Viva Mexico!

Last Friday the 16th was Mexican Independence Day.  The celebrations actually start at 11PM on the night before, the 15th.  That's because at 11PM every Mexican turns on their TV and watch the President go out on the balcony of one of the parliament buildings, rings a bell a few times.  And then the President yells some things like ' Viva Mexico!' and everybody present and watching (aka all Mexicans) respond by yelling 'VIVA!'  And he goes through a progressing of maybe 10 different sentences, each one ended by yelling 'VIVA!'

The church in Tlalpan had a service that night, a time of preaching and prayer followed by lots of food.  The food included Pozole (the traditional food for Independence Day), tamales, quesadillas, and sopes.  All very, very good.  Then we turned on the TV, to watch the President and participate in the yelling.  Then we fellowshipped some more and brought out a couple pinatas. We had a lot of fun watching the kids take their shots at the pinata.

On Sunday (yesterday), we celebrated with the church in Coyoacan.  After the church service we went to the home of Rogerio and Cinthia and we all had more pozole and good times.

Here are some pictures....