I woke up today around 9am to get ready for workouts at 9:30 with Andrew. During our workout it started raining so I left to go back inside a little early (don’t want to get sick!). After the workout Lina volunteered to cook some eggs for me and I was very grateful for her doing that. Even though she only cooked 4 eggs for me, I could barely finish them as they tasted different than what I’m used to and I was still not cooled off from my workout. Nevertheless, I finished my breakfast and then relaxed for a little while.
The internet wasn’t working last night so I took a few minutes to get on the internet during this time and update my blog. Following this I took a shower and by the time I got ready it was around 1:30pm. I went downstairs to find Luigi writing down a shopping list and Lina getting ready to leave. I asked if I could go with Luigi and he said it would be fine. I then asked if we could talk with Andrew and we headed over to his house before leaving for the supermarket. Andrew wanted to go buy some things at the market so he came along with us.
We got on the microbus to take us to the supermarket and pretty soon we were arrived at Bodega Aurrera. As I walked inside this supermarket I was reminded of Sam’s Club. This is because the ceiling is quite high and they stack boxes of stored product above all of the shelves. I had only 2 or 3 things to buy walking into the store, and I only walked out with 1 of them. The 3 things I would have liked were apples, iodine liquid (fruit cleaner), and peanut butter. Surprisingly, they only had the apples there. Apparently not a lot of Mexicans eat peanut butter, because the only jars I could find were quite small and very expensive. Also, apparently Mexicans don’t clean their fruit like the missionaries do with iodine. I may try to clean mine with just water, but I really would rather not (just in case).
Following our quick shopping experience in a Mexican supermarket, we got back to Urbi in a micro and Andrew went home. By this point Luigi and I were pretty hungry so we decided to go eat at Lina’s sister’s kitchen. Lina’s sister basically has a small restaurant setup in the front of her house and it looks quite nice. I was able to eat a nice thin steak while I was there and some soup with beef.
After we were done eating, Luigi and I headed over to Lina’s other sister’s place to buy some soap. I bought some chips that were “Adobado” flavored (it’s a certain pepper flavor similar to BBQ) and they were pretty good.
After this I went over to the mission house where Andrew, Casey, and I taught English to a few niñas. Everything went well and pretty soon the class was over. As the class ended we heard someone playing guitar outside and singing a song in Spanish. I looked out the door and saw people carrying cakes and one of the church members playing his guitar while singing to Casey. The surprise party had begun!
When the surprise party got into full swing it was similar to the one we had about a week ago for Casey’s wife, Terri. Today’s surprise party was filled with food, laughs, and I learned a new gesture that means “give me a bribe”. Not sure if I’ll ever use that, but I’ll know what it means if someone else does it to me! Also, they have a tradition here of biting the cake if it’s your birthday. Casey bit the cake and they shoved his face in it as he did (as tradition dictates). It was really funny to watch and I took a few pictures to remember it. As the party died down we were reminded that Casey and his family are leaving tomorrow for vacation for about a week and a half. Andrew and I said our goodbyes to them as they left and wished them a happy trip to see their family. Andrew and I prayed before going our separate ways and talked about the plan for this upcoming weekend. We’re going to be busy this weekend as all the responsibilities of the Hancock’s now falls on us. Pray that we’ll do a good job with everything!
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