Almost 3 weeks...

Hola everyone! I figured it was about time for another update on things here in Cancun! I am feeling more and more at home here and getting more accustomed to things with each passing day. I am also really beginning to feel like a part of the congregation. I'm getting to know everyone and becoming familiar with all of the names and faces. The congregation is very hospitable and I enjoy the local custom of greeting most everyone with a handshake or a hug at the meetings, out in service, and at gatherings. It's something that I am going to do my best to bring back with me to the States when I return.

This week has been a productive one for me out in service. Wednesday and Thursday I began at the local bus station at 6 am. Yes, it is very early for me, but I balance it out by napping in the afternoon :) Thursday morning I spoke with an older man who gladly accepted a magazine. A while later I glanced over at him and saw him reading it. He looked up and gave me a big smile and a thumbs-up! He walked over and asked if we had a place of worship of some sort. I gave him a map with the meeting times and he is only in the area part of the week, but he said he would be at the meeting on Friday night. I went back to 2 of my other return visits and left the Bible Teach book with both of them. I made arrangements with one of them, Candelario, to come back with a Bible and begin studying with him. The week ended with one of my favorite experiences in Mexico thus far. Linki (the mother here at the house) got together some of the kids' old stuffed animals and filled 3 garbage bags with them. Friday morning out in service we went to a part of town where the people are very very poor. They have basically just claimed the land they live on, building small shacks for their families out of whatever materials they could find. We parked the van and Linki asked one woman working outside if there were any children around. Before we knew it, the van was surrounded by little kids. As Linki handed out stuffed animals to the children, the rest of us handed out Spanish literature to the mothers. It was a really great experience and I'm hoping to do it again.

In the last post I wasn't very clear about the orange house. Some people thought that's where I live, but that's where a couple in the hall live. Below is a picture of Lesia and I in front of our house!

Well I'm sick of trying to think of things to write about so I'm going to quit now :) Hope everyone is doing well! Lots of love from Mexico...until next time...