Day 44 Tuesday and Day 45 Wednesday

Yesterday was fun saying good bye to the other American family who stayed at the hotel.  I know that the kids like hanging out with each other.  They leave early Wednesday morning and we are leaving late Wednesday night. 

The last couple of days have been like ground hog day (the movie).  It is just the same thing over and over.  I can’t wait to get home.  If there was something fun to do around here I would have found it by now. 

I had an employee at the hotel ask me what I like about Colombia and all I could think of (to be political) was the people.  I told her that I realized everywhere you go there are going to be good people and bad people.  But then she asked me what did I like to do in Colombia and did I enjoy my stay here.  I had a long paused and quickly changed the subject.  I did not want to tell her that there is not any personal safety here.  Yes, it is an open market system and everyone talks to everyone but the people around here live in constant fear that somebody is going to take their belongings.  How could I show joy in a country that doesn’t have a lot of it?  I believe I am returning back to America a different person.  When someone sees’s so much sadness you really appreciate what we have in America.    

I often wonder how long it is going to take Bryan and Lusia to adjust to our family in America.  See the last several weeks we have been eating out, taking long showers, and swimming.  These are things that we as a family do not do every day in America.    Plus of course there will be the language barrier.  I believe Lusia has come a long way.  I have taught her to ignore her brother when he is making fun of her.  Bryan is finally starting to tell me the truth (Colombian children are taught to lie and never tell on someone else).  I guess when I told him that if he lies to me, I will lie to him.   He thought long and hard about that statement and I believe he came to the realization that I was right.

 

Well my next post will be from American,

 

John