Although some days are more packed than others we still manage to be quite tired when the end of the day rolls around. I thought I would give you a sampling of one of Jayson’s most recent prayers to help you appreciate this. After he had been sleeping for an hour or so I woke Jayson up to say prayers. Jayson started out praying in English in his usual prayer mumble, but when you combine the prayer mumble with the tired mumble the intensity of the mumble multiplies. As a result I didn’t really understand the first part of the prayer, but then he said something that caught me off guard and I couldn’t contain the giggles. He said in his prayer that he was thankful we had the opportunity to watch the mundial (world cup) on television. It would have been one thing if Jayson and I had actually watched the mundial and he really desired to express his gratitude for that opportunity, but it turns out we hadn’t actually watched the mundial that day. When he heard me laughing he then started speaking really fast Spanish and ended his prayer sooner than normal.
*As evidenced by Jayson’s prayer, the mundial is a really big deal here. People are obsessed! We have found it necessary to stay up to date on all the current games in order to have conversations about what everyone is talking about all over Bolivia (Does anyone else find it slightly ironic that Bolivia doesn’t even have a team to cheer on in the competition?). Fortunately the success of Bolivia’s South American neighbors (Argentina and Brazil) provides plenty of opportunities for Bolivians to express their mundial excitement through firework displays.
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