switzerland and Katelyze from Mexico. I love learning from all the different cultures and languages and customs of the different people I meet, it's one of my favorite things about doing missions! I'm trying to get Kyoko and Gordana to teach me a new phrase everyday, so by the end of my 5 months I can be quad-lingual, hahaha, not really, but at least know what to say if I make any other German or Japanese friends :)

The food on the base is really great. We eat both American and Mexican food, mostly American food (which comes from Costco, which we also have here!) Usually we have cereal and muffins for breakfast, sandwiches and salad for lunch, and then some bigger dish for dinner, like chicken, roast beef or pasta. My favorite meals though are the Mexican ones: tostadas, flautas, tacos de carne asada, etc. This weekend, I ate shrimp tacos for the first time and they were delicious! I acutally eat alot here, because we have snacks during our break in the middle of class, which can range from fruits and veggies to cake, and then usually have ice cream or popcorn at night. So, no worries about me not eating enough while I'm down here! We are very blessed, and there is always more than enough food to go around. There is also a great taco stand down the street that we love to go to, where the pile on the beef, cilantro, red onions and guacamole, they're the best. Yum!