MANDE?..............=what?

So don't know where to start from! Lots has been happening and I feel like my spanish is slowly progressing..:)! The class is finally now into things that aren't just review for me anymore!:) I need to add some pics but I am a little busy at the moment! I have an art history presentation tomorrow and a spanish test! We had a little birthday celebration for our coordinator of our group that has been leading all our trips and what not (Lisa!). We baked for her a chocolate cake...verrrryyy different that in the US we used coco powder mix like from hot chocolate and it actually was more than good it was INCREDIBLE! as well as the cake con tres leches! My mommy makes that here and so we bought the stuff for it and made that too. Lisa has been having a hard time because her grandmother that she was close to just passed away... Luckily her boyfriend from the states happened to be here for her birthday so at least she has some one close to home for comfort. Please pray for Lisa and her family. She decided not to go home for the funneral which was a very hard decision but it would just be very stressful for her in the end. Pray that she can find peace and comfort in this time. She can watch the funeral online so at least she can feel like she was there.
Please pray for my grandpa Mitch he had a stroke and is struggling to regain full body function as well.

Yesterday was an incredible day of sunshine and showers. In the afternoon around lunch it started raining sooo hard I had to take a cab home. There was thunder and lightning like CRAzyy! The thunder was sooo loud and the lightning right after! At home.. Bruno (the dog)gets really scared and my mom yells spanish profanities at him as he attempts to get the whole house muddy. Its pretty hilarious. My mom doesn't like the thunder and lightning and they are afraid the lightning will strike the house so they unplug everything...haha (they do have a tin roof on the shed next to the house..)
We went rock climbing this past weekend and it was fantastic! It also was rainy but than cleared up as we started to climb. We practiced repelling and sport climbing. We learned how to tie a figure 8 knot supposively the strongest knot. ..hey hey..never knew I'd come to Ecuador and become a boyscout..? haha anyways the climb was way harder than I thought. Indoor walls are way different and a natural rock ..especially when there is a little moss and rain is challenging! But we had a great time.

That was saturday..friday was the Foam Extravaganza. INSANE> the club that we went dancing at had foam pouring down onto the dance floor. We were basically dancing in a bathtub of suds. It was great. Unfortunately my friend had his dreads ruined from the foam and my phone was drowned in the suds. So two very unfortunate events but TOTALLY worth it. ( I had to buy a new phone..and tyler had grown out his hair for a year for those dreads..)..but so worth IT...haha

I went to church on Sunday with my mom and sister it was HUGe and the Valentines day is really celebrated here. On valentines day the boys in our group all bought us white roses. It was sweet. There are a million street vendors that sell flowers everywhere and fruit and things so its not hard to obtain a little somethin for yo hunny. I went out to dinner on Valentines with my family..BIG DEAL! They never never go out and it was nice to see them all dress up a little and we went into centro historico (main part of town) and got din din and dessert.

I need to put up pics but I will later! wouldn't mind prayers for my presentation and test manana! Love you guys!:)