Independence Day... of Mexico!

The 15th of September was El Día de Independencia in Mexico. They also are into fireworks like 4th of July. We went to the center of town where they have the traditional "El Grito (which means "The Yell"). The Governor yells, "Vive (insert Mexican hero here)" a bunch of times and then ends in "Vive Mexico!" As far as I know, they do that in all the Mexican cities, and the President does it in Mexico City. Here are some pics from the night:

 Fireworks!

 You can't really see it, but the center was so full, they had police blockades to ensure people weren't standing on top of each other.

 This is the very center of town (packed). The pole-looking thing is a camera.

 The Governor up on the balcony, spotlight and all.

 Some of the people I was with (from Czech Slovakia and Japan). I thought this one looked "artsy."

 I had to get a picture of one of the guys with a sombrero and mustache.

 The news crew.

 There were some kids breakdancing in the center. Naturally, I couldn't resist the urge to join them. There's a picture of me trying to handstand in the middle of this circle on facebook .

 A bunch of kids were playing in the plaza.

You could finds these street (literally) vendors all over the place, especially with patriotic colors, flags, etc.

Things to come:

A typical day in Mexico

Other international students

Prayers:

Total satisfaction and dependence in Jesus (He is slowing showing me what that looks like)

Total, complete discipline with time and habits.

For a fruitful relationship with my host family 

Pray specifically for Augustine, Alan, Juan, Andy, and Nav

More pics from Teotihuacan

Trip to Teotihuacan

I went to Teotihuacan (I still have troubles with pronouncing that word) last weekend and it was pretty cool to see stuff that I had only seen in textbooks before. It's the ancient Mayan city with pyramids that have been around for... well, a really long time. Here are some pictures from the trip. I took a whole bunch, so I'll post more later. Up and coming is the 4th of July of Mexico- 15th of September. It's sure to be colorful and loud (they like fireworks too), so I'll be updating about that this week.

Things to come:

A typical day in Mexico

Other international students

Prayers:

Total satisfaction and dependence in Jesus (He is slowing showing me what that looks like)

For a fruitful relationship with my host family 

Patience with learning Spanish

Confidence in my identity in Christ

Pray specifically for Augustine, Alan, and Juan

The Mexican Circus

We've our first round of exams coming up this week so this weekend the only traveling I'll be doing is to the local starbucks (or maybe I should find a cool local coffee shop). Well I've got some pictures from the circus that I wanted to share. Basically the circus is held every weekend in downtown and the place they have it in holds about 75 people. It's a good show not only in the sense that the performers have cool talents, but during the transition times they also had little entertaining skits that often involved the audience. So that was definitely a cool Mexican experience. I also went to the pyramids of Teotihuacan this past weekend, and I'll post some pictures of that shortly.

Things to come:

A typical day in Mexico 

Other international students

Pics Teotihucaun

Prayers:

Total satisfaction and dependence in Jesus (He is slowing showing me what that looks like)

For a fruitful relationship with my host family 

Patience with learning Spanish

Confidence in my identity in Christ

Pray specifically for Augustine and Alan