<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564</id><updated>2012-02-16T18:07:21.872-08:00</updated><title type='text'>miss tate's adventures</title><subtitle type='html'>las aventuras de miss tate</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-999320151873076719</id><published>2010-08-18T16:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T16:10:41.717-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer 2010... Verano 2010</title><content type='html'>The summer has gone by too fast!&amp;nbsp; I went on a wonderul trip with my sister, Rachel.&amp;nbsp; We visited Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;El verano ha pasado muy rapido!&amp;nbsp; Fui por un vacacion con mi hermana Rachel.&amp;nbsp; Visitamos a Seattle y la peninsula Olympica!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxnR2SMabI/AAAAAAAABAM/5ESlggGtvow/s1600/rachel+and+i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxnR2SMabI/AAAAAAAABAM/5ESlggGtvow/s320/rachel+and+i.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Rachel and I at Lake Crescent&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rachel y yo en el Lago Crescent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxncR-mJwI/AAAAAAAABAY/FfH3QC8wADM/s1600/at+the+beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxncR-mJwI/AAAAAAAABAY/FfH3QC8wADM/s320/at+the+beach.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Rialto Beach&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;La Playa Rialto&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxneEEZf2I/AAAAAAAABAc/HPkCPkUUpbo/s1600/bear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxneEEZf2I/AAAAAAAABAc/HPkCPkUUpbo/s320/bear.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Native American Art&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;El arte nativo americano&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxngkIpIBI/AAAAAAAABAg/4u7lkXPHYls/s1600/space+needle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxngkIpIBI/AAAAAAAABAg/4u7lkXPHYls/s320/space+needle.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Space Needle in Seattle&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;La Space Needle en Seattle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxnjxCHm2I/AAAAAAAABAk/n707ccHEeSE/s1600/hoh+rainforest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxnjxCHm2I/AAAAAAAABAk/n707ccHEeSE/s320/hoh+rainforest.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Hoh Rainforest&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;La Selva Hoh&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-999320151873076719?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/999320151873076719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=999320151873076719' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/999320151873076719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/999320151873076719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-2010-verano-2010.html' title='Summer 2010... Verano 2010'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/TGxnR2SMabI/AAAAAAAABAM/5ESlggGtvow/s72-c/rachel+and+i.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-8724723056640486609</id><published>2009-09-23T22:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T22:26:04.961-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My summer... Mi verano...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SrsBo2ACjDI/AAAAAAAAA-w/ihNTVaddkx4/s1600-h/9.23+152.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SrsBo2ACjDI/AAAAAAAAA-w/ihNTVaddkx4/s320/9.23+152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384899580653636658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SrsArOSIlII/AAAAAAAAA-o/d8N3z2sBdAw/s1600-h/9.23+076.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SrsArOSIlII/AAAAAAAAA-o/d8N3z2sBdAw/s320/9.23+076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384898522020091010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SrsADs-VfbI/AAAAAAAAA-g/TVYG0zYI8Ug/s1600-h/9.23+023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SrsADs-VfbI/AAAAAAAAA-g/TVYG0zYI8Ug/s320/9.23+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384897843063782834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow, what a summer!  I have been hired to teach at a new school, visited family in LA, finished my master's degree, moved into a new house down the street, and have gone on a road trip to Disneyland!  Too much fun!  I'm ready for another summer!  :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wow, que verano! He sido contratada de ensenar en una nueva escuela, he visitado a mi familia en Los Angeles, he terminado mi post grado, he mudado a una casa nueva por la misma calle, y he viajado en carro a Disneylandia!  Me ha disfrutado demasiado!  Estoy lista para un verano mas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-8724723056640486609?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/8724723056640486609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=8724723056640486609' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/8724723056640486609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/8724723056640486609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-summer.html' title='My summer... Mi verano...'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SrsBo2ACjDI/AAAAAAAAA-w/ihNTVaddkx4/s72-c/9.23+152.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-909498818990953965</id><published>2009-08-01T10:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T11:21:20.998-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Teaching Story</title><content type='html'>I moved to Walla Walla in September 2008.  I started working for Walla Walla Public Schools as a substitute teacher in October.  After a few weeks I met a wonderful bilingual third grade teacher who needed a substitute while she went on maternity leave.  I started teaching third grade at Prospect Point Elementary School right around Thanksgiving.  I was teaching in English because the students were transitioning out of Spanish by that time.  After Mrs. Moreno returned, I was hired to work with the ESL teacher at Prospect Point, leading small reading groups at all grade levels.  It was so much fun!  Thank you Prospect Point!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Me mude a Walla Walla en septiembre 2008.  Empece a trabajar por el distrito de escuelas publicas en Walla Walla como maestra de replente en octubre.  Despues de unas semanas conoce una maestra maravillosa y bilingue quien necesito una maestra de replente cuando fue para tener su bebe.  Empeze a ensenar el tercer grado en la escuela primaria Prospect Point en noviembre.  Estaba ensenando en ingles porque los estudiantes estaban en transicion de espanol a ingles en ese tiempo.  Despues de que regreso la Sra.Moreno, fui contratado a trabajar con la maestra de Ingles como Segunda Idioma en Prospect Point, dando clases de lectura a grupos pequenos de todos grados.  Me diverti tanto!  Gracias Prospect Point!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR8_eW7tBI/AAAAAAAAA9A/lHX2vPIDcj8/s1600-h/IMG_1747.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR8_eW7tBI/AAAAAAAAA9A/lHX2vPIDcj8/s320/IMG_1747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365050486027957266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wonderful Prospect Point teachers and students&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Maravillosos maestros e estudiantes de Prospect Point&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR9cF03hYI/AAAAAAAAA9I/cHBuyFyjcXw/s1600-h/100_2440.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR9cF03hYI/AAAAAAAAA9I/cHBuyFyjcXw/s320/100_2440.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365050977658832258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cinco de Mayo celebration with third graders&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Celebracion de Cinco de Mayo&lt;/span&gt; con los ninos de tercer grado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR9-nGbU8I/AAAAAAAAA9Q/EOBA-DvfMsw/s1600-h/Copy+of+100_2446.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR9-nGbU8I/AAAAAAAAA9Q/EOBA-DvfMsw/s320/Copy+of+100_2446.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365051570706404290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ESL 4th and 5th grade group&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ingles como Segunda Lengua grupo de cuarto y quinto grados&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The first day of summer 2009 I found out I had been hired to teach fourth grade at Edison Elementary!  This is amazing and exciting and an incredible blessing for many reasons:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) It's extremely hard for teachers (and everyone else) to find jobs right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) This school is a perfect fit for me - We are starting a dual-immersion Spanish program.  In a few years I will most likely be teaching in Spanish!  There will be a multicultural, multilingual focus at Edison throughout the entire school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Some wonderful teaching friends that I met at Prospect Point will also be moving to Edison with me, as the bilingual program changes schools.  They have been nothing but encouraging and supportive to me.  Thank you!  :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Edison was a small school in a very old but classic building.  They decided to build a new school building which is much bigger and is full of brand new technology!  I am SO excited to learn about all the new toys I get to play with while I teach :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) I could go on and on about this new job...  As you can tell I am EXCITED!  God has blessed me so much - I am in the right place at the right time with the right people!