1. Conner, Este, Brandon, Josh have made me appreciate having girls! (the boys wanted me to mention them in my blog) However they have been good workers and only have to be reminded a few times to do what they were asked.
2. Not being sick - a couple members in our group have been hit by the Montezuma's revenge, pray for their health.
3. The laughter of children no matter what language they are speaking.
We had the privilege of going to another church this morning to play with some children. There were about 15 children that regularly come to the church Saturday mornings for a meal and activity time. We brought them food to take home - PB& J and cookies, some candy, and bouncy balls. We spent time coloring with them and learning their names.
After the children left, we went to the shopping markets in Chapala. There were tent vendors for about 5 blocks along the lake boardwalk (malecon). We are getting good at making purchases in Spanish! We tried food from several vendors - tacos, roasted corn, corn cut off the cob with spices, and a drink that had a lot of lime juice plus cream and not sure what else. James liked it!
 |
| Angie and Lexie shopping |
 |
| The man making the drink with the lime. |
 |
| Fountain on the boardwalk |
Saturday evening we went back to the work site at Mezcala. One of our team members - Lori (she is our cook and one of the coordinators of our trip) - her husband passed away last fall. They had traveled many times to this area of Mexico helping the churches here. This job is made possible from his memorial fund and the church is being dedicated in his memory. Since her daughter, her husband, and two children were here they choose Saturday night to dedicate the building, even though it was not finished yet. James played in the praise team band as we sang worship songs in both English and Spanish. It was a beautiful worship time together. Afterward, we were served tamales and sweet breads and champorado (hot chocolate).
(Click on the link above to hear the praise team song)
No comments:
Post a Comment