Border Crossing Successful!

Hi Everyone, we´ve just found a small Internet cafe in Alamo, Mexico.  The border crossing went very smooth, for which we are very thankful.  The Rio Grande which I´ve heard about all my life was a big disappointment, it only consists of a small creek winding through the trees with chain link fences on each side.  We were very excited to try out the Mexican driving and the Mexican delicacy which we had heard about.   So after a harrowing 2 hour drive we stopped at a little shop where we were able to purchase some taco´s.  Some of us are still a little leery about the sanitation of the place and what the taco´s would do to our systems, but so far so good.  Two highlights topped our day:

1. Getting stopped by the Mexican police after making an illegal turn.  There were some tense moments as the cop wanted $280 dollars per van to rectify the violation.  I´m pretty proud of our bargaining, because after a few minutes of non-communication he walked away.  We thank God that we didn´t have to pay.

2. Just a few minutes ago we finished some street evangelism.  It consisted of us singing some Spanish songs while one of us juggled.  We don´t have much fruit to show for it except a bag of oranges that someone dropped off for us.  We think we saw about dozen people listening and watching, and so we don´t know what could come from the songs and the conversations we were able to have. It was a really great time and I´m glad we did it, because it forced us our of our bubbles and into the middle of the round about in Alamo.

 

Please continue to pray for us as we drive through Mexico.