So you want a little driving tour of our area? Darrol Prusia took this video during his visit here, and graciously allowed me to make use of it.
It looks to me like the audio and video are out of sync in the first section. Be patient, it doesn’t last long.
At Hannah’s school, all the students have the opportunity to take a special class of their choice on Fridays. For the first semester, Hannah chose beading – making bracelets and things like that. So each Friday she came home with a new creation.
This semester she chose the sweets-making class. 😉 So we are the beneficiaries of special desserts every Friday.
I thought I’d stop by and show you an example of one of her creations. Today she came home with these Hannah-made chocolate truffles. We still have a few left over – stop by and try one (just don’t bring too many friends – our supply is limited)!
Many people are surprised to hear Mexico talked about as a war zone. But conflicts in the state of Oaxaca, as well as the war with drug cartels, are not news to the people living here. Little by little, the world is taking notice.
The Los Angeles Times recently put up a page summarizing the latest news on the drug war in Mexico. Taking a look at the page, you’ll see it’s not small news – since the CBC article was published…
Now I don’t write this so you’ll fear for our safety – that’s in God’s hands as always. But I do want to let you know what people are thinking about here, and this is a big one.
Everyday the newspapers bring news of violence, executions, government officials suspected of corruption, kidnappings, and a government trying to deal with it all. Just a few days ago I heard another report – that the three most dangerous countries for journalists are – Iraq, India and Mexico!
Of course we believe that there is Good News that can bring people hope and change lives. That should be your prayer for the millions of Mexico (roughly 110,600,000 people live in Mexico now).
But we also need to pray for peace and justice (1Tim 2:1-4). Though fear can drive people to the Lord, the violence can also hinder the progress of the Gospel (humanly speaking!), and people need to hear the Gospel before they can respond (Rom 10:11-17).
So as you remember Mexico in 2009, pray that God would bring peace and justice, and that the Gospel would spread as never before. Mexico needs your prayers – Remember Mexico!
Thanks to ¡Pure Vida! for the link to the LA Times article.
This is a video of our trip up to the Paséo de Cortés, where Hannah and Nathanael went fishing (among many other things). Also, you can see a close-up of the peak of Popocatépetl, with real-live volcano smoke. 😉
Our friend Mar came over today. Along with Shari and Shari’s Mom, they went to the market here in Ixtapaluca, and then came back to our house and cooked a fabulous meal. See Shari explain the finished product! 🙂
After getting some advice from our friends the Poulettes, we decided to go down to the Mexico City Zocalo for a little winter fun.
The highlight of the day was supposed to be ice skating, but there was an 8 hour wait. So much for that!
However, Nathanael got the chance to go tubing in the snow. And Hannah and Nathanael both built snowmen (little ones – you’ll see). We also got to visit the market and the Sanbourns restaurant at the house of tiles, so we had fun.
Having missed the skating at the zocalo, we decided to try out our skating rink here in Ixtapaluca today. As far as we know, this was Hannah and Nathanael’s first time on skates! It was fun, but I think we all used a lot of muscles that we don’t use all that often. 😉
So here’s some video and pictures – first downtown Mexico City, then here in Ixtapaluca. Grandpa and Grandma Winger were along, but only Grandpa went skating this time…