Hola amigos!

As the song ‘On the Road Again’ plays faintly in my head, I sit on our foam bed contemplating where we are now, while Justin sits beside me, immersed in a good book. Outside our barred window is the Bible School in Juarez. It’s a walled compound with beautiful facilities and a kitchen staff that knows how to cook a mean fajita. Up the hallway in the guys’s room, Avril Lavigne wails out an angst-ridden song on the ipod.

We arrived in Juarez, Mexico yesterday evening at about 6:30 p.m. after leaving Chilliwack at 5 a.m. It was a good day of travel – no lost bags, no delayed flights and no sickness. We came here with a missions group from Coquitlam Alliance Church and will be hiking into the Copper Canyon with them soon.

It’s good to be back to gathering the stories of life change and I’m excited about what lies ahead. From all accounts we’ve heard, God is doing incredible things through the people here in Mexico and we are thrilled we get to listen and share the stories of lives being transformed.

We are off to church in a couple hours. I find church in other cultures interesting, though I quickly long for worship in my own tongue. I’m glad this leg of our journey is only two weeks so it won’t be long before I get to sing and praise God and listen to the Word. We did load some worship music onto our laptop so if I need a time of focus and contemplation I can just plug in my headphones and sing to my heart’s content!

It’s hot here, though not nearly as hot as it felt in Haiti, Ecuador and Mississippi. That was a pleasant surprise yesterday to know that I could handle this heat. Others on the team were wilting; I’m thankful I’ve had a chance to experience worse humidity so I know this isn’t so bad.

On that note, it’s been hard to not constantly compare to the other places we have been. One of the things we learned in preparation for our project was that comparing between Canada and elsewhere is unhealthy, gets you nowhere and is just not a good idea. I find myself now comparing not between Canada and Mexico, but between Mexico and the other countries we’ve been. Especially as we drive the streets here, which are lovely paved roads where people obey the traffic signs, pedestrians don’t nearly get hit and dogs don’t roam the streets. I’m looking forward to our other stops in Mexico to see how they compare to the lovely streest of Juarez.

This post is kind of scattered and all personal details, but I want you to know where I’m at right now. Spiritually, Justin and I are doing well and not feeling any sort of attacks from Satan. If you could pray for us to stay strong in our faith even as obstacles come our way that would be appreicated. We also need prayer that we will be able to meet with the right people and have enough time to gather the stories that will have the greatest impact. Things are pretty laid back here and we want to make sure we can go with this slower flow while still being able to connect with people for interviews in the time we have.

Thanks for reading, thanks for your prayer support and thanks for your encouragement. We’re grateful for all the people coming on the journey with us through this blog and we’re looking forward to sharing with you what’s happening in Mexico.

And for those who are wondering, we haven’t finished blogging about Ecuador and Mississippi, our last two stops on the first leg. When we’re back from Mexico in two weeks we’ll be posting more from those two stops.

Hasta luego! (until later / so long)

Tags: Travel

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