Buenos dias de Mexico (Good morning from Mexico)

After a wonderful sendoff on Tuesday morning at the Greensboro airport, we arrived safely in Mexico on Tuesday night after approximately 15 total hours of travel time. Everyone is doing well, and our luggage made it safely. We all slept reasonably well last night, except for some neighbors of our hotel shooting off fireworks at 6:00 a.m. this morning, combined with some hotel guests who also decided to play loud music very early in the morning. Some of our team members are having trouble adjusting to the 1-hour time change, and therefore woke up some of the other team members earlier than expected.

We are writing this from the home of our missionary friend, Alex, which is located in Tlaxiaco, in the state of Oaxaca. We plan to spend today hanging out with Alex and some of his missionary staff, as well as getting trained and briefed on our mission project, which begins tomorrow.

We leave bright and early on Wednesday morning for the Mixteco village of Santiago Amoltepec, approximately a 6 to 7 hour car ride from Tlaxiaco. We will be doing construction and helping with a project at a community center in the village. We are excited that there are Christian believers in this particular village, and we will also be lodging with some of them, and hope to encourage them throughout our stay there.

We will leave Santiago Amoltepec very early on Sunday morning, and return to Tlaxiaco, where we will pick up our luggage, and spend some more time with Alex and his staff. Later in the day, we will take a 3-hour van ride back to Oaxaca. We will spend Sunday night at a hotel in Oaxaca, and leave for the airport early Monday morning.

Please remember that our expected arrival time is approximately 7:45 p.m. on Monday at the Greensboro airport.

Thank you for your prayers and support, we look forward to sharing our adventures with you when we return.