25-01-2010
Today after school I went with my family to check out the La Virgen de Quito. The Virgen stands on a giant hill that overlooks all of Quito, it’s a beautiful view. Unfortunately by the time we got there it was getting pretty dark and raining but still seeing all the city lights and cars illuminate the roads from a distance was beautiful. On the way home my uncle asked how much my school costs and if I had to paid for it or my parents. After finally figuring out the word “loan” in Spanish, he responded that as soon as I got a job I would be able to pay off the loans and then I tried to explain that I am not going to make a lot of money because I am going into non-profits. He asked why I wanted to work in non-profits and his first question after I gave my response was “Eres un cristiano?” You are a Christian? Which I was somewhat surprised by, “Catholical?” I tried to explain that I was non-dominational, which they just called evangelical. I’m not really sure if my family is Christians or not, they have a bible open on a stand in the la sala.. which is a room no one uses and I don’t think it changed pages since we’ve been here… who knows maybe when I can speak Spanish better I will find out. Then we stopped at a little panderia and he bought us some papas fritas con salsa de tomato (potato chips with ketchup!)
Erin speaking of tuition - this semester is coming due! You might want to make a lot of money first so you can pay the loans and work in nonprofits second. I think i am starting to learn some Spanish just reading your blog. Potatoe chips and ketshup - i might try it home
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