Vivo en la casita verde

Hello, all! I'm HERE! By here, I mean the small village of El Tejeban outside of Guanajuato, MX. We arrived yesterday in the tiny, tiny airport of Guanajuato, Leon, and several other cities. After locating our bags, Elisa and I cautiously walked out to meet an MTW staff member, David. This was strange for us because we didn't know anything about David and had no idea if he was a gringo or a Mexican. Thankfully, we met up with no problems. I think I stuck out enough for him to realize that I'm not from around here. After gathering our things and taking a minute to send messages to home, we began our 30 minute walk (with all the luggage) over the highway, down the road, etc. to the bus station. All THREE of our bus rides were standing room only and there was absolutely no room for our luggage. I was immediately amazed at the willingness of the bus passengers to help us get all of our stuff on. It may have been because they had places to be and didn't want to be delayed. Nonetheless, the assistance was appreciated. Being on the bus here is an incredible experience. Such a smattering of people all crammed into a bus. The contrast is sometimes amazing. One seat on the bus may have a farmer with buckets filled with produce and the other seat may be filled with a business man. I love it!

    When our bus arrived at the camp, the first thing I saw was a little girl, Lupita, who had come to the camp for the ESL classes. As soon as she spotted me, she yelled,"YEEEY! GRINGAAA!!!" and then rushed over to hug me. THAT is exactly what I needed after such a long day. Once our bags were put away, we came out to the gate to talk with the remaining kids who didn't want to go home from the ESL class. We played various  clapping games with them and just spent some time loving them. While we were out on the road, a herd of cows came by, several buses passed, and many cars and trucks drove by on their way to the village (Tejeban) which is about a 20 minute walk from our camp.

   Our first evening at the camp was pretty relaxed. We fixed dinner and chatted with our team for the rest of the night. I thank God for the amazing team that he has given me. We all love the same things and laughed so much last night. There are already plans in the making for lunch time viewings of The Office and a Harry Potter marathon in preparation for the final movie in July. (We will all be going to see the final movie in a nice theater)


I'll post more later! Thanks for praying!