Time with Friends

This weekend was a lot of fun!  On Saturday, my friends Miguel and Teresa and I cooked dinner for Sister Jean Gabriel.  It was both Dominican and American food.  We had pork chops, applesauce, cranberry sauce, candied carrots, dumplin, avacado, green beans with almonds, and sauteed vegetables and apple muffins for dessert!  It was all delicious.  They were very adventurous and tried all the American food.  Teresa absolutely hates cranberry sauce!  Otherwise, they said it was good.  Their favorite were the pork chops and both of them took some home to share with their families.  Teresa told me her kids ate up every speck of food and loved it.  

Miguel cooking up vegetables 

Teresa pretending to try a spoonful of applesauce and spoonful of carrots

Our American and Dominican feast (there were LOTS of leftovers!)

On Saturday night, I went to Karaoke with my friends Lissandra and Caroline.  No, I did not sing.  Lissandra did!  Actually, there was very little singing.  I think they did 5 songs around 11 pm and then they switched to just dance music and the bar became a dance club until about 2 am, and then the Karaoke started again for a few songs.  After, I spent the night at their house and we had breakfast in the morning. 

Lissandra and Caroline at the bar

Lissandra singing Karaoke

Lissandra and I at Karlos Bar

Because of the late night on Saturday and because I slept over Lissandra's, I didn't go to San Esteban for church on Sunday morning, but I went in the afternoon to Centro Buen Pastor.  After church there was a baptism class and a youth group meeting.  The youth group is helping San Esteban's youth group to conduct worship at San Esteban next weekend for Youth Sunday.  I'm sorry I'm going to miss it, but I'll be in Vermont for a wedding.  I fly to the US on Thursday and I'll be in VT until Sunday.  Its a good weekend to go because its a long weekend here, so there is no school on Friday anyways.  

It will be nice to see the fall weather in VT, but I know I'll be cold!  When it is below 90 degrees it feels refreshing here, and I'm sometimes cool at night when its about 78.  Last night I was shivering in the air conditioning at McDonald's.  It is supposed to be in the 60s in VT this weekend . . . BRRRRR!

Dios les bendiga,

Tina