Domingo!

On Saturday night my mom somehow called one of the families in the church and told them that I was an exchange student and would be going to church on Sunday.

On Sunday morning I got up and dressed and went downstairs. My mom lent me a cute jacket (abrigo!) and scarf.

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I ate breakfast and then my dad gave me a ride to the church (iglesia!).

I introduced myself to the missionaries and went and sat down. A minute later, the woman came and found me. I sat with her and her family. They were very nice. Church started and I actually sort of understood the announcements. Singing the hymns (himnos!) was really fun. I sang in Spanish! I knew what some of the owrds were and figured out the rest from knowing the hymns in English. The Sacrament prayers were cool to hear. I didn't really understand the speakers... But it was good to be there. I only stayed for one hour (hora!) because I wasn't understanding much anyways. I'm so glad that the church is world-wide and that so many people in so many different countries know about the Gospel!

I changed out of my heels and into flats and started walking home. Five minutes into it, I was walking past a couple and the man said "eyy hermana!" I turned around and he said that he had just gotten out of church too. I introduced myself and we walked together for 20 minutes or so. They were really kind. At one point we stopped and he took a picture of me on his phone. I asked why and he said "well I have an 18 year old son and you're very beautiful." Hahaha. I just laughed and asked his wife to take a picture of us:

We went different ways and I said good bye.
I still had another 20 minutes to walk. It was a beautiful day though. While walking, several cars honked and people yelled things like "ehhhh bonita!" It's so different here. I haven't even seen another blonde person here. I walked by a fútbol field and they all stopped playing and stood there looking at me and whistling. And that was at 11 in the morning! I will never be walking (caminando!) alone at night, that's for sure!

*Now I'm in class writing this post in my notebook on my second day of school. I'll write about my first day soon. Everyone is taking a test (prueba!). I took it too, but with 45 minutes to spare. It's a language one and has a lot of passages you have to read and answer questions about. I can't remember what else I did on Sunday so I'll write the rest tonight.*

Annnnnd it's tonight now! Here's dinner on Sunday:

Salmon, salad, tomatoes, and mashed potatoes. Nothing too crazy.

 For dessert I had papaya with cream on top. It was realllllly good.

 After dinner we went to the mall real quick to get me a pencil case and to get the security thing off a scarf we bought a few days ago. Chilean flags on display!:

 For our late night meal thing we had tea or hot chocolate, bread, and GUACAMOLE! My mom has never made it before and so I made it. :) Caroline, you should be so proud, I used your recipe and they LOVED it.

Yay guacamole!

And that's what I did on my first Sunday in Chile! My next post (hopefully tomorrow) will be about my first day in school! It's going to be a good one! Get ready!