Day 12: A Double Dose of Dios

11:10 pm

Happy Mexican Election Day, everyone! Happy Sunday!

This morning I went with Yolanda, one of my supervisors, to her church, Cristo Roca Eterna (Christ the Eternal Rock). It was a Protestant church, but it was still cool. It felt kind of like the churches of my childhood. After the service, we ate a big lunch that they had cooked; it was really really good and everyone was really friendly. Then I went back to the big parroquia church for Mass tonight, so I got my double dose of church for the day.

Today was Simone's birthday, so we went out to dinner at this cute little restaurant called Las Posaditas. It had a roof patio, so we went out there to sit, but then it looked like it was about to start pouring and it got really windy, so we went inside. It was a cute restaurant, but our waiter seemed more than a little flustered and frustrated. Here is a picture of the view from the patio... Isn't it gorgeous?

And here is a cute picture that Clea took of us at the Bagel Cafe the other day; from the left: Aneesha, Erica, Simone, and me.

In the Jardin, in front of the parroquia this evening there were a lot of kids with cheap foil and mylar versions of those Foxtail toys that used to be really popular. There are wandering peddlars that sell them in the public square. Just as the sun was setting, the children would wind up their arms and fling the ball end as high into the sky as it would go; which was pretty high, considering the size of some of those kids. The mylar caught the setting sun and sent spikes of white hot light into the eyes of the mystified children before gravity won (Gravity always wins.) and brought the ball back to the ground with a high bounce, the long, shiny tail streaming behind. There were so many of these toys, so many flying points of light, so many children staring into the sky. It was beautiful.

Thanks to everyone who has been writing me! Tomorrow is my last day in civilization for a week, so write me!

Here is a fun parting shot; a picture of all the interns. From the left: Erica, Aneesha, Erendira, Johanna, Clea, Me, and Simone.

I miss you all! Have a great day! Lots of love!