Celestun by Noon
Friday was another solid day! Jake and I started the morning by going to find the family of one of his sister's converts. So a little bit of context here, Jake's sister served her mission here in Merida and one of her converts passed away. She wanted to send them a little gift so she had Jake pick something up. Therefore, we were acting as the delivery men. First we knocked on the wrong house and met a very friendly man who apparently thought we were missionaries. He let us in and we talked for a solid 15 minutes before it came up that we were in the wrong house. We eventually made it to the right house and were able to talk with the wife of the man who passed away. She and her son were still quite sensitive about the passing as it happened only a few weeks ago but her testimony is so strong. They are sealed in the temple so she knows they will be an eternal family. In the afternoon, we went and passed out more kits in the comunisarias Tamanche and Chabetkal. At night, a group of us went dancing! I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it but it ended up being a fun time! It was a lot of salsa dancing with just a little bit of reggaton.
Saturday was a day trip to Celestun, a stunning beach about two hours from Merida. Most of us were up pretty late the night before either dancing or watching movies. Therefore we ended up leaving around 11:30 and arrived for lunch. We spent a few hours at the beach and wandering around the little town. The beach was very calm, with absolutely no waves and very few tourists. There was also a pier where several men were fishing! The city was also very peaceful and not very big. It was refreshing to go to a small little town and not be at a beach or city where vendors are calling out from all sides. The ride home was then full of card games and group games.
On Sunday, we went to the 10 o'clock services at the church building right next to the Merida Temple. The members were very welcoming and seemed excited to have a group of gringos. Sunday was also Jake's birthday! We were originally going to go to Izamal, "The Yellow City", after church but no one really felt up to it as we were all pretty tired. We ended up just celebrating Jake's birthday. Perla and Kara went and picked up a couple cakes then Lily and I went and bought a piñata with candy. Before eating the cake, we ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse because Jake was really craving some good American food. We then sang him his birthday song and gave him his cake. We had him do the "mordida", which is taking a bite out of the cake. What he wasn't expecting was Lily and I smashing his face into the cake as one must do while celebrating a birthday in Mexico hahaha. He was thoroughly stunned to say the least but now he has been introduced to a small bit of the Mexican birthday tradition.
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