Today is the 4th of July here and in the US. It has been a little different here though. The 4th is one of my favorite holidays, mainly because it is in the summer, it has fireworks and it is patriotic. This week we have a better understanding of the US image abroad. Sunday night we had a lady at the church telling us very loudly that President Bush is the devil in no uncertain terms. No one has any redeeming words to say about our president. It is a little disconcerting and sad. Consequently, no one understands the significance of the 4th of July here. They don't understand how we can be patriotic with our current President that many equate directly with the devil. Any discussion of the 4th quickly resulted in an evalution of the President, so it was a quiet day. We do our best not to discuss politics. Fireworks are a daily occurrence here so they don't understand the fun of those either. On a side note, Tuesday when we were driving down the highway someone threw like an M80 near the side of our van. It was pretty crazy.
As our group gets to now each other better, we have started talking about the danger of kidding. We read Prov 26:18-19. It is not a serious problem, but it is not the best approach either. So we have all been trying to speak honestly, its pretty hard. Today, I have been thinking of a verse my mom used to say a lot. Matt 5:37 "Let your Yes be Yes and your No, No." A cheap joke is almost never worth it, yet it is so hard to resist. It's a work in progress.
I also got a Brazillian haircut at the church today.
It was definitely the entertainment for the afternoon.
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