MEXICO!!!

So I decided for the long awaited Mexico update I would do it through pictures. One, because that's more interesting and two, because I'm not feeling like writing a whole ton and a picture says a thousand words, right? :)

These are the daughters of the pastor... Nati(3) and Viki(8). They were lots of fun throughout the week. (And also little stinkers... especially Viki... doesn't her face just look like trouble?)

Me and Nati... she was my favorite. Shhhh.. :)

Mixing cement on the dirt ground... definitely an interesting and back-breaking task! This was to go into all the trenches we dug for foundations for the walls that will be built in the future (similar to the walls you see in the background).

Our sink to wash up for dinner! (And we got sick??!?) Haha. :)

I loved this little girl! Her name was Aletsa (kinda like Alexa) and she followed me around all week. My name in spanish was Natalia so it would always be "Natalia, Natalia! Ayudame!" (Which means help me) She always wanted help crossing the monkey bars. I always told her "Te puedes!" (You can do it!)

All the kiddos painting rocks to remember that God is our Rock.

2 of the 3 girls who stayed in the same host home as me. There were two full sized beds for 4 of us and a bathroom with a shower and a TOILET SEAT! In Mexico they don't usually have toilet seats in public restrooms because people will steal them for their homes... they are seen more as a commodity for the fortunate. So our host family was more fortunate.

The 4 of us with our host mom and dad. Our host dad's name was Samuel and he could speak english from years of working (sometimes illegally) in the US as a mechanic! What a blessing! He is also a great musician and has a CD out of praise music that he composed himself... he gave each of us a CD as a present, but so far mine hasn't worked. :(

Luz Del Mundo- Light of the World. The church where we held VBS and did the work project (in their back yard).

So there's a little of my trip!