Saturday fun!

Before we get to Saturday....Friday: my host dad and I were driving and he goes "mira, las americanas." And since I know all americanas, I clearly knew them. I texted my friend kendra (a cool connection through Ryan and we go to the same church), sure enough it was her and Kari! So anywho,  Ryan and I ended up going out to dinner with them and their whole group. We had a fun night!

Now to Saturday :) Their group was going to baños and they were so nice to invite us too. Kendra, Kari and I ended up going to the nicer part that has spa treatments and mud baths, as well as the regular hot spring pools. We had an awesome time (except for maybe not so much on the ice baths) going through the spa treatments, exfoliating our skin, and covering ourselves in mud. We spend 5 hours there! And I think the minerals got to us... Then hung out at Kendra's and watched the changeling (good movie). Then we had a great dinner with the backstreet boys and her wonderful host family. It sure was a good day. Here are some pictures from baños:

Piedra de agua: spa day :)

After the steam room, as if we had already been swimming.

First "treatment, good for your bones"

Letting the mud dry, in the sun :)

And then we were black! 

The steam boxes, hah!

More hot and cold pools.

Finishing off with the warm pool..."or you can repeat the whole process over..." what!

I'm really thankful for this time and how the Lord made this all work out. Kendra and Kari are both from the Chicagoland area, and they live just a few blocks away from me, here in Cuenca! Remember when I asked for Christian friends? Thank you :) Of course we had to come to Cuenca to meet, rather than in our own city ;)