(Sorry we are a little behind on blogs, our evening activities have prevented us from having time to reflect.)
Hi friends and family,
Hope you are all doing well. It's been a great week for our group of 15. The people of Mexico are amazing. It's a beautiful culture anyone would feel welcomed in. This week has also been a busy week filled with fun activities other working. On the second day, we basically had the same jobs to do as the first day, which was loading and unloading blocks, tying wire for the ceiling beams, and we had a bucket line to finish pouring cement in the wall. Dolores cooked for us taquitos for lunch, they were delicious as expected.
After a fun day of work, we went directly to Las Playas de Tijuana, which means the beaches of Tijuana. There we explored the famous border that separates the U.S. from Mexico. We experienced the emotional stories and messages that were left by people on the wall, in either writing, drawings or symbols. Something you should realize about the border, on the Mexican side, there was a whole town and park, where as on the U.S side is a large amount of land uninhabited by people except for those on horse back and those guarding the border. We felt like there was just more emotional expression on the Mexican side because of those messages. There was even multiple pictures of clocks that pointed to 6:33 which we found out later was reference to a bible verse. We will share with you that verse when we get a bible to find it.
After the border, we had the exceptional opportunity to go to a Mexican premiere league soccer game. Thanks to a generous donation from an anonymous donor, the whole group was treated to a great cultural experience. Think of going to see the Sounders but very very inexpensive in comparison including stadium food. The home team, the Xoloitzcuintles won 3-1 against Zacatepec, well I cant pronounce the name so lets just call them the "not-so-Xolos". It was great to get another taste of Mexican culture through that game.
Que Dios los bendiga,
Maria Z. & Trent J.
(See pictures from this day in the previous post.)
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