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR_EShbVgI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/CuaqqsyvLik/s1600-h/IMG_1914.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR_EShbVgI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/CuaqqsyvLik/s320/IMG_1914.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365052767773349378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Edison under construction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Edison en construccion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;El primer dia de verano 2009 me informe que habia contratado de ensenar el cuarto grado en la escuela primaria Edison!  Este es emocionante para mi y una bendicion increible por muchas razones:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1) Es difilisimo encontrar trabajo para maestras (y todos) ahora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;2) Esta escuela es perfecta para mi - Vamos a empezar una programa nueva de immersion dual en espanol.  En unos anos estare ensenando en espanol!  Tendremos un foco mulicultural y multilingue en la escuela entera.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;3) Unas amigas maravillosas de Prospect Point van a mudar a Edison conmigo; la programa bilingue va a cambiar de escuelas.  Ellas me han dado mucho apoyo.  Gracias!  :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;4) Antes Edison era una escuela pequena en un edificio viejo pero clasico.  Ellos decidieron de construir un edificio nuevo que es mucho mas grande y esta llena de tecnologia nueva!  Estoy muy emocionante de aprender sobre los juguetes con que puedo usar para ensenar. :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;5) Podria hablar para siempre de este trabajo nuevo.  Como puede ver, estoy EMOCIONANTE!  Dios me ha bendecido tanto - estoy en el lugar perfecto en la hora perfecta con la gente perfecta! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-909498818990953965?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/909498818990953965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=909498818990953965' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/909498818990953965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/909498818990953965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2009/08/teaching-story.html' title='Teaching Story'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR8_eW7tBI/AAAAAAAAA9A/lHX2vPIDcj8/s72-c/IMG_1747.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-3636552481636319133</id><published>2009-08-01T10:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T10:22:02.228-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mi Amor...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR396-tytI/AAAAAAAAA8w/q4JNz2v6TQo/s1600-h/IMG_1099.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR396-tytI/AAAAAAAAA8w/q4JNz2v6TQo/s320/IMG_1099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365044961793133266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We are very happy :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Somos muy felices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR5NSaSqGI/AAAAAAAAA84/oyJcvtC2rjA/s1600-h/IMG_1449.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR5NSaSqGI/AAAAAAAAA84/oyJcvtC2rjA/s320/IMG_1449.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365046325292476514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-3636552481636319133?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/3636552481636319133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=3636552481636319133' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/3636552481636319133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/3636552481636319133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2009/08/mi-amor.html' title='Mi Amor...'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR396-tytI/AAAAAAAAA8w/q4JNz2v6TQo/s72-c/IMG_1099.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-1033267035129919075</id><published>2009-08-01T09:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T10:11:26.643-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Walla Walla</title><content type='html'>This city has so much charm.  Being from California, I am amazed at the seasons!  Even though this year spring and fall were kind of short (and winter and summer have been extreme) I've loved seeing the changes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Esta ciudad es preciosa.  Porque soy de California, los estaciones me asombran!  Aunque este ano la primavera y el otono eran cortitos (y el invierno y verano han estado extremados) me encanto de ver los cambios!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnRy-7PYFUI/AAAAAAAAA8A/6NwOrvVgcPM/s1600-h/2007+129.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnRy-7PYFUI/AAAAAAAAA8A/6NwOrvVgcPM/s320/2007+129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365039481484744002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walla Walla trees in the fall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Arboles de Walla Walla en el otono&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR0YToWvmI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/MZgeFnjLcWg/s1600-h/december+08+153.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR0YToWvmI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/MZgeFnjLcWg/s320/december+08+153.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365041017040322146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The snowman I made on my front porch!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;El muneco de nieve que hizo por mi entrada!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR2Idz7cJI/AAAAAAAAA8g/wGfceIV8d8I/s1600-h/IMG_1678.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR2Idz7cJI/AAAAAAAAA8g/wGfceIV8d8I/s320/IMG_1678.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365042943918567570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Spring flowers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Flores de primavera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR1WBoSiTI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/HuX3owz8U6U/s1600-h/IMG_1877.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR1WBoSiTI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/HuX3owz8U6U/s320/IMG_1877.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365042077360097586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Walla Walla wheat fields&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;campos de trigo en Walla Walla&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR2kMWKCSI/AAAAAAAAA8o/tOAw9m5gwag/s1600-h/STB_1909.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnR2kMWKCSI/AAAAAAAAA8o/tOAw9m5gwag/s320/STB_1909.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365043420266629410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Summer sunset over Walla Walla Valley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Puesta de sol del verano sobre la Valle de Walla Walla&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-1033267035129919075?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/1033267035129919075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=1033267035129919075' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/1033267035129919075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/1033267035129919075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2009/08/walla-walla.html' title='Walla Walla'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/SnRy-7PYFUI/AAAAAAAAA8A/6NwOrvVgcPM/s72-c/2007+129.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-1099878924519946207</id><published>2008-04-08T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T19:17:14.829-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm old... but my birthday was fun!  :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" com="" rebeccadtate="" 2008="" 5187049287742704658=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/rebeccadtate/R_wZ2FRYzBI/AAAAAAAAAog/h-AsbZ7uVXU/s400/IMG_0704.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fun times with the sistahs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tiempos divertimos con mis hermanas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="%3Ca%20href=" com="" rebeccadtate="" 2008="" 5187049347872246818=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/rebeccadtate/R_wZ5lRYzCI/AAAAAAAAAoo/79geerbjgjo/s400/IMG_0371.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wendy and I have big mouths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wendy y yo tenemos bocas grandes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-1099878924519946207?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/1099878924519946207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=1099878924519946207' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/1099878924519946207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/1099878924519946207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-old-but-my-birthday-was-fun.html' title='I&apos;m old... but my birthday was fun!  :)'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-4942196477805609141</id><published>2008-04-08T18:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T18:59:47.214-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stephanie's Wedding!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" com="" rebeccadtate="" 2008="" 5187049240498064386=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/rebeccadtate/R_wZzVRYzAI/AAAAAAAAAoY/PMSkhvjsDcY/s400/IMG_0552.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I was blessed to go to my good friend Stephanie's wedding on February 9th. &lt;br /&gt;Stephanie and I taught in Paraguay and traveled together.  She the best of friends!  Congratulations to her and to her new husband Bryan!  I can't wait to see them again! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Estaba bendecida de ir a la boda de mi amiga Stephanie el 9 de febrero.  