Last night we had one of our best concerts at Christ's Church. It was a beautiful brick building that had great sound. Christ's Church is an English speaking church that shares its building with a Spanish Baptist church on Sunday evenings. We had a great turn out and really enjoyed being there. We also enjoyed the delicious meal provided for us afterwards! This concert was outreach oriented and Doug and Ed shared their testimony.
This morning we played for an international book club with included several ambassador's wives. The women really enjoyed it and we really enjoyed it too. This gathering was great because Bruce and Steph were able to make some good contacts with different people. The women said that it was wonderful because Uruguay does not celebrate Christmas the way their native country does. They missed the Christmas music and loved having us play for them.
From the book club we went to the Cerro. El Cerro is a impressive fortress perched upon a hill on the other side of Montevideo. From the top of the hill/mountain we could see an incredible skyline of Montevideo. We toured the fortress and learned a lot of the history of Uruguay. We could have learned a lot more if we only spoke Spanish!
Finally then this evening we had a concert at Portones Shopping Mall. The people seemed to enjoy the music and the Christmas spirit that was there. Santa was stationed farther back in the hall so it was a very festive mood. Bruce said that Christmas has only been celebrated recently and only because the stores see the marketing value of the season. So even though the holiday is "celebrated", it is a very commercialized holiday.
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