Day One

Well...we made it. The days have seemed to mesh together in terms of leaving Monday night, traveling a good part of early Tuesday, and then hitting the ground running here in Mexico City. The great news is that we were blessed with very smooth travel. Everyone arrived safe and sound, as did all of our luggage.

It was a little shocking to try and take in just how big Mexico City really is.  I got a good glimpse as our plane came in for its landing, and it seemed to stretch on forever.  The traffic was every bit as crazy as they say, but we made it safely to our hotel.  We are staying about 1/2 hour northwest of the city center.

  

We jumped right into things tonight, as the church was having it's regular Tuesday evening service.  We sang a song and Adam and Alison shared their testimonies (they both did a great job).  I was speaker for the service, which was a little daunting with the language barrier.  I think it went pretty well, and it was AWESOME having Nathan to translate.  Our group really seemed to connect with the students in this church, and it was so cool to stand back and watch them interact, in spite of not being able to communicate easily.  It's going to be an awesome experience to work alongside this church in the ministries they have going on.  And the missonary and his family are awesome...they have done a great job coordinating our schedule for our time here.  After the service, we all went out together for a mexican dinner.  Yummy.  They don't do it quite like that in Duluth.  No one put up a fight going to bed tonight, and we've got VBS first thing tomorrow morning, so I'm going to sign off as well.  I'm so thankful to God for the way He watched over us today and for the way He is orchestrating this trip.  More to come...