Home in Cuernavaca

Five days ago we touched down in Mexico City, Nov. 8th. The night before we celebrated Kim's birthday with Daniel and Grace in Chicago at a good Mexican restaurant called, "On the Boarder". Our Mexicana server had family in Cuernavaca and it was a neat point of conversation.

We traveled Sunday, Nov 9th, by bus to Cuernavaca (2 hours) and took a taxi to our house from the bus terminal. We didn't know how we were going to get in because we didn't have keys, nor did we have a telephone card with which to call the man (Osvaldo) that did have the keys. Our taxi driver found the house after a little while and "coincidently" Osvaldo and his wife, Veronica, and their two children were at the house watering the lawn and cleaning up a bit of dust in the house. It was a neat "God Moment" to be welcomed by our brother and his wife, whom we knew already. After helping us get our bags into the house, and lighting the water heater and turning on the gas, we went for supper to La Tortuga for wonderful tacos al pastor, our favourities. After supper they took us to Walmart (about a 15 minute walk from our house) to buy a few groceries and then brought us home. We had a delightful time with them.

Monday, Nov 10th, Osvaldo brought his coworker by the house during lunch (2-4pm) and he cut the grass and trimmed the bushes. We set out on foot to buy a mattress cushion and some new pillows and walked back from Walmart with arms full. We got a bit lost but that only added to the fun. After work Osvaldo came by and took me to get some keys cut so we wouldn't lock ourselves out of the house.

Since then, we have been coming and going, cleaning the house, shopping and just trying to catch our breath after a very busy October. We are so grateful to be here in Mexico. Tonight we will have coffee with Pastor Lorenzo Servin and his wife, Mari Carmen. Tomorrow night, CAM missionaries and fellow Canadians will come to spend the weekend with us. Jim and Shari and their children are precious to us. They serve in a suburb of Mexico City, so we look forward to learning all about their new ministry.

We are trusting God for this season in Mexico. Please pray for our minds to be quick, our hearts to be patient, and our tongues to be loosed as we work on Spanish. It is coming.