Stephanie y yo eramos maestras en Paraguay y viajamos juntas.  Ella es una de mis mejores amigos!  Felicidades a ella y a su esposo nuevo Bryan!  No puedo esperar hasta el día que les veo otra vez!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-4942196477805609141?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/4942196477805609141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=4942196477805609141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/4942196477805609141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/4942196477805609141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2008/04/stephanies-wedding.html' title='Stephanie&apos;s Wedding!'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-6954338533891689595</id><published>2008-01-03T00:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-03T00:19:45.469-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful City</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Just a few photos of my amazingly beautiful city...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Algunos fotos de mi ciudad hermosa...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" com="" rebeccadtate="" 2008="" 5151152979032865458=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/rebeccadtate/R3ySV6ry-rI/AAAAAAAAAbk/y6KdCLGcJHA/s400/IMG_0264.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sunset at Seaport Village&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Puesta del Sol en Seaport Village&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" com="" rebeccadtate="" 2008="" 5151153099291949778=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/rebeccadtate/R3ySc6ry-tI/AAAAAAAAAb0/UEHz_wzBp2s/s400/IMG_0229.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Beautiful Day in Imperial Beach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Un Día Hermosa en Imperial Beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-6954338533891689595?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/6954338533891689595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=6954338533891689595' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/6954338533891689595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/6954338533891689595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2008/01/beautiful-city.html' title='Beautiful City'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-8608436967060671559</id><published>2008-01-02T23:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-03T00:14:13.657-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2008 Already?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Where did it come from?  It seems like yesterday that I was celebrating the arrival of 2007.  Well, with the new year comes some newness for me, too.  Well, kinda new.  I bought a new car, got a new haircut, got a new camera for Christmas, and bought a new hard drive! (The old one crashed, so I've spent my vacation getting music from the sistahs.  Yay for itunes cards, too!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;De donde vino el año nuevo?  Parece que fue ayer que estaba celebrando el llegado del año 2007.  Pues, con el año nuevo viene algunas cosas nuevas tambien.  Pues, más o menos nuevas.  Compré un auto nuevo, tengo un peinado nuevo, recibí una camera nueva para la Navidad, y compré un nuevo disco duro!  (Lo viejo se murió, y por eso he pasado mi vacación sacando música de las computadoras de mis hermanitas.  Viven los itunes cards, tambien!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" com="" rebeccadtate="" 2008="" 5151152927493257890=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/rebeccadtate/R3ySS6ry-qI/AAAAAAAAAbc/lnl4YO0MxXg/s400/IMG_0306.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The family is elemental.  Yep, this is the new car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La familia está elemental.  Sí, esta es el auto nuevo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="%3Ca%20href=" com="" rebeccadtate="" 2008="" 5151153039162407618=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/rebeccadtate/R3ySZary-sI/AAAAAAAAAbs/7CdUlmk2amI/s400/IMG_0253.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Being silly with Sara&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Yo y Sara Divertiendonos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;One of my former students from Paraguay is in San Diego with her family on vacation!  She is almost as tall as me now and in 6th grade.  We are having a great time catching up and remembering good times in 3rd grade at ACA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Una de mis alumnas anteriores de Paraguay está en San Diego con su familia de vacaciones!  Ella casí me ha alcanzado de altura y está en el sexto grado.  Estamos divertiendonos mucho recordando las memorias del tercer grado en ACA!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-8608436967060671559?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/8608436967060671559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=8608436967060671559' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/8608436967060671559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/8608436967060671559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2008/01/2008-already.html' title='2008 Already?'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-638221969606437786</id><published>2007-09-01T13:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-01T13:58:01.431-07:00</updated><title type='text'>turtle babies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" com="" rebeccadtate="" turtles="" 5105340695412631698=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/rebeccadtate/RtnQUC9qaJI/AAAAAAAAAUs/cYjIMkZ3vMo/s400/DSCN3860.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;My classroom pets! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mis mascotas del clase!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As soon as they're big enough, they'll go to the classroom.  But for now, these little guys are taking up half of my kitchen table with their tank.  They're so cute and tiny!  They don't have names yet.  Let me know if you have any suggestions...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cuando estan bastante grande, se van a mi salón, pero ahorita, estos chiquititos están llenando mi mesa de la cocina con su tanque.  Son tan lindos y chiquitos!  Todavía no tienen nombres.  Avisenme si tienen algunas sugerencias...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-638221969606437786?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/638221969606437786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=638221969606437786' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/638221969606437786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/638221969606437786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/09/turtle-babies.html' title='turtle babies'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-5483328679610570811</id><published>2007-08-21T22:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T20:38:33.904-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kindergarten set up...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/rebeccadtate/RsvNPy9qZfI/AAAAAAAAAME/wWqJuBuzr58/s400/CIMG0770.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My unfinished classroom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mi salón inacabado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Kindergarten is a lot of work!  I am almost ready, but I never would have made it without the help of my parents and sisters.  They took off work to come and help me set up for this year.  Thanks to them my classroom looks AMAZING!  I am really excited to teach Kindergarten - it will be an adventure!  Especially with 31 students!  Pray for me! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Kinder es mucho trabajo!  Casi estoy lista, pero nunca hubiera estado lista sin el apoyo de mis padres y hermanas.  Ellos salieron de sus trabajos para ayudarme a arreglar mi salón para este año.  Gracias a ellos mi salón es MARAVILLOSO!  Estoy muy emocionante a enseñar Kinder - será una aventura!  Especialmente con 31 alumnos!  Oren para mi!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-5483328679610570811?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/5483328679610570811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=5483328679610570811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/5483328679610570811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/5483328679610570811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/08/kindergarten-set-up.html' title='Kindergarten set up...'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-2472521842967723549</id><published>2007-08-21T22:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T20:31:38.306-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Renée &amp; Dan are engaged!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/rebeccadtate/RsvK0C9qZdI/AAAAAAAAALg/lQ8BAzKgCs4/s400/DSCN3811.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Renée, me, and my new brother Dan!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Renée, yo, y mi hermano nuevo, Dan! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;While I was in Colombia, my little sister and her boyfriend got engaged!  We are very excited for them and my family is starting the planning process...  It's a lot of work, but it's fun!  They will be married in May 2008.  Yay!  I am excited to finally have a brother, even if he is a redhead!  Ha ha! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cuando estaba en Colombia, mi hermanita y su novio fueron comprometidos!  Estamos muy emociados y mi familia ya estamos preparando... Es much trabajo, pero es divertido!  Ellos se van a casar en mayo 2008.   Yay!  Estoy emocionada de finalmente tener un hermano, aunque el pelirrojo!  