Yummy Tortillas

As I have had to cook for myself these last couple weeks, I have found a love for tortillas! They are so versatile! (Not to mention cheap and good for my body!) Here are some of the delightful meals I have had with tortillas:

- The old standby- shredded cheese on a tortilla, pop it in the microwave, and wahlah!
- Tacos made with lettuce from the farmer's market, cheese, and refried beans
- Quesadilla- chicken and cheese made in my friend's quesadilla maker
- My new personal favorite- The old standby with a hot dog rolled up in it. YUM!

So, does anyone have any other tortilla recipes I should try? Another food I've been enjoying (as always) is pasta! It's great how I can buy one box of pasta and one can of alfredo sauce for around 2 bucks, make the whole box, and have leftovers for days!

I've also been eating a lot of sandwiches, raw fruits and veggies, bagels, yogurt, etc. Overall, it's been a good experience so far. I've even grilled out a couple times with friends! (Although that would be impossible now with all the rain!) And yesterday when a couple friends and I decided to go the quesadilla route, I was also introduced to Couscous! It was delicious and might have to be my new pasta! Ha!

Hooray for tortillas!

Helping Hands

Be a helping hand to those in need- donate free rice to hungry people around the world AND grow your brain at the same time!




How Free Rice works:
Go to the site. Choose a subject... they have vocab, math, chemistry, geography, grammar, and more! Answer the questions... each question you get right, a sponsor from the site will donate 10 grains of rice to starving people in other countries.

Family Gatherings

I absolutely adore this picture of the grandparents and sisters!

Clean Cabinets

Andra and I are going to have a dish washing date tonight... and this will be the beautiful result. Since I definitely haven't done dishes in a very long time and they are piling up. I'm looking forward to some great conversaion over nice WARM water (finally!) and bubbles. :)

New Beginnings

Forget the former things;

do not dwell on the past.

See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the desert

and streams in the wasteland.

Isaiah 43:18-19

Newest 3D art project and HENNA!

Here's my latest 3D art assignment.... remember the one made with tracing paper and wooden dowels? Same class. So I knitted hemp into long thin strands. I then rolled the strands into balls and gave them little braided tails. The 4 creatures are attacking the momma and baby. The momma is protecting its baby. Cute, huh? :)

And here's some cool henna that my friend did on my foot this weekend.

And a little Jesus fish on my hand! This stuff stays on 10-20 days. 

MEXICO!!!

So I decided for the long awaited Mexico update I would do it through pictures. One, because that's more interesting and two, because I'm not feeling like writing a whole ton and a picture says a thousand words, right? :)

These are the daughters of the pastor... Nati(3) and Viki(8). They were lots of fun throughout the week. (And also little stinkers... especially Viki... doesn't her face just look like trouble?)

Me and Nati... she was my favorite. Shhhh.. :)

Mixing cement on the dirt ground... definitely an interesting and back-breaking task! This was to go into all the trenches we dug for foundations for the walls that will be built in the future (similar to the walls you see in the background).

Our sink to wash up for dinner! (And we got sick??!?) Haha. :)

I loved this little girl! Her name was Aletsa (kinda like Alexa) and she followed me around all week. My name in spanish was Natalia so it would always be "Natalia, Natalia! Ayudame!" (Which means help me) She always wanted help crossing the monkey bars. I always told her "Te puedes!" (You can do it!)

All the kiddos painting rocks to remember that God is our Rock.

2 of the 3 girls who stayed in the same host home as me. There were two full sized beds for 4 of us and a bathroom with a shower and a TOILET SEAT! In Mexico they don't usually have toilet seats in public restrooms because people will steal them for their homes... they are seen more as a commodity for the fortunate. So our host family was more fortunate.

The 4 of us with our host mom and dad. Our host dad's name was Samuel and he could speak english from years of working (sometimes illegally) in the US as a mechanic! What a blessing! He is also a great musician and has a CD out of praise music that he composed himself... he gave each of us a CD as a present, but so far mine hasn't worked. :(

Luz Del Mundo- Light of the World. The church where we held VBS and did the work project (in their back yard).

So there's a little of my trip!