First Post!

Well, here is my first post from Mexico City. I haven't had a chance to get to a computer until today and I have a lot to share. Hopefully I'll have time over the next few days to post more and give you all a chance to see what we are doing in Mexico City.

Overall, our trip to Mexico City was pretty uneventful. However, we did have a minor incident getting Pastor Brian into the country. The Northwest agent at the gate in Detroit asked Brian to check his carry on as the flight was full and the bag wouldn't fit. This shouldn't have been a problem... except for the fact that Brian's passport was in the bag AND you can't get your luggage until you go through immigration! Upon landing in Mexico City, Brian went through immigration and was briefly detained while Belinda (the only fluent Spanish speaker on our team) cleared things up. We all had a pretty good laugh... at Brian's expense. I really wanted to take a picture of him being detained by security, but I also didn't want to join him in the holding cell. So, no pictures.

We all spent our first night in Mexico City getting to know our host families. LaVonne and I are staying with a wonderful family that has truly made us feel welcome. We laugh all the time... mostly due to our poor grasp of the Spanish language. We have spent the past couple of nights playing Uno and Skip-Bo.

LaVonne and awoke on Sunday morning to sound of a rooster crowing nearby... this would have been okay had it been 7 AM and not 3:30 AM. We managed to get a little more sleep before attending the three worship services at the church. Brian delivered the message at all three services, four of us shared our faith stories, and us Northwooders sang a few songs at each service.

Today (Monday), we are hard at work on the church building (well, those of us that aren't writing blog posts). The Northwood team is painting, sanding, repairing the street in front of the church and much more. I am sure everyone will sleep well tonight. I swear, I worked on the church this morning... I am at the Vivanco's home now helping Laura update their website and other computer related activities.

Well, things are going well in Mexico City. We all miss our families back home but wouldn't trade the experience in Mexico City for anything. We can't wait to see what God has in store for us here. We start the evangelistic services tonight, and start the children's ministry tomorrow.

I will try to post some pictures soon so you can see all that we are up to. I also have a lot more to share, but really need to get back to the work at hand.

Dios les bendiga.