Ja ja!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-2472521842967723549?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/2472521842967723549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=2472521842967723549' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2472521842967723549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2472521842967723549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/08/rene-dan-are-engaged.html' title='Renée &amp; Dan are engaged!'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-2183207186458505837</id><published>2007-08-21T22:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T20:23:12.133-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Colombia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" com="" rebeccadtate="" colombia="" 5101389677687629234=""&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/rebeccadtate/RsvG4i9qZbI/AAAAAAAAAK8/BWbfhQKV6zw/s400/DSCN3644.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chenque Beach in the Caribbean Sea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Playa Chenque en el Mar Caribe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Paradise!  I could have built a little hut and lived there forever!  White sand, warm water, the million colors of the ocean, the puffer fish, the green hills.  Words can't describe it.  I went on vacation to Colombia for about two weeks in July.  I traveled with my good friend Karen, and my friends Audrey and Angie, who Karen and I were with in Paraguay.  We stayed in Cartagena for a week, and then went to a little fishing village near Santa Marta.  The village is called Taganga.  Cartagena was a typical South American city with some OK beaches.  We stayed in a nice apartment there and enjoyed the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;chiva&lt;/span&gt; party bus and the city sights.  The highlight of the trip, however, was the time we spent in Taganga.  We stayed in a really nice hostel, drank fresh exotic fruit juice every day, and then traveled to paradise one day.  We paid for three tour guides to take us to a secluded beach where we could snorkel and just hang out.  They caught some of the fish we were snorkeling with for our lunch and we had a great time.  I will always remember that beautiful place!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Paraíso!  Yo podría construirme un choza y quedarme alli para siempre!  Arena blanca, agua caliente, los millónes de colores del mar, los peces globo, los cerros verdes...  Con palabras no lo puedo describir.  Fui para vacaciones a Colombia por dos semanas en julio.  Viajé con mi amiga buena Karen, y mis amigas Audrey y Angie, con quien estuvimos en Paraguay.  Nos quedamos en Cartagena por una semana, y despues fuimos a un pueblo de pescadores cerca de Santa Marta.  El pueblo se llama Taganga.  Cartagena es una ciudad de Sur America típica con algunas playas lindas.  Nos quedamos en un departamento hermoso alli y nos disfrutemos mucho en el chiva (bus de fiesta) y a ver lo que hay en la ciudad.  El resaltado del viaje era el tiempo que quedamos en Taganga.  Durmimos en un hostel muy lindo, bebimos jugo natural de frutas exoticas cada dia, y un dia viajemos a paraíso!   Pagamos por tres guías quien nos llevaron a una playa recluida donde podiamos bucear y tomar el sol.  Ellos pescaron algunos peces con que estabamos buceando para el almuerzo y tuvimos un tiempo maravilloso.  Recordaré este lugar para siempre!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-2183207186458505837?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/2183207186458505837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=2183207186458505837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2183207186458505837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2183207186458505837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/08/colombia.html' title='Colombia'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-3624451118725310838</id><published>2007-07-20T11:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T20:00:24.830-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Imperial Beach - my new home</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEGtDrCGYI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/DufPCK4AeGI/s1600-h/DSCN3331.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEGtDrCGYI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/DufPCK4AeGI/s400/DSCN3331.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089356425055050114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sunset on the beach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Puesta del sol por la playa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEGtjrCGZI/AAAAAAAAAJY/r8prCnqp9fQ/s1600-h/DSCN3338.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEGtjrCGZI/AAAAAAAAAJY/r8prCnqp9fQ/s400/DSCN3338.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089356433644984722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEGcTrCGXI/AAAAAAAAAJI/2xnd_uxFC9w/s1600-h/DSCN3325.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEGcTrCGXI/AAAAAAAAAJI/2xnd_uxFC9w/s400/DSCN3325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089356137292241266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My apartment building - my door is the one by the palm tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mi edificio - la puerta mia está en frente de la palma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I can't believe I found this incredible apartment!  My new home!  I now live a block from the beach.  I am an extrovert living alone, but I kind of like it!  I LOVE being able to walk outside and hear the ocean waves, go hang out on the beach every day, walk on the pier during sunset...  Not to mention the cute little Imperial Beach community.  The coffee shops, restaurants, and little stores are all so cute.  Can you tell I love it here?  =)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;No puedo creer que yo encontré este departamento increíble!  My hogar nuevo!  Vivo ahora una cuadra de la playa.  Soy extrovertida y vivo sola, pero me gusta!  Me ENCANTA que puedo pasar afuera y escuchar el sonido de las olas del mar, pasar por la playa cada dia, caminar por el embarcadero durante la puesta del sol...  Tambien la comunidad de Imperial Beach es tan linda.  Los cafés, restaurantes, y tienditas son muy lindos.  Puedes ver que me gusta mucho estar aqui? =)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-3624451118725310838?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/3624451118725310838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=3624451118725310838' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/3624451118725310838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/3624451118725310838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/imperial-beach-my-new-home.html' title='Imperial Beach - my new home'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEGtDrCGYI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/DufPCK4AeGI/s72-c/DSCN3331.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-7048274328353358426</id><published>2007-07-20T11:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T19:46:50.172-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEF0DrCGWI/AAAAAAAAAJA/LVMLjcJpd6U/s1600-h/St.+Lucia+111.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEF0DrCGWI/AAAAAAAAAJA/LVMLjcJpd6U/s400/St.+Lucia+111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089355445802506594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Isla de la Plata Beach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Playa Isla de la Plata&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Well, I couldn't stay in the states for long!  In May I was blessed to co-lead a team of 12 college students on a missions trip to Venezuela.  It was amazing!  I made some wonderful friends there.  I hope to return soon.  I could write a book about what we did and who we were with on this trip, but I won't.  We flew into Caracas and then traveled by bus to a city called Punta de Mata.  We slept in the church in hammocks and worked with the church youth to evangelize and tell people about the church.  One funny story: I came down with an allergic reaction to who knows what and my lips swelled up like I had botox injections!  It got so bad that finally I had to go to the hospital and get an IV.  Weird.  We stayed a week with our friends in Punta de Mata and then moved on to Barcelona.  We stayed in our hammocks on the roof of a church and went out to paint a church and then build another church out of mud, sticks, and rocks.  What an experience.  We did get to go to the beach one day as well.  The best part of the trip was building friendships with people in Venezuela and on our team. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pues, no podría quedarme en los EEUU tanto tiempo!  En mayo era bendecida de co-guiar un grupo de 12 estudiantes universitarios a Venezuela para un viaje misionero.  Era maravillosa!  Hice amigos muy buenos allí.  Espero que pueda regresar pronto.  Podría escribir un libro de lo que hicimos y con quien estuvimos, pero no lo haré.  Vinimos por avión a Caracas y despues viajemos por bus a una ciudad llamada Punta de Mata.  Nos quedamos en la iglesia en hamacas y trabajemos con los jovenes de la iglesia a evangelizar y informar la gente de la iglesia.  Un cuento chistoso:  yo tuvé un reacción alergia a no se que y mis labios se hincharon como si tuviera inyecciónes de botox!  Era tan mál que tuve que ir al hospital para tener un suero.  Qué bárbaro.  Nos quedamos una semana con nuestros amigos en Punta de Mata y despues fuimos a Barcelona.  Nos durmimos en nuestras hamacas sobre el techo de la iglesia y salimos a pintar una iglesia y construir otra iglesia de barro, palos, y rocas.  Qué experiencia!  Tambien fuimos a la playa un dia.  