Happy Valentine's Day! Today was a very full day...but tons of fun. Laura, David and I were up and off to Cashibo by 7 this morning for the two of them to run in a triathelon held by the Swiss Mission. They both did really well...David came in 3rd for the guys' race and Laura came in 4th for the women's race. They were both very tired when they got done...but I know they are both very happy to have just finished the race. After the race David worked on his bike for awhile, while Laura and I talked and hung out with some of the other missionaries. The three of us had lunch and went out on the boat with the Gahagens. We went through the caño out to lake Yarinacocha. This was the first time I was actually able to get all the way through the caño and the first time for Laura to go out on the lake and through the caño. It was a lot of fun and I am glad we were able to go and spend some more time out on the lake. It is such a beautiful lake and it was a wonderful day. I got the right amount of sun...not too much to burn...but just enough to get a nice tan.
Finally we headed back to SAM Center around 3:30 and enjoyed the AC in David's car on the way back. We decided that to celebrate the victory of David and Laura in the race, we were going to go out for dinner and then watch a movie. So at 6pm we headed out to our favorite restaurant...Orlando's. It was great food like usual and we had great conversation about past Valentine's Days and all the jobs we have had and other random things like that. After dinner we went for ice cream, which is always good. I had two scoops of maracuyá (which is passion fruit) which was very good and I could probably have eaten more than two scoops. The sweetest part of the whole night...Kyle and David didn't let us pay for dinner or ice cream. They had decided that the girls shouldn't have to pay on Valentine's Day. It was very sweet of them and both Laura and I appreciate it. We came back and tried to watch "Gladiator" but the DVD is a little messed up and so we weren't able to finish it. That is ok...Laura and I were both falling asleep and probably wouldn't have made it through the whole movie. In all, it was a great day and I am so thankful for the friends I have here...they know how to make the weekend fun!
I will try to post pictures from my birthday dinner and from the race in the next few days....hopefully the internet will behave!
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