New Penthouse Loft, New Adventure

Hello out there,
This is Michelle Stoyko comin at ya live on location in Bogota, Colombia. Its Thursday Morning!!!! haha. Well, as kyle let ya know, on sunday we left Castillo Fuerte and moved to a new place to rest our weary brows. Its pretty  nice!!! did i mention that were in a PENTHOUSE!!! 2 Showers!!! haha we each have our own bed!!! well, thats not different.
Anyways, this week we are spending our mornings doing VBS in a neighbourhood called Soacha. Well, im not really sure if thats what its called, but its by Soacha. Its a lot of fun and quite a bit less stressful than the last one since theres about half the kids and we only have 2 hours instead of 3. We have been teaching them fun-filled crafts such as oragami doves (representing the holy spirit during Jesus baptism), and paper machet hands (to remind the kids of Jesus healing hands when he healed the paralytic), and clay crosses (obviously to remind us of Jesus death on the cross)..today we are making cardboard tombs with a rolling stone (to show the story of the resurrection), and tomorrow is the last day and theyre learing about Jesus ascension into heaven and were just going to color because we couldnt really think of any creative crafts to remind us that Jesus ascended into heaven. Today, Anna and I are taking part in a skit to illustrate Jesus resurrection, in which we will have no lines considering we dont speak spanish. But we will use very expressive body language to get our point across! A highlight of our days have been recieving Bon-Bon-Bum suckers (lollipops) after VBS. They have gum in them and theyre really good..my favorite flavor is Fresa (strawberry). Annas favorite is peach yogurt.
Our afternoons are spent in rigorous labor doing some household contruction for various elderly citizens in Soacha...yes, this time i know its Soacha. Anna and I painted the outside of a house in 1 hour..were pretty pro. The next we painted the inside of a room in about 1 and a half hours. And yesterday we constructed a fine looking rich mohogany closet using only spanish instructions and a rock as a hammer. Anna said, "I like doing it old school, so old school to the point of primitive." Meanwhile, Kyle and Matthew have been hard at work for 3 days constructing a sheet-rock wall (thats dry-wall, everyone!) and hanging a door, using cardboard shims, and $10 level. All is going well.
We are blessed to have the evenings off to make our own dinners and watch some bad spanish soap operas. Matthew and Kyle play magic. (the card game.) But we are really enjoying getting to know each other better and become closer throughout this trip.
Did I mention that the driving here is insane?! I thought i was going to meet my end on a busride throughout the bumpy dirt streets. I kept grabbing Annas arm as if that would prevent the bus from tipping over..and for all I know, that did help! luckily we are all safe and sound and healthy!..except for anna whos battling a cold, please pray for her...shes actually getting better.
Please pray that well find more water...weve been out for a few days now and our heads are starting to hurt. But anyways, we now have to go..thank you for the prayers and support..we miss and love you all very much!
Adios!!