Life has been exciting since my last update! Amy & I were able to get a fridge for our home! Which is so exciting for us. We went a week without a fridge at our home. To celebrate getting a fridge I wanted to cook some pancakes. I worked on getting the batter going, then I needed to melt some butter on the stove (we don’t have a microwave), and I went to turn on the gas stove. But it didn’t work! I spent a whole hour on the phone with our landlady & her daughter trying to figure it out what was wrong.
We eventually went 6 days with no hot water for showers, and no ability to cook at our house! One of our families from church was able to help us get things figured out and now we have natural gas at our home for cooking & hot water!
Our week was also filled with paperwork & errands, spending time with families from our church, hanging out with our new Mexican friends & their families, grocery & furniture shopping, attending a Mexican Rodeo, going to a nursing home ministry, Bible study in Spanish, Sunday morning church, visiting a market, going to an orphanages with Glenn & Teo (our friends), hanging out with the youth from our church and of course eating more Mexican foods!
Amy & I have started to attend a Bible in Spanish at church. We are studying through the Chronological Bible lessons and have completed the Creation of the world. While I don’t understand everything in Spanish, I can understand the basics of this Bible study!
Our current focus for this first month in Mexico is listening & adjusting to Spanish. There are some new sounds that as English speakers we don’t use. We are trying to figure out these sounds. We are also working on getting our apartment set up. We have some tables, beds, comfy chairs, a fridge & washing machine! And of course there has been the fun stuff with not having gas, getting some repairs in our home made, setting up our internet & phone. This is what our first month is for us!
Just a side note:: I live in a huge city (1-2 million people). It’s different here, but I’m adjusting. The other day while we were driving through the city we were actually able to wave at some our friends from church! It’s very exciting because growing up in Baker, Oregon, as you drive through town you always pass at least someone you know! Or when you go to the grocery store, you almost always see someone you know!
Tidbit:: Daylight Savings Time for us didn’t start this past week – instead it starts Easter morning. Which should be fun because our church is having a sunrise service at 6 am. So it’ll feel like 5 am for us!
This upcoming week includes:: Visa paperwork, grocery shopping, Spanish Bible study, planning a surprise birthday party for one of our new Mexican friends here, Women’s meeting at church, and whatever else comes our way!
Thank you so much for your continued prayers, e-mails, & letters! I love it all!
Living life in Mexico,
Crystal
Pictures
Rodeo in Mexico!
Our fridge!
Painting nails @ the Nursing Home!