El mejor parte del viaje era constuir amistad con la gente en Venezuela y tambien en nuestro grupo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-7048274328353358426?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/7048274328353358426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=7048274328353358426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/7048274328353358426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/7048274328353358426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/venezuela.html' title='Venezuela'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEF0DrCGWI/AAAAAAAAAJA/LVMLjcJpd6U/s72-c/St.+Lucia+111.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-2445449663853283371</id><published>2007-07-20T11:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T19:24:58.487-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in the USA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEFlDrCGVI/AAAAAAAAAI4/cMbRtLLn3kU/s1600-h/DSCN2847.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEFlDrCGVI/AAAAAAAAAI4/cMbRtLLn3kU/s400/DSCN2847.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089355188104468818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Students I taught in 2006-2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Alumnos que enseñé en 2006-2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My time in South America passed too quickly... I came back to the states and experienced quite a bit of reverse culture shock, but I survived!  I was blessed to live with two of my closest friends from college.  I looked for a full-time teaching position, but was not able to find one.  I began the masters degree program at Point Loma to work on finishing my "Clear" California teaching credential.  I took a long term substitute position in southern San Diego and loved it there.  I was teaching in a second grade class and stayed there for 5 months.  Then I took a position at the same school for a third grade class.  I was able to stay at that same school for the rest of the school year.  It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun!  I was able to really see how the public school system in California works.  While teaching at that school, I fell in love with southern San Diego and started my campaign to find a job in that area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mi tiempo en Sur America pasó tan rapido... Regresé a los EEUU y tuvo un tiempo muy difícil de adaptarme otra vez a la cultura americana, pero sobreviví!  Era bendicida de vivir con dos de mis amigas muy buenas de la universidad.  Busque un trabajo como maestra, pero no lo encontré.  Comencé la programa del titulo "masters" en Point Loma para terminar mi credencial de enseñar en California.  Tomé un posición de maestra suplente en el parte sur de San Diego y lo me gustó mucho.  Estaba enseñando segundo grado y alli me quedé 5 meses.  Despues tomé un posición en el mismo colegio en un clase del tercer grado.  Terminé el año escolar alli en este colegio.  Era mucho trabajo, pero me divertí mucho!  Me hizo poder a ver realmente como anda la sistema de educacion pública en California.  Cuando estaba enseñando en este colegio, me enamoré con el sur de San Diego, y empecé mi campaña de conseguir un trabajo en esa área.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-2445449663853283371?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/2445449663853283371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=2445449663853283371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2445449663853283371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2445449663853283371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/back-in-usa.html' title='Back in the USA'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEFlDrCGVI/AAAAAAAAAI4/cMbRtLLn3kU/s72-c/DSCN2847.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-9019680267566148678</id><published>2007-07-20T11:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T18:47:47.158-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Uruguay</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEFKTrCGUI/AAAAAAAAAIw/28ZN0FVJNZA/s1600-h/uruguay+266.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEFKTrCGUI/AAAAAAAAAIw/28ZN0FVJNZA/s400/uruguay+266.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089354728542968130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;During Spring Break 2006, a group of teachers and I went on a little trip to Uruguay.  We stayed a few days in Montevideo, and then went to a little town called Colonia del Sacramento.  Colonia was very charming and really gave me a feel for the country of Uruguay.  Uruguay seems to have a perfect mixture of the laid-back Brazilian culture and the old, European feel of places like Argentina.  It was wonderful.  We went on a bike ride through the town, stayed in a nice hostel, watched the sunset, sampled the food.  Then we went on an overpriced Buquebus boat trip across the bay to Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Most of us had been there before, but BsAs is a wonderful city to revisit.  The trip to Uruguay completed my round of central and southern South America and it was a great last fling with friends from ACA. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Durante los vacaciones de primavera, un grupo de maestras y yo fuimos a Uruguay.  Quedamos pocos dias en Montevideo, y despues fuimos a un pueblo llamada Colonia de Sacramento.  Colonia era muy encantadoro y realmente me dio el sentido uruguayo.  Parece que Uruguay tiene la mezcla perfecta de la cultura relajada de Brasil y el sentido viejo y europeo de lugares como Argentina.  Era maravillosa.  Despues fuimos en un viaje carisimo en un Buquebus por la bahía a Buenos Aires, Argentina.  La mayoridad de nosotras hemos ido a esa ciudad antes, pero BsAs en una ciudad muy buena para revisitar.  El viaje a Uruguay completó mi "tur" de los partes central y sur de Sur America y era un vacacion final con mis amigas de ACA.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-9019680267566148678?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/9019680267566148678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=9019680267566148678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/9019680267566148678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/9019680267566148678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/uruguay.html' title='Uruguay'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEFKTrCGUI/AAAAAAAAAIw/28ZN0FVJNZA/s72-c/uruguay+266.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-5811798452235183623</id><published>2007-07-20T11:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T18:31:04.327-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Asunción Christian Academy 2005-2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEETzrCGTI/AAAAAAAAAIo/qsogLkDE57c/s1600-h/crazy+class+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEETzrCGTI/AAAAAAAAAIo/qsogLkDE57c/s400/crazy+class+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089353792240097586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Crazy kids, crazy teacher!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Niños locos, maestra loca!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;This was another year of changes for ACA...  A new director, new teachers, new friends, new students.  Change is good!  I had a wonderful time with this class.   With students who could tell me anything about any insect on God's earth, or make me laugh with their silliness, these kids were a blessing in my life.  We had a lot of fun together.  I miss them (and ACA) terribly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Este era un año mas de cambios para ACA...  Un director nuevo, nuevos maestros, nuevos amigos, nuevos alumnos.  El cambio es bueno!  Tuvo un tiempo maravilloso con este grupo.  Con alumnos quien puedan decirme cualquier cosa de cada insecto en el mundo de Dios, o hazme reir con sus carácteres, estos niños eran un bendicion en mi vida.  Nos disfrutemos mucho.  Les extraño ( y a ACA) muchisimo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-5811798452235183623?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/5811798452235183623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=5811798452235183623' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/5811798452235183623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/5811798452235183623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/asuncin-christian-academy-2005-2006.html' title='Asunción Christian Academy 2005-2006'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEETzrCGTI/AAAAAAAAAIo/qsogLkDE57c/s72-c/crazy+class+3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-1889931717662701273</id><published>2007-07-20T11:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T18:21:41.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bolivia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEDsjrCGSI/AAAAAAAAAIg/9bkeBbNbzxI/s1600-h/copacabana+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEDsjrCGSI/AAAAAAAAAIg/9bkeBbNbzxI/s400/copacabana+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089353117930232098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Copacabana, Bolivia - a town on Lake Titicaca&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;un pueblo cerca del Lago Titicaca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;There is so much to see in Bolivia, but we were only able to be there for a little while...  Even so, what we saw was amazing and beautiful.  Lake Titicaca is huge!  We first went to there while we were still in Peru, actually.  We were able to visit the man-make floating reed islands of Uros.  Amazing!  When we crossed over into Bolivia, we went to Isla del Sol, an island on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca.  Once we were back on the mainland, we traveled to La Paz for a day and then to a dusty old town reminiscent of a western movie.  The town is called Tupiza.  