We live in Mexico!

June 26, 2008

Just a little friendly update- that's what notes are for, right- to write about yourself? We arrived Monday night safe and sound! Tuesday morning 10 people showed up at the door looking for someone I didn't know. Turns out that person had visited their village with a group last Friday and went back home to the U.S. on Sunday. We talked to them anyway! I got to translate a little bit- wasn't ready for that!

Yesterday we went to two villages: Carlos A. Madrazo and Nicolas Bravo. They are pretty far south, in fact, so far south that we could see Belize! We talked to the pastors in the first village about starting a Video Bible School (aka VBS). I translated for Ben (about 10 minutes worth). He told his story about how God called him to Mexico and what the VBS's do. Translating was pretty difficult, but fortunately the people here are very patient and understanding. Next, we headed off to deliver a walker to a little girl that Ben met during Operation Christmas Child. She had been using a chair as a walker to go places in her village! The roads there are pretty rough. I can't imagine how hard it was for her to go places! She was pretty excited about the walker and I hope it works out for her. I don't know that it's made for such rough terrain!We drove for another hour or so to the Belize border. There, we delivered the materials for a group of VBS-ers to begin their second trimester. Again, Ben spoke and I got to translate!

Now for a fun story about Little Jonny.Little Jonny wore his favorite pants and his favorite flip-flops into the village. Jonny's favorite pants had a hole in the bum; his favorite mother-in-law sewed them up. In the first village, little Jonny's favorite pants ripped. He also broke a shoe. On our way to the second village we gave a pastor and his son a ride into town. After we dropped them off, little Jonny decided to go from the "very back" of the Suburban to the back. As he was doing so, oh so gracefully, Ben stepped on the gas and thew him over the seat! Pobrecito! As he sat up and regained his composure, he discovered that he had broken another flip-flop. So poor Jonny was stuck with a hole in the bum of his pants, and no shoes before we were even half-way through the day. Never fear, Jamie saved the day. I found a little shoe store and bought him the biggest flip flips in town, which were probably about a size too small. Hims had a ruff day.

Well, that's pretty much what we've been doing. Oh yeah, we love it here....but we miss you! Come visit?