Church!

Ok...so like I promised, I'm going to give ya'll the run down of our church situation...

Basically, New Tribes Mission has asked that all the missionaries down here get involved in a Bolivian Church. I'm very excited about this because I know that will greatly improve my language learning! So, they gave us about three different churches to try and this last week was our first one. It is called Templo Cristiano. Its only a block from our place. The service we were going to was supposed to start at 10:30 a.m. Andy said that we wouldn't leave till 10:45 because churches here never start on time! I was pretty distressed because in my mind...thats 15 minutes that church has been going on...and we've missed it! Might as well not even go right?? WELL...we get to church at like 10:48..and the FIRST service was still going on!!! I laughed out loud. Andy had been right...and we felt so out of place being early...and right in the way. :/ Oh well...I learned my lesson... Our service didn't actually get going till 11:09. Yikes! So latin america...

The service was good. I actually understood many of the songs...because they were american tunes. So that helped me learn the Spanish words for things... It was quite a roudy church...much different from our church at home. But I still really enjoyed it and there were many young people that Andy would LOVE to get involved with! So, we'll see...next week is a church farther away. We still don't know the name of it...we might have to take a taxi...

So, I'll keep you posted on what we decide! It'll be like House Hunters on HGTV...but instead of houses...its churches! Haha... The reason that its so important to find a church where you "fit" is because churches down here are like your family. They have TONS of social events and really reach out to you...So, that is why we're on the hunt...I'll keep you posted. Thats all for now I guess!