First week of Teaching!

We started having teaching this week, last week was more orientation type stuff. So, we had a guy named Miguel come. He was from Culiacan, was in his 40's and has a wife and 3 kids. He was a great teacher. He had Bible references for each point and had fun stories for many of them. It also felt like he really cared about us and wanted us to understand what he didn't know at our point in life. We also started language classes this week. I am in the advanced Spanish class with Ruth leading it and Amber and Casey as the other two students. We are going to learn more vocabulary words, some "Christian" words, and hopefully practice conversational Spanish. It should be fun. This week we also had a surprise party for one of the girls here. She was turning 12, so we had a piñata and some games. It was fun. The most fun I had this week, though was washing clothes by hand. It really wasn't too bad, but hopefully it won't become a common chore for me. I think that is about all we did this week. I also put more pictures online and I also have a link to my friend Heather's pictures, so you can see more if you want.

Amber and I at a lookout of Monterrey

I'm in Mexico!!!

I'm in Mexico now, and doing great! I got into Monterrey on Saturday afternoon. Going through customs was no problem and meeting up with our group from YWAM was very easy. Right now we are staying at a house in Guadalupe, Mexico a suburb of sorts of Monterrey while the base in the city is under construction. We will hopefully be moving back there next weekend. Meanwhile, however we don't have any internet unless we go to an internet cafe. My time here has been wonderful. Our whole team has really bonded well. There are 10 students and about 6 staff as well as other random people. We have already become good friends and I really feel like this is definitely where God wants me and with the people He wants me to be with. We have explored Monterrey and had praise and worship times every morning. Next week starts the real teaching times where a guest teacher comes and lectures us I guess. This should be fun to see how a normal week will work. The day that we arrived here was Mexico's independence day, so that night we went downtown and saw fireworks. It was really neat to see how similar it was to our 4th of July. Everything has been great with only 2 complaints- mosquitoes and ants, but that in minimal and pretty expected. All in all I am doing great and God is blessing my time here. (Pictures next time, it is time to go today.)

Mexico Awaits

As most of you know I will be heading to Mexico soon. I was officially accepted into the Discipleship Training School (DTS) with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). This program last for 5 months and is divided into 2 parts. The first 3 months are in Monterrey, Mexico and this part is considered the lecture phase. The last 2 months are in an area deemed to be in need. This part is the Outreach phase. I will be leaving Midland on Sept. 10 and visiting with my parents in Houston until the 15th when my mom and I will be heading to Mexico.