How is everyone! I've wanted to write a few blogs for a while now so forgive the sudden posting of whole a bunch. I think the best place to start is arrival. We arrived in Tuxtla Gutierrez with only one suitcase a piece and one contact name and phone number. Malu had met the daughter on a previous missions trip to Chiapa two years prior. A trip she felt was very unfruitful...little was she aware of God's provision for the future. Well, the girl's father turned out to be a traveling salesman for a distributor in Tutxla and his are included San Cristobal. So, the following day we caught a ride with him into San Cristobal and with the help of his wife began to search for a place to stay. We spent the day looking, but found nothing in our price range or in a part of the city where we'd like to live. Finally, near the end of the day we were looking in a neighborhood for another place and stopped to ask directions. The girl who answered the door wasn't aware of where the house was or who the person was we were looking for, but her aunt had a house she rented. So, we walked the path back to her aunt's house to see what kind of place she had. The lady, Columba and her husband Bucho, rented a little house on the other side of town in an older, but very quiet neighborhood. Oddly enough, the girl who had rented the place suddenly decided she didn't want to rent it any more, only two days prior to us arriving. The price we pay for our house is exactly what I quoted Mr. Gutierrez (business man from Tuxtla) that morning on what we could afford. As you can see, it's not extravagant...but it's home!

God Bless