Basketball and Bataplan!

So here i am... beginning to become apart of maite´s kuadrilla and am feeling absolutly blessed. not only did i get to be apart of the boat competition but on wednesday... i play in the 3 on 3 Basketball tournement with her friends... it was me, maite, miren and patri... we were just about the youngest team there (four our braquet cuz we were in the oldest one). It cracked me up because they named our team "Jackie´s Team"... and they called me the captain! we played three games... and lost them all... but it was a lot of fun... and for the most part they were close and intense games... but it was so funny because all of the kuadrilla was there cheering us on and the boys as well... it was funny because i probably had more fans then anyone else... It was so much fun.... and really just another time to really be apart of this culture and apart of maite´s kuadrilla!!! The next day we watched the finals of the basketball tournement.. our boys made it to the final game but they ended up not having a good game... Then after that maite and i went shoping... well because of course i needed shoes for the night which was the all night party!! So finally we found shoes... then we went home ate dinner and began getting ready... first i did my hair... then i did maite´s hair... we got make up and our dresses on for it was a fancy party... we met up with her friends who were also going... then we all headed over to the Disco... Bataplan!! Seriously it was so funny.. because i walk into this place... and ya know its like the top hollywood type party... ther are the security guards wearing all black and you have to have your pass and everything... it was so funny! and then we danced the night away... it was interesting... somethings very interesting.. a lot of couples... well at least by the end of the night i should say... and it was interesting being the only one sober.... But it was really fun... just dancing with them... having fun... its just me being apart of their culture ya know and not judging them because they do things that i don´t and that maybe i think arn´t necessarly correct. But it´s not my place to judge them or say there wrong.. but only be there living in their culture and just loving it... and allowing christ to shine through me by the choices i make!!! probably the best part of the night was toward the beginning... we were standing around kind of... and all the sudden the heal to my shoe breaks... i had had them for like less then 5 hours and they broke... so then the girls are like break theother one... so here i am trying to break my heal on this table and it won´t break... so they are all laughing and im laughing. then another girl tries and she can´t them someother girls try and finally they wripped it off.... and they gave me my shoe and i started laughing because there were like these huge nails sticking out of the bottom... so the girls try and fix that problem but smashing the nails in... but of course that only led them to be sticking out inside the shoe... so that would make it painful to wear... eventually someone had brought extra shoes so we went to go get them and i wore them for the rest of the night... but i have to say it was pretty funny and really a great bonding experience and a good story that all the girls love to tell!!!! We left at about 8:30 in the morning... and i began walking home... painful... we stopped maite had some breakfast...and then aita came to picks us up... we went home... and i was asleep before you know it.. maite said she came in to say "good night" and i was already asleep!! and that was my crazy day and my crazy experience... and if anyone knows me... they know... im not much of one to pull an all nighter.. i like my sleep :)!!! And in this mess... in the midst of things that are crazy... and even from the couples and drinking and crazy dancing... and when i so could have gotten sucked into it all because that is what everybody else was doing... i found God... and i was still me ... loving and loving God!! and while im here i continue to see him more and more everyday!!!he´s working in my life... and i am learning to draw near to him... like i have never done before!!! Thank you God!! I love you all and thanks for the prayers.. ´

oh and don´t be afraid to leave a comment everyonce in awhile.. its good so that i don´t feel like im just writing to the computer :)... and it´s great knowing when you have people supporting you :) just a thought:)

God Bless