Our class had a field trip last Thursday to a mosque right near Western. I was really nervous and did not know what to expect. As soon as we walked inside i looked to my right and saw a room that had showers. I think that they wash before they pray to cleanse themselves. Before we walked into the prayer room we took of our shoes. our speaker then started to explain how they pray and why women pray in another room. this is something that i did not know. We then walked around the mosque looking at all of the different rooms. We then went into one room and just talked for a good hour. our speaker talked to us about the history of his religion. While we were discussing the history of the religion there was an announcement that we all heard that was spoken in Arabic.it was cool hearing what was said over the speaker. After our discussion we had some treats, some mango juice and dessert pastry. When we were leaving me and mary saw our speaker walk into the prayer room and his face was wet so me and mary thought he washed his face to get ready to pray..one thing that got my attention was that our speaker has a wife and a bran new baby, and he lives her and i think he said that his family lives in Pakistan.. i dont know how he does it...i miss my family like crazy and i only live a 1/2 hour away...