Mexico Mission (Day 1)
July 13th, 2006 | Published in Blog Thoughts | 8 Comments
10 people. 5 Airplanes. 2 Terminals. Reese and I arrived on the ground in San Diego, rented a baggage cart and began walking back and forth between terminals to unite with our mission team flying in from Oregon, Nashville, and Washington.
The arrival times were staggered (even with the delays) so we picked up a worker here and a worker there. Here a worker, there a worker, everywhere a worker, worker. Old Mac Wray began to assemble his elite mission team for a mission deep in the heart of Ensenada. Our Peloton grew steadily as we walked from terminal to terminal.
Javier, Minerva and Arturo arrived right on schedule and we made it safely to our host homes at 12AM (3AM for the east coast people).
Good News! The foundation has been laid. We sent funds down earlier and hired some brothers from the church (Milo & Company) to lay the foundation. This will increase the speed of our work efforts. After the leveling work was completed it was determined that the house could be made four feet wider. So now we are planning to start this afternoon building a 16 foot by 24 foot house.
But first, we need to go buy the lumber.
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July 13th, 2006 at 8:54 am (#)
You must be dead tired.
I enjoyed hanging out with Reece. May God bless your efforts in Mexico and keep you safe.
July 13th, 2006 at 9:10 am (#)
Prayers and thoughts are with you.
July 13th, 2006 at 9:12 am (#)
Be safe! Glad everyone arrived okay.
July 13th, 2006 at 11:52 am (#)
Please tell me you brought something good for breakfast. I just can’t bear the thought of you down there working so hard (and with children no less) and having to eat salsa and tortillas for breakfast. Please say it ain’t so.
If you must eat this sort of thing for breakfast, and have absolutely no way to fry it and sprinkle it with cinnamon and sugar, then at least try to follow these guidelines.
1. No fish before noon and then only if there is no carne asada
2. No beans for breakfast. the reasons for this should be obvious
3. For it to even be considered close to a breakfast item it should include eggs. When you are tempted to add beans, add eggs. When you find yourself thinking, “I should spice this up with some chillis and salsa.” Just add eggs instead.
If there was a way I could get you a case of little white powdered donuts or frosted Lucky Charms, believe me I would.
Stay safe.
July 13th, 2006 at 3:59 pm (#)
Good job, man. Thanks for collecting the kids.
I look forward to updates AND a retrun date! Mom asked me about that today, but I didn’t have a real answer.
BTW, if my kids want you to loan them some money, tell them to forget it!!!
July 13th, 2006 at 4:04 pm (#)
Randy loans money???? Hmmmm That’s good to know.
July 13th, 2006 at 4:59 pm (#)
Some of my greatest mission trip memories are from a trip to Ensenada when I was in high school [Were you there? I know we had your dad, Debbie and Kathy with us.]. I’m sure you all will build a lot of great memories for your group, along with the house you build.
July 13th, 2006 at 9:31 pm (#)
I love those powdered sugar donuts. The problem is that everyone knows if you’ve just eaten them without sharing. I’ve never considered having the donuts AND lucky charms. Proud to be an American!