What is man that You are mindful of him? Psalm 8:4

I have been humbled this weekend with the reminder of who I am in light of who He is. Who am I that the Almighty God, the Creator of the ends of the earth would think of me? Yet He does. He is the one who has redeemed me, who is daily sustaining me, and will one day come again for me and all of the redeemed. He has been so good to me and this weekend I could not help but see His hand in everything. Praise be to Him who is the only worthy One and as a song we sang this morning says, "Solo Cristo tiene las palabras de vida eterna".....only Christ has the words of eternal life....there is no other besides Him!

Creation speaks of His glorious power. This week has been absolutely beautiful here. Mid 70s and sunshine and I have to say that I love the fact that I can wear flip flops in the middle of December! It has been refreshing to walk to the bus stop each day with the sun shining and to be reminded that just as the sun rises each day, so His mercy is new with each day.

I feel like this weekend I have just been overwhelmed with a love for the people here....everyone from my Mexican brothers and sisters in Christ, to my teachers at school, to a waitress I don't really know at one restaurant but who talks to me now because I go there so much. I have been thinking a lot about the importance of each moment with these people and the need to not waste an opportunity to speak of Him or show them His love through my actions.

Friday night there was a pastorela at my school. It is the equivalent here in Mexico to all the Christmas plays there are in the US. Except it is definitely not the traditional Christmas story. Most of the pastorelas bring in modern things to the script and also there is a storyline about the devil trying to stop the shepherds from going to see Jesus. We also had a pinata and we ate pozole, which is a traditional soup here made with hominy and pork.

Saturday I went downtown and I think every foreigner in Queretaro must have been there. I have actually never seen that many here before. I think you know that you are becoming settled somewhere when you look at other foreigners and think, "What are they doing here?" It's as if I don't see myself as a foreigner anymore.

Today I went to church with my friend Lila and played soccer afterwards. I was the only American playing and the only girl on my team. The guys were nice enough to pass it to me though and to tell me I was doing a good job, even though I am horrible at soccer and look even worse when it is only with Mexicans! Afterwards, I went to eat lunch with Lila's family and had a great day practicing my Spanish and getting to know my sister in Christ better. I even had three people, including a taxi driver, tell me that my Spanish was good so praise Him that there is definitely an improvement!