Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Oaxaca Fun

We've gotten to experience some really awesome things over the past few weeks. Our friend Moises is in theater and invited us to see him perform in a play in one of the villages.


They did a great job! Even though it was all in Spanish we were thoroughly entertained and able to follow the story line. It was definitely a fun experience!


We spent some more time with teams from the States that have been here on vision trips as well. This usually involves showing them around the Zocalo and helping them barter in the markets. It's been so awesome to meet fellow believers from all over the States here in Oaxaca.


Hannah and I filled in for Shelley and helped Jasmine with one of their intercambios for a couple of weeks. Intercambios are exchanges where we basically just talk in order to help them with English and in turn they help us with Spanish. This has been a great way for us to make friends and share stories from the Word.


Our friend Marianna took us to a really cool free museum in downtown Oaxaca. 


Our neighbor, Noemi, took us out hunting for chapulines (grasshoppers) and then taught us how to cook them. It was a truly authentic Mexican experience and so much fun!


First, she took us out to some open fields where we caught the chapulines and put them in plastic bags to take home.


We boiled them until they turned brown.


And then we rinsed them and picked out any grass.


Next, we fried them with some garlic and lemon.


They actually tasted better than the chapulines we tried from the market!


A few Sundays ago we took a team trip to Hierve El Agua which are sedimentary falls and the name literally translates as "boiling water". The water bubbles up from below and there are places deep enough to swim. It is absolutely gorgeous!


So beautiful!


We had a free morning one day, so we decided to take a trip to the nearby Zoo!


This one is for my Auburn Family..a big "War Eagle!" and "Go Tigers!" from Mexico!


I have been missing Fall a little bit and I've been dying to have a fiesta at our apartment, so one night we had a Fall Fiesta! Several of our Mexican friends came and we had tons of fun playing games in Spanglish! Praise God that He surpasses language barriers and that He helps us overcome them as well!


This Lord has continued to bless us and teach us and show us favor among the people here. Continue to be praying for the rest of our time here, that we will be obedient in all that He calls us to do, and that He would save many!

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