Hola!!
Bueno hoy fuimos a la iglesia. Church was to begin at 9 and usually we will ride the bus to church but for the first Sunday our mamas drove us all. Marcela drove us and also picked up two other girls in our group, they are living with her mom, because her mom is in charge of communion at their church. Es una familia muy muy amable! Me encantan!
It was an interesting day because when we arrived at church there was NO ONE there except for the guards. Oh bueno, the chapel is inside the same gate as the temple here! It's very cool! But anyways there was no one there -first time ever that I was the first one to church…probably the last time also- has and we just waited until the rest of our group arrived and we were confused why no one was there. Then some guy was at the building picking something up and he told us that today was stake conference (la conferencia de la estaca) and that everyone was at the stake center and the meeting was going to begin at 10. So, we had to wait forever for the last two girls to show up and then we took two buses and then walked a ways to get to the stake center. It was very interesting-a whole line of white kids, dressed in Sunday clothes, and try wearing heels on a bus that is more like a roller coaster!! Ha ha Anyways, we finally got to the stake center and the attendance was really pretty great! There were at least a few hundred people there I think.
At stake conference the speakers were great! The temple president and his wife spoke, the mission president and his wife spoke (I'm pretty sure that's who they were anyway lol), the stake president spoke and then also one of the bishops. The themes of the conference were really missionary work and the importance of temple marriages. It was interesting to see it was kind of different. The people her are just more family involved and orientated. One speaker had 2 ninas bear their testimonies…they were SOO sweet and cute. Another speaker had a joven bear his testimony when he was talking about mission work. Another speaker had a family come up who just had a baby they bore their testimonies on the importance of temple ordinances and being an eternal family. Then he had all these different families stand up to show all the familias eternas. It sounds weird but it was pretty neat. They have a way of being very sincere and direct about the gospel. It's good to realize that the principle of the gospel are the same everywhere but that there are some things that are okay to be different that demonstrate each culture doing their best to live the gospel.
On sundays we don't get food from our families porque la cocina is closed on sundays, as our mom said lol. So , after church nuestra maestra paid for us to go to a restaurant called pipiola- my teacher loves it.
There we had guacamole, and these chip type things and pico de gallo and all sorts of spice things, quesadillas, carne asada tacos-que rico! And beans. It was good!! Oh and horchata.
After that we walked to the bus stop near the school and Michelle and I road the bus home! The rest of the day we spent just kind of hanging out. I uploaded pictures, got a little organized, skyped with the family.
Then Michelle and I made our dinner- tuna sandwiches, tomato juice, ensalada, and banana. But then when the family came home from celebrating father's day she kept asking us if we wanted to eat cena with them so I said yes lol and we had quesadillas with this amazing salsa she made.
We have started eating a little more traditionally. Like today, it was our first day of school, we ate churizo de pavo con huevos for breakfast, then for lunch we had…well Michelle and I ate one lunch at school (burritos of pork and beans and horchata..SO. GOOD! and so cheap!) and then we came home after our classes and we had like this ground meat with potatoes and carrots in a spicy sauce and rice and beans and tortillas. It was delicious! For cena we had….aye I can't remember what it's called but it was like pan with beans and cheese that is toasted and then with salsa. That was SO good also! The salsa was muy pica tonight though! Oh they were called tortas ahogadas.
But today was a great but un poco long day! We went to school, had orientation, had our first classes, got our ID cards and student credentials, went to the mall to buy cell phones, took our first taxi here and apparently got a little bit ripped off because we are americanas, went home to eat, went to FHE and then home again and had cena. Busy day! At FHE some of the YSA came and tomorrow we are going to their salsa dance lessons en la noche at the chapel. Friday night they have a dance that we're going to go to! There were 3 girls and 4 boys that came from the ward to FHE. They were all very nice! Wednesday we are going to the movies…I think we're going to see Toy Story 3…with our group. Also, Michellita and I bought a secador (hairdryer) pero no sirve…it doesn't work..so tomorrow we have to go return in when we are at the galleria because it is next to Walmart.
Well I am very sleepy! So I have to go to sleep but everything is going well! I'm making new friends and learning lots. I love my spanish teacher…she is this cute little younger woman. Our classes are from 9-12 Monday through Friday. We finally got our iten. today so now I will know where we are going for our little weekend trips!
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