Hace una semana!

So tomorrow will end my first week here in Mexico. Usually on a missions trip you are starting to say goodbye at this time and in a sense im ready to just go home and be done. BUT i have 7 weeks left, and im really excited. I feel like I have learned way more then I can handle, with the language and culture change I am overwhelmed. BUT I am ready to learn more and expirience more. Yesterday was my birthday... I thought I would be sad and miss home a lot but it was actually pretty great. The family im living with and other friends in town knew that it was my cumpleanos so they were prepared. :-) At "comida", dinner, they kept reminding me that they were going to shove my face in a cake after. I thought they were kidding. After we finished eating they brought out my faviorite, tres leches pastel, and sand two different songs (not your typical feliz cumpleanos either) and after chanted for me to take a bite without a spoon. So, wanting to fit in with the culture I fell for it and got my face shoved into a massive amount of frosting and cake. So with laughter all around and frosting up my nose I had a great birthday. ha.
Today, saturday, was "market day" basically the whole center of the city is taken over with stands of fruits and vegis and other foods and clothes and electronics and all types of venders. It was crazy! I went with one of the girls here to buy the food for comida and was a little overwhelmed with the amount of people in a small space. (Dad would have freaked).
To answer some questions... my house is made of two stories, some of my host dads family lives upstairs and downstairs is his bakery and house. When you walk in the front door there is a hallway and to the right is the house door. Its literally three rooms connected, you have to go through the first two to get to mine. There is a small kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room off the master bedroom too. And the parents room is also used as a TV room and hangout place. Its pretty cramped but fun, except that its NEVR quiet. I literally go to bed before everyone else at 12AM!!!
DOwn the other end of the hallway is an room for the mixer and the ovens and a table to eat at and then another room where they make the cakes and another bigger kitchen. Its a little bit shocking for an American actually, everything is a lot less clean and a lot smaller but its just part of the culture. Today I helped cook "mole" which is a really popular sauce made of herbs and stuff and pig and rice. It was delicious. The food is AMAZING.. fresh and delicious. The family has been asking me lots of questions about america and usually they say that they like how they do stuff better... viva mexico! haha. But then why do they all want to come to america? literally all of them do. These people really just want to see it and work and make some good money there. Its crazy the stories I have heard about people walking days to get into the US and working for a year or so at McDonalds or construction. I feel for them though,all they do is work and a year in the US working hard could provide for 5 years here. They also feel like we Americans are lazy and ignorant to how easy we have it. I think they are right though. So, a lesson is, next time you encounter a Spanish speaking Mexico, illegal or not, your job is to love them and treat them like a person...they are just trying to provide for their family.

Bastante, si!
Hasta Luego!