It was a nice day- about 30C and the ocean water seemed freezing cold when we first got there. But after a few minutes of playing in the waves, it wal all good. A Mexican fellow asked us if we wanted to borrow his "BoogieBoard". I've never had a stranger come up to me and do that before, so it tookme off guard, but told Elijah if he wanted to try it he could ask the guy. So he did and off to the waves he went. The waves were pretty big for an almost windless day and he and Caleb caught some good ones.
After that a Mexican family were catching little creatures out of the sand about calf deep in water. We watched them until the kids came and showed us how to catch these little crab-like things. They called them Cochinitas del agua- which to me seems to translate as little water pigs... As soon as they hit the sand- they dig dig dig to get back down- but to no avail- we caught dozens of them. I asked if they were food and sure enough they are! How and with what I have no idea- and couldn't understand them well enough to figure it out. When we were about to leave they were insistent that we take some home for us- seeing as we helped- When I repeated that I did not know how to cook them and they figured we could not understand there instructions, they relented... I was half expecting an invitation to their home to eat with them!
Todays major dilemma so far is cleanliness. In the motorhome- they have running water- though only luke-warm, but the shower/ bath does not work. It;s been too long since most of us have bathed, and the epitaph for lazarus seems to fit. We "stinketh". So the quest for a bath or shower before tomorrow awaits us, hopefully we'll end this quest successfully so we'll be welcome back at church.
Until next time,
Dios Bendiga and have a great Sunday!
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There is a bazaar most Sundays on Blvd Guerrero(east of the toll road in Rosarito, as well as on the street coming by the children's home on Wednesdays(I think)That is a good place to find shoes, but if you tell me what size I will rummage through my boys stuff and send some down with Scott. Rosarito water goes out a lot, so what we do when in need of a shower and there is no running water is get a bucket and have spouse act as spigot. When camping we also would use one of our rubbermaid containers to put water in and bathe the kiddos, praise God for sunshine. You have a great blog, we could use some lessons.
Jennifer
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