SUNDAY!

First off, thank you all for your prayers as we familiarize ourselves with Mexico! Today was a relaxing day spent getting to know people and some of the Mexican customs. After joining hands, our entire group was led in prayer in Spanish by Maggie, the eldest resident at Deborah’s house. Cereal, toast, and apples gave us energy to load on the bus and drive about 45 minutes to church. Sidenote: Have you ever heard of putting syrup in honey nut cheerios? Well apparently that’s the thing to do here J

Anyway, we saw lots of Tijuana on our way to church, including a huge statue of Jesus and lots of taco stands. The church service was amazing, but then again I was a particular fan because it reminded me of my church in Spain last semester. Nevertheless, the songs were upbeat, the people very welcoming, and Adelia translated the entire sermon for us. Sopes following the service were DELICIOUS, o delicioso as they would say here, only 3 for $1.50. Let’s just say that we’re not going to go hungry here-today we basically ate at all times of the day!

CJ is going to finish the day from here, but let me just jump ahead to say that the fish tacos that we had later in the evening were an instant favorite, as Ray took us to his favorite spot near a shopping market where we all tried our hand at bargaining. How uninterested can you appear and how long can you hold out in order to make them cut their starting price in half?

J We’re excited to being our work tomorrow morning. Love to our families back home; more to follow,

Jenn Gabica

Hey there all! CJ reporting here. The rest of the afternoon was spent doing a variety of activities. We started the afternoon by spending some time setting up the rest of our week. The men met with the architect going over all the plans for the second story that we are going to be building and the women spent time with the mothers and children. We had a quick meal of ham sandwiches to complement our Sopes we ate after church, then all packed on the bus and headed out for an afternoon of shopping! We headed down to Rosirito beach where there is a very nice open air market. We spent a couple hours wondering the market visiting all the vendors. I must say it is sad to see how empty it is during this spring break. Just about everyone bought something to take home for themselves and their loved ones (that’s you guys!). On the way back to the bus we stopped by this amazing little open air fish taco stand! We have only stayed here one day but it really does seem like 2 or 3 to me. We have already done and seen so many amazing things. Most of the day that I wasn’t spending out with our group I was entertaining a very cute little girl named Karen. She has quickly become a fixture of my stay here at debras house and I can’t really say that I mind. We finished off the evening by sitting down to an amazing spaghetti meal prepared for us by the women staying here. The one and only casualty we have had is Austin. He ran into a bar on the playground and split his lip pretty good. He is already feeling a lot better and is in good spirits. We have a lot ahead of us but we are all very excited to get started in the morning! We will continue to keep you posted on our days. God Bless and again thank you for all your prayers! CJ