¡Vamoarriba Uruguay! ¡Soy Celeste!
So a few weeks ago I bought a baseball cap that finally decided between the two rival soccer teams here, Peñarol and Nacional-- soy Manya, that is Peñarol. I was very pleased to hear fireworks and uncontrolled screaming when we won a key game this week . The culture here is so crazy :)
I also ate ostrich egg this week!! It's really good--I thought it tasted a little more rich and flavorful than from the chicken, and it is the equivalent of about a dozen eggs! That was fun too. Now that I've checked that, capibara, blood sausage, hairy pig skin, tripe (cow intestines), and a few other foods unique to the Uruguay, I can confidently say there's little left here I haven't tasted :)
Unfortunately, though, Sandra 's leg problems worsened and she was in the hospital having surgery all weekend; then, Hilaria's husband told her he didn't want her visiting other churches. We weren't able to have any progressing investigators in church for the fourth week in a row... But thankfully, my companion and I get along so well that it has been fairly easy to keep one another in good spirits and work hard looking for other prepared people as well as helping those we've found to resolve their difficulties. With the additional support from the branch's members lately, we're sure to find someone soon who is prepared to be baptized.
