1st Trip to Mexico

On Jan 10th we headed to Mexico to a little town call Las Higuerillas to visit come people. There were seven of us who went so we had to take two cars. The guys (Chris, Caleb and Bryan) rode in Chris' Ford and the girls (me, Michele, Faith and Iliana) followed in my car. It was quite the ride. Once we got out of Matamoros and down the road that leads to Las Higuerillas we had to be very careful and watch out for potholes. The road was greatly improved from last time I had been on it 2 years ago. Over all it wasn't too bad but there were some pretty bad ones potholes.

This Mina the and Iliana. Mina is a believer we visited in Las Higuerillas. She invited us in to her home and sent her daughter for some pop. And then she insisted on making us food. She made us eggs with hot peppers and onions. We also had rice and tortillas. It was very good food.

We where at Mina's hour for several hours talking with her and her daughter Miriam.

Iliana translates for To Every Tribe. I have a lot of fun hanging out with her. She and her brother live a few minutes away so they come over often.

This is Michele and Mina's daughter Miriam. Miriam was holding the chicken like one would hold a cat.

This is Michele, Mina, Me and Faith. Faith attended CPCP last year and was on her way to visit her Grandparent is Posa Rica Mexico. And also to study Spanish.

This is Chris, Iliana and Perla. We visited a lot of people that Chris knows in Las Higuerillas.

In Mexico it is considered proper to greet everyone with a hand shake or the women often greet each other with a kiss on the check. And usually everyone says good bye to everyone else.

When we were about to leave a storm was closing it. It was quite an amazing site. You could see a definate line where the clouds ended. It was a little scary.

When we got back to the boreder we had to wait an hour and a half to get back in the country. So we just sat in the car and waited.

Every time you enter or leave Mexico by car people along the road wil try to sell you things. They sell everything from water, candy, gum, newspapers, treats, pillows, and may other things.

Often times the people are handicapped or there will even be small children. One of the little boys we saw wasn't even tall enought to see through the window then looking straight on.

Sadly some of the people use the money they make to fund drug habits. It is heart breaking to look at the little children such the little girl on the left (sorry it is poor quality it was taken with the camera on my phone).

This girl was probably no older than 5 and she was just sitting or standing on the curb.

All in all it was a good trip to Mexico.