Cardinals vs 49ers game

100_2430So this is probably one of many posts about the football game that I went to last night. I’ve already mentioned that it was the first regular season NFL game outside of the United States. I had so much fun. We got there really early, so we had time to check out the stadium, which was easy to find (surprising here). The parking was good, and we had decent seats (general admission upper deck). You could see pretty well from where we were.

The stadium holds around 110,000 people for a soccer game, and the official attendance at last night’s football game was 103,467. It was the largest crowd for an NFL game in history. The Mexican people are really great spectators, and we did the wave about a million times.

The halftime show was really cool, with regional dancing and a “celebrate Mexico” theme. Hundreds of people participated in the halftime show, and it was really good.

Some things that are different here than in the US: 1. They sold ramen noodles as concessions (also…donuts, Domino’s pizza, tacos, and bags of chips); 2. The food was relatively cheap (30 pesos, or $3 USD for a personal pizza); 3. EVERYBODY went crazy when they announced that Mexico’s soccer team had won their game (the US football players had no clue); 4. We left in the middle of the 3rd quarter, and there was nobody in the parking lot; 5. Stadium parking only cost $4 USD; I am sure there will be more as I have more time to think about it.

If you want to see my pictures from the game, click here.

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Game on

Well, this is it. I’ve got my ticket, church is over, and we are getting ready to go to the game. I’m excited, and I hope that the game is exciting. If you want, you can watch it on ESPN tonight at 8:30 Eastern Time. If you’re hoping to get a glimpse of me, good luck. My tickets are in the upper deck. But, they tell me you can see well from anywhere in the stadium. We’ll see.

Studying with Nathan

Dennis and nathan on computer This morning I am preaching at our church (and maybe leading communion). I will be preaching a sermon on the attitudes towards David in 1 Samuel 17. It is a sermon about how people treat young people. I hope that it stirs our church to more support for the youth ministry. I need to begin equipping a team of volunteers for the youth ministry. I don’t have enough time to do the entire ministry myself.

Audio of Nathan Laughing October 1

You know you live in a foreign country when you can go to McDonald’s on your day off at 11:00 AM to eat BREAKFAST. I had an egg and chorizo burrito (another benefit of living in a foreign country.) Later, we went to our version of a dollar store called Waldo’s Mart. They import a lot of stuff from the US, and it’s cheap, so it’s a good place to shop. Then we went grocery shopping at Costco. We got to watch part of the Yankees and Red Sox game, and now, we’re watching the Florida and the Alabama football game. It’s been a good time off.

Here’s some audio of Nathan laughing today.

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