Amigos de Canadá

This past Wednesday we went into Mexico City (DF) to pick up some friends from the airport.  We got to the airport quite quickly.  Well… we got very close to the airport quite quickly – like maybe 5 minutes or less away.  But due to the construction around the airport, we arrived another hour and a half later.  Gotta love it.

The Knightly family (Steve, Patti and Callie) was coming to get an up close view of the work of some of the missionaries with the mission connected with their church (FEB International).  So they are actually spending most of their time in Puebla, but were kind enough to stop by Ixtapaluca on their way.  And guess what?  The trip back from the airport was way better.

They were a great encouragement to us, and even brought us some gifts from Canada.  In fact, they did so much for us that we have no chance for any reward in Heaven from the visit.  But that’s ok, because knowing them they’ll probably share their rewards with us.

Steve (who does carpentry work in Canada – cabinets and the like) and I went to visit some carpenters here in town, which was fun.  They went out to eat and shop with Shari and Hannah (Nathanael and I had to stay home for that part).  And that evening we drove them to Puebla.  (Amazingly enough, we had met the people they went to visit, and had actually been to their church and their house.  Join me as I sing – it’s a small world after all…)

The Knightlys probably think we always have wild and crazy traffic adventures.  Really, it’s not always as bad as it was Wednesday and Thursday.  But maybe we’re just getting used to it.

Anyway, hopefully the Knightlys can be an encouragement to the missionaries in Puebla too.  We look forward to hearing about their visit there!  And if the traffic hasn’t scared them away, we hope they’ll come back soon for a longer visit to Ixtapaluca.  Thanks for visiting!

(This picture was taken the day after the trip from the Mexico City airport, at night after the trip to Puebla, when everyone was exhausted.  Look pretty good, don’t they?)