No manches por favor! What I love about life? That it is allowed to get hard sometimes, and that is more than okay. Life throws curve balls at you, but how to we respond? Do we catch them? Dodge them? Run away from them? Or let the hit us in the face? I'd say we've probably all experienced an instant of all of these. This week I feel that the curve balls may have just hit us in the face... but no worries, they broke no bones! It is extremely hot and I have felt that the site of our internship has been a little different than I would have imagined. Expectations have been a little off from what our group had imagined but I am realizing how perfect the plan of our heavenly father truly is for each one of us. I would have imagined more of a structured internship with exact teaching times and scheduling, yet I have leaned so much from just being able to go with the flow, get to know those around me, and make decisions based on what they need in the moment! 46% of the population here in mexico is in poverty, meaning that the income is less than 2$ a day per person in the household. I felt like coming here I could have a lot to teach the about public health, nutrition, hygiene, and other things I have studied, yet I have come to realize they are such an intelligent and cultured people. I must say this week had me feeling quite inadequate to say the least! I've been feeling unqualified to be called a "teacher" here in a place that has so much more knowledge than I do as a young 22 year old girl. I've realized that teaching is more of an exhibition of love more than knowledge We don't have to know everything, but we have to open our hearts to give love and selfless service to be able to make a difference in the lives of others.
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