La Cueca

It all started yesterday when I had a great conversation with one of my readers and afterwards asked him if he was connected spiritually with anyone is santiago the way he connected to me. The reason why i asked this is because as our time here is starting to come to an end, I want all my readers to continue to pursue spiritual depth. He answered that he did have some people but i could tell that he was floundering. Later that day, one of the missionaries said that the same reader had come up to him and was wondering what it would look like to plug into the church and low and behold he was there at the service today. But church was not the only great thing that happened today.

After church was over Linda and myself were invited by some of our readers to go to a traditional Chilean dance and lunch. Here we were able a part of Chile that we had not seen before and also were able to participate. The national dance, called La Cueca, is a very beautiful dance that involves swinging cloths overhead like lassos, tap dancing, and a complex figure 8 dance pattern. Linda and myself tried to learn the dance but we were no match to the 12 year old ninos who were dancing beside us. In fact, it seems as if all the people (around 100 or so) knew exactly how to dance La Cuerca. ALong with this traditional dance, people were able to dance waltzes and other easier dances for the gringos like Linda and myself. It was a spectacular time with good food, dance,and company.