In Tupiza we decided to take a tour on horseback of the surrounding countryside.  Little did we know that we ended up taking the tour where you had to stay on the horse for SEVEN hours!  We were in so much pain, but &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;at least&lt;/span&gt; we had run out of cash (there wasn't an ATM in this town) and had to survive on crackers and orange soda for two days!  Just another adventure!  We celebrated New Year's Eve on a train on our way out of Bolivia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hay mucho de ver en Bolivia, pero solamente podiamos quedarnos un rato...  Sin embargo, lo que vimos era soprendente y hermosa.  El Lago Titicaca es gigante!  Fuimos allí por la primera vez cuando estabamos en Peru, actualmente.  Maravillosa!  Cuando cruzamos a Bolivia, fuimos a la Isla del Sol, una isla en el lado boliviano del Lago Titicaca.  Cuando estabamos por la tierra otra vez, viajemos a La Paz por un dia, y despues a un pueblo lleno de polvo que era parecida a algo de un video "western."  El pueblo se llama Tupiza.  En Tupiza, decidimos tomar un "tur" cabalgado del paisaje alrededor.  No supimos que tomemos el "tur" en que tuvimos que estar cabalgadas por SIETE horas!  Tuvimos mucho dolor, pero &lt;/span&gt;por lo menos&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; no tuvimos dinero (no hubiera ni un cajero en este pueblo) y tuvimos que sobrevivir con galletas y gaseosa de naranja por dos dias!  Una aventura mas!  Celebremos el Año Nuevo en un tren en el camino afuera de Bolivia. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-1889931717662701273?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/1889931717662701273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=1889931717662701273' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/1889931717662701273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/1889931717662701273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/bolivia.html' title='Bolivia'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEDsjrCGSI/AAAAAAAAAIg/9bkeBbNbzxI/s72-c/copacabana+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-2273789768749028803</id><published>2007-07-20T11:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-21T18:21:26.609-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Inka Trail - Machu Picchu</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEC4zrCGRI/AAAAAAAAAIY/0Tlj3jvr0ko/s1600-h/day4machupicchu.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEC4zrCGRI/AAAAAAAAAIY/0Tlj3jvr0ko/s400/day4machupicchu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089352228872001810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Machu Picchu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These four days, around Christmas 2004, were probably the most challenging and most amazing of my life.  I pushed myself physically harder than I ever have (I know the hike isn't that bad, but I'm a wimp!), but it was all worth it!  We, our group of about 10 tourists, hiked for 4 days and ended up in this beautiful city of Incan ruins.  We saw ruins all along the way as well.  We slept in tents and ate amazing food that was prepared for us by Peruvians.  Peruvian porters also carried our stuff for us, for an extra fee.  That was worth it, too!  We had an amazing guide who shared with us a wealth of information on the flora and fauna of the "high mountain jungle," as well as the history of the Incan people.  Incredible! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Estos cuatro días, en el tiempo de la Navidad 2004, probablamente fueron los días mas desafiantes y maravillosos de mi vida.  Me empujé a mi fisicamente mucho (yo sé que este sendero no es tan mal, pero yo soy débil!), pero todo vale la pena!  Nosotros, un grupo de 10 turistas, fuimos por 4 días con el fin en esta ciudad hermosa de ruinas Incas.  Vimos ruinas en el camino tambien.  Durmimos en carpas y comimos comida rica hecho de Peruanos.  Porteros peruanos tambien llevaron nuestra equipaje, para una tarifa extra.  Eso vale la pena tambien!  Tuvimos un guía maravilloso quien nos compartío mucha información de la flora y fauna de "la selva montañosa de los altos," y de la historia de las Incas, tambien.  Increíble!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-2273789768749028803?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/2273789768749028803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=2273789768749028803' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2273789768749028803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2273789768749028803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/inka-trail-machu-picchu.html' title='The Inka Trail - Machu Picchu'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqEC4zrCGRI/AAAAAAAAAIY/0Tlj3jvr0ko/s72-c/day4machupicchu.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-2620874888926959311</id><published>2007-07-20T11:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-21T18:02:40.881-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peru</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqECmzrCGQI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/kRK1umf3VCI/s1600-h/arequipa+cathedral+at+night.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqECmzrCGQI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/kRK1umf3VCI/s400/arequipa+cathedral+at+night.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089351919634356482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Italic" title="Italic" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 4);ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Cathedral in Arequipa  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Catedral en Arequipa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peru is beautiful!  Out of all the countries on our trip, I think Peru is the most beautiful... It is so green!  The people are beautiful, too.  We started our Peruvian adventure in Tacha, right across the border from Arica, Chile.  We traveled (on a sketchy smuggler bus) up to Arequipa.  We visited a beautiful, serene convent there.  From Arequipa we went to Cuzco, the tourist capital of Peru.  It is a lovely city, despite all the tourists.  After hiking among the ruins around Cuzco, walking the Inka Trail, and visiting Machu Picchu, we headed down to Puno on Lake Titicaca.  We went to Uros, the amazing man-made floating reed islands on the lake.  I've never seen anything like Peru!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Peru es hermoso!  De todos los paises que visitemos, creo que Peru es lo más hermoso...  Es tan verde!  La gente son hermosa, tambien.  Comencemos nuestra aventura peruana en Tacha, al otro lado de la frontera de Arica, Chile.  Viajemos (en un bus de contrabanda) a Arequipa.  Pasemos por un convento hermoso y sereno.  De Arequipa fuimos a Cuzco, el capital turistico de Peru.  Es una ciudad linda, a pesar de todas las turistas.  Despues de que pasemos por las ruinas alrededor de Cuzco, caminemos por el Sendero de las Inkas, y visitemos a Machu Picchu, fuimos a Puno a la orilla del Lago Titicaca.  Fuimos a Uros, las islas flotantes de caña (hechos a mano) que están por el lago.  Nunca he visto algo como Peru!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-2620874888926959311?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/2620874888926959311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=2620874888926959311' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2620874888926959311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2620874888926959311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/peru.html' title='Peru'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqECmzrCGQI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/kRK1umf3VCI/s72-c/arequipa+cathedral+at+night.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-2819203698193936487</id><published>2007-07-20T11:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T11:37:37.297-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chile</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD-aDrCGPI/AAAAAAAAAII/DZWZtRXLC_k/s1600-h/vp+21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD-aDrCGPI/AAAAAAAAAII/DZWZtRXLC_k/s400/vp+21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089347302544513266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Valparaiso&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chile... My time in this long western country was very short.  We crossed from Argentina to Chile through the Andes Mountains.  It was snowy and beautiful!  Then we went down the treacherous road to Santiago de Chile.  From there we saw Valparaiso and Viña del Mar.  I remember Chile being the most developed country we went to...  I also remember palta (like guacamole) and that they call hot dogs "completos" because they pile them high with toppings!  From Santiago we went on a 30 hr bus trip through the Atacama desert - the driest place on earth! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Chile... Mi tiempo en este pais larga del oeste era muy corto.  Crucemos de Argentina a Chile através de las montañas Andes.  Había nieve y era hermosa!  Despues bajemos por el camino peligroso a Santiago de Chile.  Desde allí fuimos a Valparaiso y Viña del Mar.  Recuerdo que Chile era el pais más desarollado que visitemos...  Tambien recuerdo palta (como guacamole) y que perros calientes (o panchos en Paraguay) se llaman "completos" por que estan cubiertos de condimentos!  De Santiago subimos in un autobus para 30 horas, viajando por el desierto Atacama - el lugar más seco del mundo!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-2819203698193936487?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/2819203698193936487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=2819203698193936487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2819203698193936487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2819203698193936487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/chile.html' title='Chile'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD-aDrCGPI/AAAAAAAAAII/DZWZtRXLC_k/s72-c/vp+21.