A Full Weekend

On Friday, a bunch of the teachers went out to see a play at a local theatre. It was free, so of course everyone went. It was in Spanish, so I didn't get much of it, but you could get the idea. It was called "Hombres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios," in English, "Men on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown." It was weird. And inappropriate. But interesting. It gave us all something to talk about later. It was a comedy/commentary about men and women. So you can imagine it got a bit bawdy at times.

After that, we got cachapas,(YES!) and some of us went dancing! It was just a bar, so they didn't charge a cover, so FREE DANCING!!!! They played some music and also had a live band. Awesome.

On Saturday, Amy and I went to Calle del Sol, which is the downtown area where there are lots of stores and street vendors. We got umbrellas and Amy got one of these cute hat things the women wear here. When we tried to take a concho back, they told us that they weren't going that way and we had to walk a few blocks to take one going the other direction. We thought he was wrong, but we followed his directions anyways. The next concho said they would take us there, but we quickly realized he was going the wrong direction. We thought maybe he was going to take us his whole route before we got to our stop, but when we got to the other side of town, he made us get out because he wasn't taking us any further. >:( So we asked people around there where we were, and found a different concho that we knew went really close to our apartments, and asked him if he would take us. It was a long ride, but we finally got there. We had just gotten out of the concho and were walking down the street when we met up with Andrew, Beth, and Keith heading to the baseball game we were all going to that night. So then we got in another concho to a baseball game. For those of you who don't know, baseball is HUGE here. Everyone loves baseball, plays baseball, goes to baseball games, everything. The game was kind of a bust, since the home team got their butts kicks. But we tried to make the most of it. There were several of us there, and the final innings quickly devolved into a water/rum fight amongst us. After that, we got some yoniqueques (pronounced "johnny-cakes") and went up to the monument, which Amy and I had never done. It all helped us forget our misadventures earlier.

Sunday was so exciting at church. They had power again! (they hadn't for several Sundays, so I hadn't been playing) And there were TWO BAPTISMS! And Pastor Alex had a great sermon about original sin and the importance of baptism especially for infants.

Last night also saw round three of a vicious Hand and Foot epic between the women (Amy and her roommate Katie) and the men (Guessly, Katie's boyfriend, and me). It's men 2:1 right now. We'll keep you updated as the drama unfolds.