karaoke at the inca lounge!

Today was a blast! We had presentations in spanish class and got to work with clay in art class:) I made a Mayan face out of clay. It was an hour and about 45 minutes of relaxation.:) After class our whole group..(about 19-22 of us) went out to lunch. We are making it our weekly get together. We tried out this yummy place about a block away. We always take up the entire place and sit upstairs. Almost every cute restaurant has a courtyard and paintings along the walls. It's incredible how artistic this city is. From the cobble stone streets and beautifully built cathedrals, to the extraordinary effort and design to the pastries lining the street bakery windows. This city was built for artists! With lunch they serve popcorn for the appetizer and with the soup! haha Corn is extremely abundant here so why not! I love popcorn so I'm not complainin! After lunch a few of us wandered around the city which I find is one of my favorite past times. Good conversation and great for exploring the city and discovering new secret jewels of the city. There are sooo many tucked away restuarants and cafe's. They are hidden within small courtyards and secret gardens. I call it treasure hunting!:)   ..( haha which i also use the term to refer to saturday morning garage sales...lol in the states) After stumbling upon some more treasure we sat down and had some good heart to hearts. Our friend is having a hard time dealing with her overbearing father from home. He is extremely hard on her and brings her to tears just about everytime they speak. Please pray that she will have a better relationship with her father.
I was happy because later tonight we all met up again at Inca Lounge (gringo bar) and we all had a great time hanging out and listening to karaoke. She went up and sang her little heart out. She did fantastic. She has a voice of an angel and you can totally tell that she could lead her own choir. ( She leads gospel choir back home!) I have a blast with her and it was so great to have fun and laugh with her tonight after seeing that she's been going through a lot this week. Our other guy friend that has been really home sick also had a great time tonight. He has never left his home town for such a long time and is especially close to his family. Tonight was good for him to have some american culture and feel like he belongs. Inca lounge is VERY american and sports are on and its just were most gringo's go. ( Especially on wednesdays---open mike night)
This weekend we have another excursion on Sunday and are going to this city Guyali...something and they have great shopping there for really cheep. Looking forward to finding some really great jewlry..:) Jenny and I went to dance class again yesterday and crazy crazy it was fantasticoooo. Different teacher this time and man can she shake it like shakira. We actually learned a lot of moves ffrom the shakira dance video it was fabulous. (world cup one)
Its late and i have class super early. But for some reason I'm awake.! haa
Tomorrow we are starting bible study and I'm pumped for that. Please pray that it will come together and we will all be able to learn and grow from eachother. I pray that we are challenged and pushed by the truth. I pray that it will be centered around Jesus and our fellowship to seek Him.
:)