Well...ready or not, today was our last full day here in Mexico City. Today we spent most of our time taking in some of the sights of the city that we have been working in for the past week. We first headed to the heart of downtown and went up in the Torre Latinoamericana (Latin American Tower). It is one of the tallest buildings in the city, and has an observation deck on the top floor. It was an incredible view, tainted only by the smoggy-ness of the city. There are mountains all around, but you can barely make them out because of all the pollution. Josh had told us that the air quality in Mexico City is comparable to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day! Now that sounds healthy... Josh's wife April gave us a short history of the city as we sat and admired the view.
Next we took a trip to "El Zocolo", the center city square. It is actually the third largest square in the world, behind Tiananmen Square in Bejing and Red Square in Moscow. It takes up a huge amount of space! An extremely beautiful church sits adjacent to the square, and we got to go inside and see a mass being performed and admire the architecture of the building.
We went to a street market for lunch and some time to shop. It was fun to walk among the shops and see all the various things for sale. So many things are hand-crafted and unique...we could have easily spent several hours there. Afterwards, we headed to another more open street market, but we got rained out before we could do a whole lot there.
We spent our last evening at the Amiot's house for dinner. Several of our new friends from the church were able to attend, including the pastor and his family. After eating (grilled hamburgers...a nice, non-Mexican change), we spent some time sharing about what the trip had meant to each of us, as well as praying together for the church and for the Amiots. It was a very special time. It has been such a privilege working alongside these wonderful people for the last week and a half. They are doing some amazing things here and it was an awesome opportunity to be a part of it. Please be praying for Josh and his family. He has been feeling pretty sick the last day or so, and he has another group coming in next week, which will be very demanding for him. We prayed tonight that God would bring healing to him and keep his entire family well during this very busy time. They have sacrificed so much to have us here and to make our trip the best it could be. We owe them a debt of gratitude for their service.
Tomorrow we are going to the airport and we'll be saying our goodbyes to Mexico. It has been a wonderful trip, and we are excited to share more about our experiences with everyone. We have a debrief meeting scheduled for this coming Wednesday night at 6:30pm. (August 13). We'd like to invite parents and anyone else who is interested in hearing more from the students and learning about their experiences to come and join us. We will be sharing briefly in the Sunday service on the 10th, but we'd love to have everyone come on Wednesday night to hear more about what God has done through this great opportunity.
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