Sabbath

 

 Sabbath 9-8-12



         Today we woke up around 9:15 not exactly sure what we wanted to do for the day. But we decided that if there was an Adventist church nearby that we wanted to go. So thanks to the amazingness of Google, we were able to find one that was about a 20 minute walk from our hotel. As we made our way to chuch in the beautiful weather, we thought that people would think that we were some important people due to how much we stood out. Here we are, 2 white men dressed up in church attire walking through the streets with our Bibles in hand amongst an ocean of Bolivians with ratty clothes trying to make ends meet. 

           As we were getting closer to the church, we weret passing a young man our age. Normally you don't really notice who you are near and who is walking on the street, but this guy did. As we were passing him, he hit me on the arm (which kind of startled me) and as I looked at him, he said (in english) "Hey! we are family!" I was very confused until he held up his Bible and pointed to mine. So then I instantly realized that he was an Adventist.

             Alfonso, our new friend is 19 years old and is a student here in Bolivia. He spoke quite good english and is exceptional on the piano. He was very nice and invited us to sit with him in church. Folling church, we invited him to eat with us back at the hotel which he greatly appreciated. On our walk to the hotel, he told us a lot more about Bolivia and Evo Morales (the current president). He was extrememly nice and Eric and I think that it was very lucky to run into him.

           After lunch, Alfonso went home and eric and I went up to the room to have some Bible study and then get some rest as we were very tired. Later on, we woke up and decided that we wanted some Ice cream, so we walked about 15 minutes the the main road that runs through La Paz. It was quite the happening place! We found a delicious ice cream place called "Dumbo's" which had gelato style ice cream, and AMAZING cakes that simply blew our minds. After ice cream, I got some pizza (dessert before the meal.....yeah i know....awesome). We then started back for the hotel so we would't be out late at night in the depths of La Paz  on all the backroads.

          This morning we switched to a little bit cheaper room to save a little money, so that took some time, but after we were finished, we went to the hotel restaurant (again). For lunch, they had a buffet, however it was loaded with meat of all kinds, but as we walked in, a waitress rushed up to us and asked if we would like her to make a special vegetarian dish for us as she knew we were vegetarians. This obviously made us feel quite special as the restaurant was packed and she recognized us.

         As for the rest of the day, we are mostly just louging around and resting up. We will probably go out again later tonight.

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