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-5631640343880608864</id><published>2007-07-20T11:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T11:54:22.404-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Argentina</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD6GzrCGJI/AAAAAAAAAHY/AmxMuXnf5mo/s1600-h/La+Boca+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD6GzrCGJI/AAAAAAAAAHY/AmxMuXnf5mo/s400/La+Boca+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089342573785520274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;La Boca, Buenos Aires&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What can I say about Argentina!?  I have been there many times, yet I feel like I have not seen half of it.  I have only seen the part that is most like Paraguay (the northern part - Pampas) and Buenos Aires.  Buenos Aires is like a country in itself!  I have never been to Europe, but I imagine Europe is something like Buenos Aires.  How proud the Argentinos are of there country!  And they have every right to be.  It's wonderful.  Karen, Stephanie and I started our South America Tour in Argentina in December of 2005. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Que puedo decir de Argentina!?  He visitado muchas veces, pero siento que no he visto la mitad!  Solamente he visto el parte más similar de Paraguay (el norte - Pampas) y Buenos Aires.  Buenos Aires es como un pais, tambien!  Nunca he viajado a europa, pero me imagino que europa es parecido a Buenos Aires.  Que orgulloso son los argentinos de su pais!  Pero tienen cada derecho.  Es maravilloso.  Karen, Stephanie y yo empecemos nuestra "Tour" de America Sur en Argentina en diciembre 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-5631640343880608864?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/5631640343880608864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=5631640343880608864' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/5631640343880608864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/5631640343880608864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/argentina.html' title='Argentina'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD6GzrCGJI/AAAAAAAAAHY/AmxMuXnf5mo/s72-c/La+Boca+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-276287262660345224</id><published>2007-07-20T10:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T11:52:23.208-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Asunción Christian Academy 2004-2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD3nTrCGII/AAAAAAAAAHQ/yfg1xSvGJrw/s1600-h/we+love+you+leah+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD3nTrCGII/AAAAAAAAAHQ/yfg1xSvGJrw/s400/we+love+you+leah+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089339833596385410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These beautiful children were my first students ever!  As soon as I walked in the door of my little brick classroom on the first day of 3rd grade, I knew I had found my life's calling.  I started with 8 wonderful students and ended the year with 10.  What a great way to start a teaching career!  I have so many fond memories of this class... It was a year full of projects, MadLibs, and FUN!  I will always remember each and every one of them...  I can't believe they just finished 5th grade!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Esos niños hermosos eran mis primeros alumnos!  Cuando entré en mi salón de ladrillos la primer día de clases, supe que hubiera encontrado mi llamada en la vida.  Comencé con 8 alumnos maravillosos y terminé con 10.  Que gran manera de empezar una carrera de maestra!  Tengo muchas memorias buenas de este clase... Era un año de projectos, MadLibs, y diversión!  Siempre recordaré de cada uno...  No puedo creer que ya han terminado el 5º grado!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-276287262660345224?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/276287262660345224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=276287262660345224' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/276287262660345224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/276287262660345224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/asuncin-christian-academy-04-05.html' title='Asunción Christian Academy 2004-2005'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD3nTrCGII/AAAAAAAAAHQ/yfg1xSvGJrw/s72-c/we+love+you+leah+3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-155915409934618056</id><published>2007-07-20T10:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T11:24:08.316-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Paraguay</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD9szrCGOI/AAAAAAAAAIA/QdYA1Aw8TnU/s1600-h/Asuncion+view.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD9szrCGOI/AAAAAAAAAIA/QdYA1Aw8TnU/s400/Asuncion+view.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089346525155432674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Asunción&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Mba’éichapa!  Paraguay... I could fill a whole blog about this country.  It was my home for 2 years!  I will never forget the heat, the beautiful flowers, the friends I have there, the absurdities, the soccer games, the chipa, the ñanduti, the guarani, the list could go on forever.  I miss that little land-locked country greatly.   Jajoechapeve!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mba’éichapa!  Paraguay... Puedo llenar un blog entero de este pais.  Era mi hogar para 2 años!  Nunca olvidaré el calor, los flores hermosos, mis amigos, las cosas diferentes, la cancha, el chipa, el ñanduti, el guaraní, la lista pueda continuar.  Me extraño a ese pais rodeado de tierra muchísimo!  Jajoechapeve!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-155915409934618056?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/155915409934618056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=155915409934618056' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/155915409934618056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/155915409934618056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/paraguay.html' title='Paraguay'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD9szrCGOI/AAAAAAAAAIA/QdYA1Aw8TnU/s72-c/Asuncion+view.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-4430887318968569671</id><published>2007-07-20T10:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T10:28:24.987-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rwanda</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqDtqjrCGHI/AAAAAAAAAHI/w5QxBVgJo9g/s1600-h/rwanda.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqDtqjrCGHI/AAAAAAAAAHI/w5QxBVgJo9g/s400/rwanda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089328894314682482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Imana Data!  Praise God!  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Gloria a Dios!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The LoveWorks missions trip to Rwanda was amazing.  I went with a group of 10 that included my two sisters and my cousin Nicole.  Africa is full of life - joy, brilliant colors, smiling faces.  But it is also full of pain, sorrow, and death.  We were there about 10 years after the genocide.  What an incredible, emotional experience.  The Rwandan people have so many stories.  The church is doing a great work there.  I want to go back someday! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;El viaje misionero de LoveWorks a Rwanda fue maravilloso.  Fui con un grupo de 10 inculyendo mis dos hermanas y mi prima Nicole.  Africa es llena de vida - gozo, colores brillantes, rostros sonriendo.  Pero tambien es llena de dolor, pena, y muerte.  Estabamos allí 10 años despues del genocidio.  Que experiencia increible e emocionante.   La gente de Rwanda tienen mucha historia.  La iglesia esta haciendo un gran trabajo.  Quiero regresarme algún día!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-4430887318968569671?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/4430887318968569671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=4430887318968569671' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/4430887318968569671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/4430887318968569671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/rwanda.html' title='Rwanda'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqDtqjrCGHI/AAAAAAAAAHI/w5QxBVgJo9g/s72-c/rwanda.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-1380614255534778345</id><published>2007-07-20T09:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T11:21:46.372-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Brazil</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD9IjrCGNI/AAAAAAAAAH4/_9ypbRsc1og/s1600-h/Argentina+56.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD9IjrCGNI/AAAAAAAAAH4/_9ypbRsc1og/s400/Argentina+56.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089345902385174738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Brazil is beautiful!  If they spoke Spanish, I'd probably be living there right now!  I went to Brazil for the first time in 2001 on a LoveWorks missions trip through Point Loma.  I fell in love with Rio's coastline, the smiling, friendly Brasilieros, and the slowness of life...  We spent time in Sao Paolo, Rio de Janiero, and Campinas.  When I was living in Paraguay, I ventured across the infamous Friendship Bridge many times to see Iguassu Falls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Brazil es hermoso!  Si hablarian castellano, probablamente estaría viviendo allá ahorita!  Fui a Brazil por la primera vez en 2001 con un grupo misionero de LoveWorks de Point Loma.  