We crossed the border with no problems at all, were waived through all the inspection points, never had to unpack the truck once! We managed to buy fuel, food and hotel with our limited Spanish and arrived in Mazatlan Saturday evening. We moved right in with our host family and began our learning experience!
My junior high Spanish is coming back to me more quickly than even I imagined! We are both learning a lot about this amazing place. We’ve shopped at the supermarket, met the neighbors and many of the neighborhood children, learned about the schools, the bus routes, etc. Ralph has even driven in the wild traffic here twice and survived both times. There are no street signs, so it makes navigating a bit tough! You just have to learn your way around!
It’s been sunny and beautiful and our host home has a lovely shaded garden that’s cool and nice. We have a nice room in their home, they moved their 14 year old son into their daughter’s room and moved their 8 year old daughter in with them temporarily. Genaro works for the government here, Carmen is a stay at home mom and a great cook!! They stuff us with wonderful food all the time. They are very loving and patient with us and are picking up English from us too.
We went to church last night and enjoyed it, there were more than 50 in attendance. Our friends Pat and Arlie were there and we had a brief visit with them. We’ll spend more time with them Tuesday. They return to Washington on Friday.
We’ll start house hunting in La Cruz with our fellow worker Mary Ann some time next week, and we’ll also begin the process for our more permanent visa with immigration this week. We’d certainly appreciate prayers on those issues and on our continuing education on language and culture!
Thank you all for your prayers and support. We love you guys and appreciate all you do to support us while we are here!! We can feel your prayers.
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