Cows and Lizards

Bolivia has a very yummy snack that should be created in the states. It's a yogurt container but on the bottom it has cherry jello and on the top it has plain yogurt and then you mix them up and eat them. It's very good. Today is Bolivia's Independence day. We did not have to work at school but we went for a little while this afternoon. On our commute (walk) to school there were three large cows with horns in our path. So instead of risking angering the cows we went off roading and had to get over a fallen tree and I lost my flip flop. I think next time I'll try my luck with the cows.
When we got home from school I walked into the kitchen and I saw a lizard! Worst of all is he disappeared in the closet with the washer and dryer and we could not find him (correction Grant couldn't find him) I was in the other room by then. There is a lot of political unrest in the country and tomorrow it is likely to be some demonstrations and violence. We were advised to stay in our compound all day. Evo the President of the country is an Indian and he looks out for his people a lot. Santa Cruz does not have many Indian people in this province also Santa Cruz makes a large portion of the money for the whole country and it gets distributed to all other regions and is controlled by Evo. The military work for the President while the Police serve the people here and they have been known to fight.

All this to explain that tomorrow Evo is visiting Santa Cruz with all his army and marching through the city to show his power. On the walls of the city it says "To arms Santa Cruz" There could be quite a bit of violence or it could pass no one knows. The mission suggested having two weeks of food on hand in case. The police use tear gas in the city fairly frequently I've heard. The missionary we had lunch with yesterday said she has been caught in tear gas four times. That was a high number to me because the missionaries are cautious and stay out of the city most of times when demonstrations and violence breaks out. Cows, lizards and unrest all have got me thinking that we are definitely in a new place.