This wednesday marked two weeks in Mexico. So much has happened that I really don’t know where to begin so I have decided to show you what a day at the gateway in Mexico looks like…
7am – team exercise, this can look like anything from jogging to basketball to yoga
8am – breakfast time
– valerie making some breakfast, notice our spanish corn flakes 🙂
9 am – Tuesdays and Thursdays we have ministry where we go to different places like a children’s home or help with construction at a mission training institute.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have practical training at the base i.e. language studies, first aid training
this was our Spanish class today, at the end Erin read us a childrens book to us to see if we understood 🙂
12 noon – lunch time
1pm – free time
climbing the water tower, it’s pretty scary!
Jessica and me after the entire team played games in the mud
Jenessa doing some laundry
2 pm – ministry with our host families (each group has been set up with a local family that we visit with, build relationships and help in anyway.
doing some construction at the mission institute
on our way to Gris’ house (our host family)
helping Gris cut the grass at the local school
5 pm – team check-in – we sit down with our team and see how everyone is doing
our team time
6pm dinner time
eating our yummy Mexican food!
7pm free time
hanging out, catching up on some reading assignments, playing games etc
this is the base so you can see we have lots of room to run around and be crazy 😉
girls and guys rooms are on the right and the dinning room, kitchen and meeting room are in the building with the tower
8 pm – teaching/session
in the ‘ice box’ ready to learn (it is the only air-conditioned room and it’s amazing!)
10 pm – free time/bed time
my bed 🙂
This is my wonderful team – Uganda uno!
back left to right – KC, Britany, Me
front left to right – Alison, Kathleen, Nadia
God has been challenging me in alot of areas and growing me tonz too and I am really excited to see what he has in store next. I will write again soon to tell you more about what He is doing in my life. Thank you for all the prayers and support!
All my love
Tara
Hey Tara.
Really proud of what your doing, and you seem to be having an amazing time. Its at times like these when your close to God and doing his will that he works in you to create something beautiful in you that you may be a blessing to those around you and the kingdom of God. Keep your chin up, smile lots and enjoy this opportunity.
Love and hugs
Rob.
:o)
Hey Tara
Thanks so much for posting these pics it is so awesome to be able to see what you are up to! Thought about you when we were in Mexico on Thurs.! Pity we weren’t closer so we could see you too! Having you folks over on Monday for Thanksgiving so we’ll miss you 🙁 Praying for you that you are stretched and blessed and loved!
Love you ♥
Claire
Tara, Thanks so much for the great pictures. Gives we grandmamas at home a feel for your days & surroundings. God bless & keep you in His care and in His love, Sheridan (Brittany’s Grams)