This has been my first opportunity to write! I am safe and all is well. I am very tired and get a headache each day from all the spanish. Mike and I are having a hard time with the language, but Linda and Paula seem to be doing great! We have been at the main clinic (Fomorrey 35)yesterday and today. We are staying at the Colegio Mexicano now, but we saw the house that they are intending for us to live in. It is nicer than I expected, and it is 6 houses away from two Sisters. We are looking forward to living there. We have had lunch at the clinic both days and went to the grocery store to get fruits and veggies and some other food, basic supplies, so last night was the first supper that we prepared together...a spinach salad and a fruit salad. Lisa and Melissa rode the bus with us from San Antonio to Monterrey and stayed 2 nights with us before leaving for Mexico City this morning. I received an email from the Sister of the Holy Cross (Hermana Mica) that is in Monterrey too. She is excited to meet up with me, and I am excited for the opportunity to get together too. Today we were given a cell phone for the 4 of us to use to be in contact with our contact people at the clinic, but not to use for anything else yet. I ahve been wanting to get on to be in touch, but just couldn´t until now. Once we are in our new house, we will have a cyber cafe a few blocks away that costs 1 dollar per hour, but we won´t be able to use internet at the clinic very much. It seems like we will be doing some hospice care in people´s homes. They want us to start a new program that they have been doing research for. Noone has gotten sick yet...(knock on wood), and we have hot water, and Culligan style machines for drinking water where we are staying. I have mixed emotions. It is challenging to be here, I feel awkward with the new people, but they are very welcoming, and I know it just takes time and patience.

Tonight when we got home, I took a little nap, then made scrambled eggs with onion, fried bread and avolcado for supper. I hand washed my clothes...Paula taught me how she does it...and then the four of us walked around the track behind the school for awhile. I felt like doing cartwheels..that's always a good sign that I'm feeling good about where I am. (The last time that happened was when I was in Ireland) We found a limon tree and ate a bunch of them...tasted kind of like oranges though. I'm excited to be back on the internet. It is a simple life and a quiet life...should be good for me. I'm looking forward to Friday: we were invited to the 23rd birthday party of the son of our main contact person...his name is Camo...I'm writing that here because I can't remember it for the life of me. It will be at a salsa bar...so I can't wait to meet some more people our age and go out dancing. My biggest challenge is being patient with myself. I appreciate your support and I hope to hear from you!