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Parkside Sun., 9:45 a.m.

Mexico: Day 2

Posted by dsoutham on Jun 22 2009

Hi friends this is Kirsten! We enjoyed our first full day in Oaxaca, Mexico today. We started out with a fabulous breakfast that Joan Ross kindly prepared for us accompanied by Mike Ross’s morning devotional (Psalm 23). We then went to church at 10:45… 45 minutes late which was actually on time. At church all the people kindly welcomed us and greeted us with kisses and spanish words that most of us did not really understand. We enjoyed the long spanish sermon and then went to a Mexican restaurant to eat “la comida”– the main meal for the day. We tried lots of new foods including goat and this really nasty mexican candy that tasted like sugary chile… ew but we all enjoyed the cultural experience. We were able to tour the town and saw the world’s largest tree… it was pretty big. We drove to downtown Oaxaca to shop at the markets and used our limited Spanish vocabulary to haggle down the prices although I’m sure we still got ripped off! After picking Jon up from the airport without complications (thank you God!) we had a team meeting with Edgar Rivera, Juan Carlos, and the Ross family. Edgar got us very excited for our trip to Amoltopec tomorrow (weather permitting) but also reminded us of the seriousness of our endeavor. He warned us of the tribal warfare as well as the spiritual warfare that goes on in Amoltopec. We are trusting God to keep us safe and praying that we would be lights to all the people. Also, we really appreciate and feel comfort in the prayers that we are receiving not only from Parkside Church but local churches in Oaxaca. We can not wait to see what God has in store for our trip! I now sign off to pack for Amoltopec and to triple check our room in search of another monstrous spider similar to the one we just forced Hiram to kill. Thanks for the prayers!

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2 Responses to “Mexico: Day 2”

  1. Heidi Says:
    June 23rd, 2009 at 5:16 am

    Thanks Kirsten for the detailed report - we’re loving following the trip with you! I hate spiders too :) We’ll pray you get to Amoltepec!

  2. Shelly Wang Foster Says:
    June 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 pm

    So proud of you girls! Pray for a fruitful and blessing trip.

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