My Safe Haven...

Starbucks is only about 5 blocks from my house!

This is definitely my safe haven and I am so thankful we found it.  It is the place I can come and communicate with all of you and it brings a sense of peace to my day!  It is so cute and best of all, has great internet service!  Well, I am almost done with week 2!  I have to say that week 2 week by pretty fast.  Thank you so much for your continued prayers and encouragement.  I know I have said this before, but they truly do keep me going and lift my spirits!  I love hearing from ya'll!  So my roommates are from Nebraska and I already have one of them saying ya'll!  I love it!  Yesterday, my group went to Zapopan, which is about 15 minutes from where our school is.  It was beautiful and of course when I took out my camera, it was dead!  I am going to back though on my own so I can take pictures.  The people here in Guadalajara are extremely proud and protective of their country and bring everything to the feet of their "virgin" asking for help in defending their country.  We went into a church yesterday where we walked into the entry way and their were pictures of babies, thank you cards, etc thanking the virgin for protection and healing.  But then you turn the corner and their is Jesus in the tomb.  It is obviously a very Catholic centered country and everyone is extremely religious.  But they also like to have a good time!  On the other side of my bedroom wall is a bar.  I am accustomed to going to sleep every night to people screaming, singing and whatever they are doing over there! After our tour in Zapopan, we went to dinner at a little quaint Mexican restaurant and it was delicious.  Surprisingly, the food here is not as weird as I thought it would be.  It looks weird but it tastes fabulous!  After dinner, a few people went over the a Karaoke bar and sang Shakirah.  It was so funny, because the crowd (which consisted of about 10 other people) stared at us until she started singing in Spanish, then they would join along.  It was fun, but I am not into the night scene here.  I would rather come to Starbucks and chat with ya'll!  Sorry this entry is so random!  Lots of thoughts!  Ok, well again, I love ya'll and miss you!

Inside the starbucks...so cute!