Sunday

Sunday we felt very good and refreshed. We got up and had breakfast at 8am, in the hotel courtyard. We were still getting acclimated to the food, and breakfast was very different from back home. I'm not really sure what it was, but it looked like tortillas in a green chili sauce with cheese and sour cream.

We zoomed through Oaxaca in three taxis to get to church, and we got there just as the first service was ending. (I do not have pictures because I was a ding-a-ling, and forgot my camera.) There were four young women and four young men warming up in front of the stage. The men had flags, and the woman had long dresses and tambourines. When the service started, the woman danced and the men twirled the flags. It was very beautiful, and moving.
Lucky for us, the words to the songs were up on the screen, and we could follow along as best we could. It was great to sing in Spanish, not really knowing what you were saying, but knowing you were praising the Lord anyway. We recognized one song, but most were new to us. It was really fabulous.
The sermon was an hour long, and was on Jealousy and envy. I (Jennifer) was able to follow it a tiny bit, but the pastor spoke so fast it hurt my head to try and keep up. We were able to follow along with the bible verses, though, so that made us understand a tiny bit of what he was talking about.

When the service was ended, we headed back to the hotel and then out to lunch. We went to the Zocalo (the town square), and had lunch. We spied some signs advertising the Superbowl, (and they had a big screen TV inside), so the group decided to come back to the restaurant to watch the Superbowl and eat dinner. I was very tired so I rested in my room and watched the Superbowl there.

We all tried to turn in early to rest up for Monday, because we knew it would be a long day.