my first sunday! during church i went to the youth group and listened to andrea teach... hearing the Bible preached in spanish is something i am really going to have to get used to... it's hard because i have to focus a lot and it gives me a headache. i'm looking forward to waking up tomorrow morning and devouring some of the sermons on my ipod before the day starts. but i really like listening to people worship in spanish... it amazes me how their voices are heard and celebrated in heaven just as much as ours.
we watched mexico lose today in the world cup :( which was not exactly ideal, to say the least. all the interns and some others (mexicans) from the church came over to samuel and auroras to watch and eat lunch. afterwards we played baseball with a tennis racket and it was so fun... there was a lot of laughing and teasing in both spanish and english and even spanglish, and it was good to start to feel normal here, that i am starting to know everyone as friends and not strangers.
my mexican culture learning today: esli and i went for a run in the mountains around where we live. for one thing, the altitude makes it harder to breathe. for another, the mountains are exhausting. but the best part is the angry dogs, perros enojados. apparently all dogs in mexico are really, really mad. luckily where i live most of them are locked up, so all they can do is snarl and bark and foam at the mouth at you. but every now and then you find a roamer that will chase you and jump on you and more or less attack you. looking back it's kind of funny, but at the time both of us were a little freaked out, even though she's used to it and lives here.
i'm really exhausted right now (therefore going to bed like a smart kid) but my goal for the next post is to share something of spiritual value, soo now there is that to look forward to. and now that i've told you publicly i'm obligated to do it. buenas noches chavos.
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