Peaks and Valleys

Ok, so this exercise is called many things (highs and lows, happies and crappies, good and bad), but the point is to talk about the best thing and the worst thing that happened this week. I thought it would be appropriate to tell you guys the best and worst experiences so far. Seeing how this is the first week of being here, it will be a little hard to narrow it down to only one good thing so I'm gonna narrow it down to one day.

First, it had been raining nonstop for 7 days. This rain varied from raining cats and dogs to almost misting. Everyone was cold and wet, which can be down right miserable, but we had high hopes for a wonderfully sunny saturday. When we all woke up saturday morning to more rain and cold wind, it was very disheartening. No one wanted to suffer walking in the cold, but it was better than staying depressed in

the cold Casa ACU. Several of us grabbed a bus and went to a part of town that no one had seen yet, while the others went to find an ATM and drop off some laundry. We walked in the misting rain for a few blocks looking for a place to eat when we stumbled upon a quaint little pizzaria. The place was so warm and inviting; we ended up sitting by a great window seat and instantly became comfortable. I ordered a hamburger, which came with grilled onions, a fried egg, cheese, tomato, mayo, and beer mustard, and fries that were overflowing off the plate. While we ate some awesome food, the weather became clearer and clearer.

By the time we were finished eating, someone noticed bus 121 and saw are group; they had just driven past us and we all laughed and then called them. They were still on the bus so they quickly got off and joined us in the little restaurant. We left and just started aimlessly walking around the big city of Montevideo. That was, hands down, the best thing I have ever done here. No one got lost, everyone saw what they secretly wanted to see and the sun was shining the whole time! Here are some pics of our adventures:

The worst thing about this week was getting home sick... skyping can only help so much. I have decided to personally look up how Abraham and some other famous Bible characters handled living in a foreign country. I want to know why they were there, how it affected their spiritual life and how they coped with home sickness. I'll try to keep an update on my findings so feel free to join me on this Biblical journey. Hopefully this will be my medicine for my sickness.