Peru: Day 28 (The Exclusive and Exceptional Event of Emotional Equanimity and Ease)

Almost a month. Muy loco. This past Friday, Becky, Mary, and I were invited to Vanessa D's house. We had a delicious Peruvian-style dinner, and such a good dessert. So simple, and so tasty. A banana in the microwave or oven, sliced down the centre and covered with some butter. Don't try this at home though, because it was an other-than-ordinary banana. Something down here. Really really good though. After dinner, we watched 'The Tuxedo', and then 'A Walk to Remember', and then, 'Casino Royale'. We were up pretty late. Like the sun was gonna rise in a couple hours late. Like in bed around 4:30ish. It was definitely fun, and good to get away from the school. It is a little hard to be working at the school when 'going home' means walking twenty steps to your room.
Such is the case, that I decided to take a day to myself yesterday. Saturday. It was awesome. I woke up at ten, showered, ate, and left at about quarter to eleven. I got on a bus that was headed in a somewhat sort of similar direction as I was headed. I rode the bus for about an hour and a half. I got off somewhere close to the airport. (Quite a ways from my final destination). I hopped onto another bus and road along the ocean up on the cliffs, down beside the beach. A really nice ride. I got off that bus about a hour walk from my final destination. I walked through parks filled with people and artwork and statues, atop a cliff with the ocean breeze around me and the waves crashing below me. It was a gorgeous day out, sun shine and warm winds. So nice. I think God new exactly what I needed. I got to Larcomar, my final destination, and went to Starbucks, grabbed a Manjar Blanco Frapp, exclusive to Peru. Tasty. In Starbucks, I met a couple of Canadian girls who were just down for a couple of weeks. We chatted for a bit and then they left. I then went to a cliffside cafe/restaurant and sat on their balcony for awhile. After wandering around Larcomar some more, I headed for Miraflores. Miraflores on a bright and sunny Saturday is amazing. There are street vendors set up everywhere. Tons of paintings and crafts. Lots of little food vendors. The real food is with these guys. Empanadas, Churros, Manjar treats. (Manjar is a sort of Peruvian caramel). I went into a little cafe in Miraflores and had some tea. I brought my Bible with me so this provided me with a good chance to chill out and read it some. (I'd read it on the balcony at the restaurant as well, but this was pretty nice too). After some more wandering around Miraflores, I made my way to Jockey Plaza. It is a shopping mall, and I needed a couple of ties. I ended up not getting any ties, but I managed to get a sweater for 2/3 the regular price. (It was S./260, but I got it for S./80 cause it has a little hole). Good bonus one my side. I got a couple of tees as well and then headed home. I had such an amazingly chill day just wandering around, actually stopping and smelling flowers, and just relaxing. So much so, that it made me write this blog.
Today was a pretty decent day as well. We headed just a little out of town to Cieneguillo. A church had invited Mary to preach there, so Becky and I decided it would be good to go along. Good call. The church was a house church that was kind of a branch off of Immanuel church in Lima. About 25 people were there, and we were thoroughly welcomed. Invited even, to join the church and work in it. Really cool. We stayed afterwards for lunch at one house, and then headed to another house after for coffee and snacks. Today was a really nice relaxing day as well as yesterday. I am definitely prepared for another week at school. I am well-refreshed and ready to go. For now though, I should probably hit the hay, so to say. So as not to waste any refreshing that I have experienced.