Well, I'm not back yet. I've got about four or five days left. But, thank goodness, I have wifi, so I can communicate with you all. (:
Driving around the city
In Mexico City, kidnapping is an industry - a business people are in. Taxi drivers and even police officers are in on the kidnapping. So, if you ever go to Mexico City, NEVER get in a taxi. Ever. Just so you know. (:
The houses are soooo colorful. The city is rundown, but in a very pretty way. Random houses are painted neon colors. It's so beautiful. :) The only problem is the graffiti - there's a ton of it!
Next, the Mexican church we performed at. It was huge! Hundreds of people were there. It was awesome. :)
People of all ages - even grown men - would get up and begin to freestyle in the aisles. It was so inspiring - their worship was so sincere!
Dancing at the church
Like my lanyard? :)
People dancing in the sides
One of the many security guards hanging around. We had (and have) to be escorted everywhere --- even to the bathroom! It was crazy, but crazy good. :)
Fast forward a day or two. We went to a Spanish church who had decided to celebrate Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 15th) a little early so we could partake in the festivities. It was amazing. There were mariachis (Mexican bands), pinatas (how cool is that?) and amazingly yummy and weird tasting foods - like, for instance, I tried a candy apple that had a yummy looking coating. So I tried it - it tasted like a mix of sweet, salty, sour, and spicy flavors. It was so strange to be bombarded with all the tastes. I didn't like it very much. Though I can say that I swallowed it - Mom just spat it out onto a napkin. ;)
But my favorite part of the day was meeting two little Mexican girls and playing with them. It was one of the best moments of my life. My only frustration is that I didn't know enough Spanish to have a conversation with them - thankfully one of my friends, Elisabeth, knows enough Spanish to translate, but still it was an AMAZING time. The picture below is of me and the two little girls (the one on the right is Isabella but I forget the first one's name) swishing our skirts and "dancing" to the mariachi music. It was so awesome. A bunch of people were filming it with their cameras, and one of the little girls said afterwards:
"Look what we've got! Paparazzi!" ;)
So, that's all. I know it's Wednesday (right? My sense of time and day is messed up), but I won't be doing WWW because I'm tired of posting pictures. But I'll post one more that I think represents my idea of writing perfectly and it became on of my favorite pictures ever:
