Exploration of 18 de Julio

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Church was very different. The first thing we did was greet everyone in the church with a holy kiss. A few of the songs we sang I recognized the melody but could not remember what song it was. However, worship was my favorite part because I was able to participate. It was interesting because first was worship, then communion, then the sermon, then offering. This setup is a contrast to what I have been accustomed to. The sermon was difficult to understand and I am sad to say I just began zoning it out and thinking about other things. It became monotonous and I got super tired. Then after service there was a Bible study which reminded me of Sunday school. That was pretty cool because everyone participated with our limited Spanish and their limited English. Afterward we went to get lunch, and were served by the youth at the church. They are all pretty cool and very sweet. Towards the end we each had to introduce ourselves in Spanish and say our major, where were from, and whether we had un novio o novia. Everybody's introduction went very smoothly and a few got very creative. Jade said she was libre, and everyone burst out laughing. She was confused so later she asked about it and it turns out that Libre can mean free, let go from bondage, or more typically as the signs on many of taxi cabs insinuate "open for business". Finally, we sang two songs and afterwards began to help them clean then walked across the hall in the sanctuary and went back to casa. (The church and the Casa are connected)

After church on Sunday, Jade, Kelly and I decided to go for walk. We walked all the way down to the old town. The old town is the original boundary for the city before people started building up around it. As we walked I just took picture of everything.

This is a video I made of downtown :)






We then had two somewhat interesting events occur one of which was the old woman who followed us (not really) and the men who said HOLA….in a very suggestive way.