Hi friends! I hope this finds all of you having a wonderful Superbowl Sunday! I have to say I am so out of the loop I just found out it was Superbowl Sunday on Friday when Greg mentioned that we needed to plan our menu for the game. ;o) So as you can see life is a tiny bit different here.
We spent most of the week out of town. We did some homeschool field trips and learned about another people group a few hours away from here. It was sooo interesting to see how different people groups live, believe, worship, etc... There were many similarities in our people group and some that were very different. Hope you enjoy the photos.
Last Saturday (before we left on our trip) we had 3 friends put their faith in Christ and have decided to follow Him no matter what. For some of you that may not seem like a big deal. However, many of them have to overcome many obstacles just to come to our study. So for them, this is a VERY big decision. We were so happy for them! Please pray that they will be blessed and that as they grow in their faith their husbands would be drawn to know Him as well.
We ate at very yummy Italian restaurant to celebrate Greg's 43d birthday. Annie ordered a pizza and they brought it out to her to make. She loved it!
That is a smiley face with a tongue licking it's lips.
The staff singing to Greg.
He gets cuter each year!
So we went from one extreme to another. This was another restaurant we ate in. ;o)
This little one was too precious but was so hungry she ended up eating almost all of the food we ordered. It was her mom's restaurant.
lunch.
This was her mom. She was sweet but has led such a tough life. She left her mom and dad when she was 8 years old to go to Mexico City to try and find work. She said she had no shoes and never ate so she left to find work so she could eat. She is happy that her daughter isn't starving. Of course I was thinking, "Then why did she eat my entire plate of food?" She lives out in the middle of nowhere and has a disabled son too. Her husband is disabled as well and it was just she and her mother-in-law trying to keep things going. She looked hollow to me. Like she had no hope.
We visited a place near her restaurant that their people group are known to use as a place of worship. I took this picture there.
It was quite large. We were the only people there so it looks even bigger! Everything there had a symbolic meaning. However, basically it is a place to worship the sun and pray for rain, good crops, and fertile soil. Every first Sunday of the month they said it is filled with people and they come and do dances and pray to the sun.
These cone shaped houses are opened on Sundays and that is where they go to pray.
This little fellow was cut out of the bushes and I have no idea what he is supposed to symbolize but I believe he symbolizes something because everything else had a meaning.
This is the sun, with 3 little nuts in front of it. It was quite impressive, just sad that people actually still pray to things like this.
Me and my honey with a beautiful view behind us.
My 3 little goofballs dancing in the fire where dancers normally dance for rain! Must have done something because it rained soon after! ;o)
This is what the typical clothing the women of this people group where. It is much more simple than our people wear now, but looked much less expensive and more comfortable! But... not near as pretty!
This guy was supposed to be a messenger. He would take the messages that were given to him to the sun.
These were some of the views we saw on our trip. So pretty.
It was quite chilly where we were and up on the mountains you can see it was snow covered. It made for a very pretty picture!
This is how most of the homes looked. No paint, no brick, it was all cinder block. And some shacks too.
This was made of just about everything. Trash, car parts, you name it.
We saw some houses painted, but not like where we live now.
This was a very sweet girl we met who told us just about everything we could possibly need or want to know about this people group. She and Annie hit it off! Annie could make friends with a wall if she needed to! ;o)
We saw this a lot. We haven't seen ANY turkeys where we live so this is a lot different. But we didn't see many cows and we have those everywhere here. They were probably a lot thinner too, but I didn't really notice! ;o)
After our research trip we rewarded the kids with playing in a heated pool.
Locos!
There was an arcade that had these cool cars and Annie had fun on them!
We also went to a very cool mall, where Annie walked some interesting dogs!
So as you can see we had a great time, learned a lot and now my family is watching the game. Well, all but me. SO I guess I should go be part of the American tradition and watch the Superbowl game! Love to all!!
