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Matt. 28:19&20~"Go, make disciples of ALL the nations ~ teach them to obey all the commands I have given..."

Our response to His command can be only one of 3: to Go, to Send Others, or to Disobey. (John Piper)

In the spring of 2010, I spent 7 weeks in Oaxaca, Mexico, as a volunteer teacher at a school for children of missionaries. God opened the door for me to return for the 2010-2011 school year.

If you click on posts from January - March of 2010, you'll see posts on the lessons I'm learning on patience & vision.

Posts from April 2010 - June of 2011, are about daily life in Oaxaca, including pictures of the food, the people, & the most memorable moments of my experience.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

They LOOOOOVE Me!!!

FEASTING... (Warning: Gross Photos Ahead)
Have you heard that expression "new blood" used about someone new?  Like, someone might say about a new co-worker, "It's good to have some new blood around here."  Well, apparently I am the new blood in Oaxaca & the bugs appear to be feasting on me! 
I don't know if they're all mosquito bites, or if some are spider bites?  I don't even know WHEN they're biting me, as I usually don't feel msyelf getting bitten.  Maybe they're biting me in my sleep?  Yesterday, I woke up with more than 25 bites on my upper thigh!  
On Sunday, a friend slapped a mosquito off of me & showed me the dead bug & smear of blood on her hand saying, "That's your blood he just took." 

Today, at school, when....uh-hum...flushing...I noticed a sign on the wall that said something to the effect of, "Please close lid when leaving, to keep the mosquitos away."  Guess what, there WAS NO LID! 
To try to combat the mosquitos, we have 2 fans constantly turned on in our little classroom... 

It's times like these that make me wonder why those pesky little guys were created anyway!  They appear to have no purpose, right?  It also makes my brain wander to questions like ~ Do you think there were mosquitos in the Garden of Eden?  Well, at least we know for sure they won't be in Heaven & can look forward to that!!!  :) 

In the grand scheme of things ~ I realize there are DEFINITELY worse things that could be happening! 
So, I am in NO WAY complaining here about pesky mosquitos!  Hold on a minute...ITCH...ITCH...I just gotta try to reach one on the back of my arm...ITCH...ITCH...  Ok, I'm fine now, for another 30 seconds!   
No, seriously, not complaining ~ I'm just sharing what I look like after a week in Oaxaca. 
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  1. Bonnie NollSeptember 23, 2010 at 12:02 AM

    What are you doing to ease the itch so they don't get infected?
    Daddy used to put clorox on poison. Will you use bug spray to bed and school?

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