As you may remember from our post in August – People moving in CAM – Larry and Jayme Hower have left CAM Canada for new ministry opportunities with CAM in Dallas. (Actually, Larry Hower is still the CAM Canada director, until a replacement is found. So if you need to contact CAM Canada you’ll still be dealing with him.)
The official job posting for the position is up, so I’m including a link here. It looks like a great ministry opportunity. Please help by spreading the word, especially to people you know may be qualified for the position. The job description actually is pretty general, so interested people will want to talk to CAM for more information.
We haven’t been bored, no. But as a result, I haven’t had much time to write! So far, September has been a full month. So let me just give you a quick update.
We’ve enjoyed some time with friends here in Ixtapaluca, though not as much time as we would like. For example, we were over at Martin and Laura’s home last week to get a glimpse of Mexican culture watching the 1947 movie Nosotros los Pobres (We the Poor).
The National Palace
Last week we fulfilled some of the requirements of our Orientation Year with a visit to downtown Mexico City.
The building was packed for the church party
I have lots of pictures of video to show you of that, so stay tuned. We visited the Latin American Tower, spent some time in the world’s second largest city square, and saw the world famous Ballet Folklórico. Our friends Rollie and JoAnn Smith were kind enough to let our kids sleep over at their house. 🙂
This past weekend was full of Independence Day celebrations (the actual day was the 16th). So Hannah and Nathanael got to dress up at school, and we all dressed up for a party on the 14th. Firecrackers, tacos, music, games – lots of fun! Pictures to follow. 😉
We also had our kitchen installed this month! That’s right,
The carpenters install the kitchen
we now have cupboards and counters. We’re still waiting on the table and chairs, and one more cabinet for the kitchen. And the drain isn’t hooked up yet. So, soon we’ll actually have most of our bins unpacked (in theory)! Praise the Lord!
On Monday we went with the Frys and our friends Crystal and Alberto to a zooish kind of place nearby. Lots of fun there. You guessed it – pictures are forthcoming.
Wow, I didn’t realize how crazy September has been until I wrote that. It pays to post once in a while!
In case you haven’t seen enough, here’s a quick video of music practice from last Sunday, courtesy of Rod Fry. Really, I was having a lot more fun than I look like I was having! 😛
Last you heard about our van, I was sitting waiting for the van-mechanic-electrician guy. He was going to look over our van and find out why it wasn’t starting. Well, it’s time for a bit of an update.
He didn’t ever show up that day (when I was there, anyway). So, I went again the next day. I left the van there all day, and went to see how it was going in the evening (I think it’s about a 20-25 minute walk from our house). "The battery acid is a little low", he said. "Just buy this kind of acid and add some".
Well, excuse my scepticism, but . . . well, let’s just say I had reason to be unsure about his diagnosis.
Meanwhile, the Fry family was having trouble with their almost-identical van. It wasn’t charging properly. So, I was off the next day to boost their van with our van which, for the moment, was working. We got their van home with only 3 boosts (here’s a picture of one of the boosts right at the entrance of their neighbourhood, with Rod chatting with the security guard).
His problem, I believe, was an alternator. It’s fixed now.
After visiting 3 mechanic shops and feeling no closer to an answer, I was losing my faith in the specialists of the world. Watching how it was acting, I continued to revise my opinion of what the problem was.
To bring you up to date, on Friday I decided to take a look in the engine myself. I cleaned and reconnected everything I could lay my hands on. And so far… so far it’s working like nothing was ever wrong.
So who knows? I may be out looking for a mechanic later today. Or, maybe by some miracle I fixed the problem. Time will tell.
