It is raining and hailing here. This is supposed to be the non-rainy season, but there is an outright downpour going on right now. It has been threatening all week, with a few days of a little rain but today we were soaked during our 5 minute or less walk/run home.
Things are going good down here. Nothing too exciting. I have a habit of losing/misplacing pics for my guitar and at times need to use one of the children's building blocks, legos, plastic puzzle piece or something else instead during music class in the morning. Well, I came into class yesterday and was getting out my guitar, when the little three year old girl next to me leaned into the box of toys, rummaged around a little, and presented me with a wooden rectangle. I had to think for a minute before I realized that she was giving it to me to use to play my guitar. I had to laugh. Before I got my guitar strap, I used to use a chair to prop my foot on while I played the guitar. The kids sometimes still bring a chair out for me when I am in class. So cute and observant.
Did you know that most eggs in (at least my part) of Mexico are not refrigerated? I wondered about this at first, but I learned that the eggs are so fresh that they do not need to be refrigerated. There is less than a six day turn around from the bottom of the chicken to my kitchen table. It is only after that six day time that the eggs need to be refrigerated. I now like that my eggs are un-refrigerated. Emma and I went into a store the other day for eggs and bread and ended up running into the uncle of one of our preschool kids who owned the store and wanted to learn English. This commenced into a 20-30 minute conversation, during which he brought out all his English books and learning materials that he works on in between customers. It was humbling to see his perseverance. He was looking for someone to speak English with. We gave him our email addresses (an easier way to get ahold of us), and the next morning he had found us on Facebook and asked to be our friends.
We had a little scare a few weeks ago when two persons were found beheaded in a burning car just up the road from us. One of the drug cartel's took responsibility for it through a note they left with the heads. The larger thing was that, though this happened in a rather upscale area, hardly anyone talked about it (though Tara did say that it did effect some of the people that she talked to). People are just so used to it happening in other places, Chiapas, Veracruz, Juarez, Monterrey... I think, in a way, people are a bit desensitized to it.
There is a movement to bring awareness to the disappearances and the killing called "Movimiento por la Paz¨. They have had some caravans across Mexico to raise awareness, pressure the Mexican government to halt the killings (there have been over 47,000 people murdered in the last 5 years since this president came to power), to document the killings and disappearances, and to provide help for the families and loved ones left behind. Many members of the people who started this movement have been killed.
Please pray for the government and the people of Mexico. There is alot of light here. Please pray for that light to grow.
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