TUESDAY OBSERVATIONS
(Tuesday) We started the day out joining with the Covenant Bible College community for morning prayer. It was a wonderful time. They start each day out this way -- and it is followed by 30 minutes of silence on campus. This is a terrific community of students learning to be disciples.

...The air is thin and crisp here -- almost surreal -- reminds me a lot of Albuquerque. Even though it's cold and causing my face to break out with raspberries it doesn't go to the bones in the same way as damp cold. I suppose it's a different story when the wind is blowing.

...People still smoke in restaurants and public buildings here (amazing!). We've been to two restaurants so far today and both times, even though we were in the "non-smoking" sections, I ended up smelling like cigarette smoke. With such a centralized health system (relatively speaking) I'm surprised that it's still allowed.

...Television here isn't any better than south of the border. Over half of what comes on our motel cable is US in origins -- a lot of it from Spokane.

...They don't have seem to have any diet-caffeine-free cola in this town. Oh well.