Pre-Oaxaca

So these past couple have days have been pretty low-key; hence the lack of posts. I have been grasping the language a little better (working on my verbs and their conjugation now) and adapting to the culture and surrounding more. This morning we went to Tijuana for Rigo's ophthalmologist appointment, Berto's scavenge for glasses to accommodate his eyes, and to get some printing completed.

*Rigo's story: He is blind in one eye, I think, from birth (it's all shriveled up), and the retina in his other eye has slowly detached (and recently sped up in detachment causing him to go legally blind in the "good" eye) through his life. Rigo is a student here at the BI and is called to pastor over a church, however, blindness would definitely limit his abilities. So, by the work of God, Rigo's wife's boss offered to pay for a surgery where specialists would reattach his retina, however, pressure built up so greatly in his eye during recovery that he is completely blind now in the "good" eye and they are having trouble getting the swelling down so the specialists can better reevaluate. God's already provided the healing for Rigo--in both eyes!--there just needs to be faith. Pray for him; have faith that God will even bring that shriveled one up to par.*

It's an interesting place, Tijuana. The government/factories build neighborhoods where all the houses are identical and stacked right up next to eachother. People can buy them for cheap and live in them in exchange for working for the factories or through qualification with the government. These houses in Tijuana, though, are like Utopian communities within a Dystopian society, it looks like--rather chilling. We also went to the mall in Tijuana--it's got to be the most immaculate place in all of Mexico. They washed the sidewalks with a floor machine! It was all-outdoors (like the Folsom Outlets); pretty neat! When we came home, I napped for a few hours, made a vegetarian torta (Mexican sandwich), and was on hold with HP Tech support (out-sourced, go figure) for a hour. The activities within this day have been quite diverse. :)

Tomorrow I leave for Oaxaca for a week, where I may or may not have to put my vegetarian habits aside for the time being. I'm thinking I'll want to try the chapulines (toasted and seasoned grasshoppers) just to say I did--might even eat them with honey so I have an odd association with my homeslice, John the Baptist. :P I am definitely going to want to try their quesillo (their acclaimed cheese) and their hot chocolate (also noted for).

Well, I'll be back with my stories! Toodleoo!