ME ENCANTA GUANAJUATO!!!

MUCHO! MUCHO! MUCHO!!!!! I can't believe I have only been here for the weekend, its so amazing.



Friday night we ended up just sleeping and Saturday we woke up to meet Christain at 10:30(EARLY!!!) to get phones...too bad I didn't bring my passport and have no pesos still...so Becka and Alli did instead. Christian is from Mexico, but best friends with Becka since he went to school in West Virginia also...all these WV people! Before getting the phones we walked around and after we went to Mercado Hildago....above the city-meaning we had to climb a huge hill...seriously nothing is like these hills down here. Even the stairs are hard because they are 2-3 times the size of standard stairs in the states. After lunch Becca and I went to a Youth Service with our sisters-also out of town, but we rode the bus...for a whole 4 pesos! It was hard to stay concentrated when you don't understand much, but one of the songs was one that we knew so we sang in English while everyone else was singing in Spanish. It was amazing to be connecting with these people I barely know through worship.

After service, I showered:) and got ready for the Birthday celebration. (side note-apparently in Mexico it is tradition for the Birthday person to bite the cake then everyone else pushes their head into it, so that their face is covered in frosting...we took it easy on Becca) Alli, Steven and Steven's friend from Ghana-that goes to school here, met us at our house for a wonderful night of dancing. The night life here is amazing. I love it. Lots of people are out walking around and at resaurants (Cena is between 8-10/11 pm) There is a plaza close to my house with outside seating resaurants, candles, even tvs put out so that the atmosphere is very open, calm and fun. You can hear the music from the clubs or street vendors and the lights make is so pretty. I cannot wait until its warmer! There are lots of clubs to dance at and we went to a few...also here clubs are open till 4-5 am so when we started at 11 it was DEAD, hardly anyone was there. A lot of people smoke in the clubs-my clothes, hair and skin REEKED like stale cigarette smoke this morning. Thank goodness for perfume when there isn't time to shower! The music was so loud my ears were still ringing when I got home. It was a superb night! Happy Birthday Becca!

Today, after getting little sleep, I went to church at 10:00 am, we did not get done until 2:00! They sang for a VERY long time and had the LONGEST prayers ever. Also hard when you don't understand the language its hard to tell when they are going to say 'amen' and can miss it easily so its a little embarrassing to look up and the prayer has been over...oops. After that, we waited and rode on a bus for an hour and a half for una fiesta for the baby that was dedicated before the service started. It was Mexico. We were on a two level patio, the grandpas (I think) were playing guitar the whole time and singing, lots of laughing, different conversations, traditional mexican food(mole-..didn't like it much) and everything. Mother: Mole is pronounced mow-lay. Everyone is so welcoming and nice. Us foreigners stumbled through convo and I even gave english lessons to the pastor of the young persons service! He said he would help me with piano and spanish...he has a degree in music!