Estaba enamorada con la costa de Rio, los brasilieros amables y con sonrisas, y el paso lento de la vida...  Quedamos en Sao Paolo, Rio de Janiero, y Campinas.  Cuando estaba viviendo en Paraguay, fui por la infamosa puente de amistad muchas veces a ver las Cataratas de Iguasu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-1380614255534778345?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/1380614255534778345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=1380614255534778345' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/1380614255534778345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/1380614255534778345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/brazil.html' title='Brazil'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD9IjrCGNI/AAAAAAAAAH4/_9ypbRsc1og/s72-c/Argentina+56.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-6846402128586777302</id><published>2007-07-20T09:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T09:37:30.016-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PLNU</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqDkrzrCGFI/AAAAAAAAAGs/bpXir-CM0bU/s1600-h/defaul1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqDkrzrCGFI/AAAAAAAAAGs/bpXir-CM0bU/s320/defaul1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089319020184868946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I graduated in 2004 with a degree in Liberal Studies.  Ah, Point Loma.  I wanted to go there since I knew what college was.  And then I went.  It was great - just different than I had expected.  Now that I'm on the other side, though - I wouldn't trade my college experience for anything.  I'm actually a Point Loma student again.  I'm working on my Masters degree in Education.  Go Sea Lions!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Gradué en 2004 con un título en educación.  Ah, Point Loma.  Yo quise ir desde que supe que era la universidad.  Y fui.  Fue maravilloso - pero differente que mis expectaciones.  Ahora estoy por el otro lado, y no cambiaré mi experiencia en la universidad por nada.  Actualmente, soy una estudiante de Point Loma otra vez.  Estoy trabajando por mi título Masters en educacion.  Dale Leones del Mar!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-6846402128586777302?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/6846402128586777302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=6846402128586777302' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/6846402128586777302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/6846402128586777302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/plnu.html' title='PLNU'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqDkrzrCGFI/AAAAAAAAAGs/bpXir-CM0bU/s72-c/defaul1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-3915344299120421892</id><published>2007-07-20T00:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T11:19:53.494-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mexico</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD8rzrCGMI/AAAAAAAAAHw/HgzI-5eXgdw/s1600-h/CIMG0048.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD8rzrCGMI/AAAAAAAAAHw/HgzI-5eXgdw/s400/CIMG0048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089345408463935682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My sisters and me in Ensenada&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mis hermanas y yo en Ensenada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Me Querido Mexico...  I love this country!  I first went to Mexico with my family, I'm sure, but the first time I remember being in Mexico is when I went with Project YES.  Project YES was a short-term missions program through Point Loma Nazarene University (my alma mater) for high school students.  I went every year as a high schooler, then in college, I led a group of students each year.  I lived for that week during Easter break...  Since then, I've been to Mexico for quick fun trips and a family trip to Ensenada for New Years 2007.  Mexico has a special place in my heart - I hope to live there someday... Or at least see more of the country than just Baja California!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Me Querido Mexico...  Me encanta este pais!  Fui a Mexico con mi familia, estoy segura, pero la primera vez que recuerdo que estaba allí es cuando fui con Projecto YES.  El Projecto YES fue una programa de misiones de Point Loma Nazarene University (donde fui yo) para estudiantes de secundario.  Yo fui cada año como estudiante, y despues como estudiante universitario, yo fui cada año como lider.  Yo viví para estas semanas durante las vacaciones de Pascuas...  Desde ese tiempo, fui a Mexico para visititas divertidas y un viaje con mi familia a Ensenada para el Año Nuevo 2007.  Mexico tiene un lugar especial en mi corazón - espero que pueda vivir allá algún día... O por lo menos ver más que el parte del norte, Baja California! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-3915344299120421892?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/3915344299120421892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=3915344299120421892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/3915344299120421892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/3915344299120421892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/mexico.html' title='Mexico'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD8rzrCGMI/AAAAAAAAAHw/HgzI-5eXgdw/s72-c/CIMG0048.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-5671757083784100630</id><published>2007-07-20T00:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T11:18:11.669-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Canada</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD8QzrCGLI/AAAAAAAAAHo/MKAwMxE-I94/s1600-h/atlantic+coast.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD8QzrCGLI/AAAAAAAAAHo/MKAwMxE-I94/s400/atlantic+coast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089344944607467698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Canadian Atlantic Coast&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;El Costo Atlántico del Canada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, Canada!  My first experience with this peaceful nation was when I went to Toronto in 1999 for the Nazarene Youth Congress.  It was a great experience, but luckily that wasn't all.  I was blessed to have a Canadian roomate (Karen) when I lived in Paraguay.  During the summer of 2005 I went to Eastern Canada with her.  I was able to visit the beautiful provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ontario.  I even stood at the foot of the bridge to Prince Edward Island!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;O, Canada!  Mi primera experiencia de esta nacion de paz era cuando fui a Toronto en el año 1999 para el Congreso Nazareno para Jovenes.  Fue una experiencia linda, pero que suerte que no fue la ultima.  Era una bendicion de tener una amiga canadiense (Karen) cuando estaba en Paraguay.  Durante el verano 2005 fui al este de Canada con ella.  Visité las provincias de Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, y Ontario!  Tambien me paré al principio de la puente a Prince Edward Island!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-5671757083784100630?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/5671757083784100630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=5671757083784100630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/5671757083784100630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/5671757083784100630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/canada.html' title='Canada'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD8QzrCGLI/AAAAAAAAAHo/MKAwMxE-I94/s72-c/atlantic+coast.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755699900040089564.post-2518923176425630814</id><published>2007-07-19T23:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T11:16:16.940-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Auberry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD75jrCGKI/AAAAAAAAAHg/HXCRa2GGzf4/s1600-h/auberry1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD75jrCGKI/AAAAAAAAAHg/HXCRa2GGzf4/s400/auberry1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089344545175509154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah, Auberry.  I miss that little town!  I grew up there, with the oak trees and the cows.  It was a great place to grow up in.  Good schools, good friends.  I wasn't born there (I was born in Missouri) but I am definitely Auberrian at heart.  In case you're wondering, Auberry is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills between Fresno and Yosemite, California.  Go Chieftains!  (My elementary school)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ah, Auberry.  Lo extraño a ese pueblo!  Crecí allá, con los arboles y las vacas.  Era un lugar muy buena para crecer.  Escuelas buenas, amigos buenos.  No nací allá (nací en el estado de missouri) pero soy de "Auberrista" de corazón!  Si estás curioso, Auberry está en las montañas Sierra Nevada entre Fresno y Yosemite, California.  Dale Chieftains!  (My escuela primaria)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8755699900040089564-2518923176425630814?l=misstate.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/feeds/2518923176425630814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8755699900040089564&amp;postID=2518923176425630814' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2518923176425630814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8755699900040089564/posts/default/2518923176425630814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://misstate.blogspot.com/2007/07/auberry.html' title='Auberry'/><author><name>Rebecca Tate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08900368357448512377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_pf8EWJDIY1c/RqD75jrCGKI/AAAAAAAAAHg/HXCRa2GGzf4/s72-c/auberry1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
