feliz dia de las huelgas

Lima is quite crazy today. There are supposed to be more than 5,000 people involved in strikes all over the city. We have been advised not to go out (us gringos that is). I did go out very early this morning to go to the doctor but thank God, we made it back safely. We were on this one road called Pershing which later turns into La Marina. Well my friend Junior was riding the bus on la Marina when he saw people with sticks and stones. He said his bus had to take a detour because people were throwing stones at the buses.

So today will probably be quite slow since we can't go out, plus class attendance has been kind of low because of the copa america. Although I'm excited about tonight's game. Claudia and I are going to fight it out since she likes Argentina and I like Mexico. My Peruvian friends have told me that it is ok to cheer for Mexico but I am definitely not allowed to cheer for Chile. I would go for Peru, but they're just not very good.

Last weekend we took Junior out for his 21st birthday. Junior was one of the first people I met when I got here back in January and he has become a very good friend of mine. He has an awesome accent and perfect English. Most Peruvians don't even think he is from here. We found this waffle place a while back that is really good. Here's a picture of Shay, Junior, and I.

Shay went back to the States on Monday night. So for the rest of the summer it is just me and Shannon. Although Shannon's situation is always iffy. She goes tonight to hopefully get her cast off, as long as everything has healed nicely. She also has to have a minor surgery to remove one of the screws in her leg. Please be praying for her as she is trying to get back to normal!

I'll see you all in less than a month!