I am teaching an English class tomorrow so I was able to get that all prepared. I thought about my lesson for this Sunday. I can't decide what exactly I want to talk about yet. But I think that I am getting closer :P
I also went to a regional Mennonite church meeting today. So that was interesting.
Tomorrow I am planning on making some brownies. We are working on planning a trip with the youth not this weekend but next weekend. I really hope that it works out! We would like to go to Cartagena, which I have heard so many incredible things about! I would really like to see this city, but if we go elsewhere I will be excited to spend some quality time with the kids nonetheless.
There is a HUGE carnival that goes on here in Barranquilla every February. It is called Carnival. Lol. It started out as a very nice cultural carnival but it has kind of changed since then. There is a lot of drinking and some people have been known to get kind of crazy and it get a little dangerous in the evenings. So, that is why we are taking the kids to a different city during the festivities.
Carnival de Barranquilla is actually recognized as the second most important yearly cultural event in the world! The first is a similar one that takes place in Brazil, I believe. The people here LOVE their carnival and there are decorations up for a month before and up to a month after the event. SO many bright colors. I keep forgetting to take my camera with me to different places but I snapped a few pictures on my iPod. The quality isn't the best but if give you an idea of what it looks like here :).
I took these at the mall here called Buena Vista (good view). The decorations are beautiful and very colorful. I am hoping to take my camera with me sometime before they are all taken down so that I can get some better quality pictures.
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