Hola Canada! Que pasa?
I am safe and sound here in Vicente Guerrero, Baja California, Mexico! Quite the long name for a town, but in actuality, our little community is significantly easier to say, it's called Zapata and it's a cute little busy community just off the main highway that runs north to south on the peninsula of Mexico. Arriving on Friday night in the dark, it was pretty difficult to make out the neighbourhood, but since then we've had some time to roam around a bit. This morning we ventured out with our leaders to the Saturday market in town where local people come set up tents of merchandise. It may not look like a lot, but it is quite the treasure cove! I found a really nice pair of jeans for $4 US (which I decided would be my painting jeans haha), and a pair of genuine leather cowboy boots also for $4 US! You can do some real good bargain shopping around here!
There is currently a Hero Holiday team here that drove down with us yesterday and they are building a house in our community for a very nice family with 7 children. This afternoon we got to go to the job site and help paint the walls and trim for the house, as well as play with the children. They are so much fun to play with and they're extremely good helpers, that's for sure!
I had a lot of opportunities to practice my Spanish skills today. It was a bit stressful trying to communicate with the vendors at the market this morning, but by the afternoon, I was carrying out conversations with the kids at the job site. Obviously I'm not fluent, but hearing it spoken around me and listening intently to the words I don't know is helping me a lot. The kids are also very eager to help teach us new words and phrases!
So far I'm having a wonderful time and looking forward to what tomorrow will bring! We're heading back to the job site to help put up the walls tomorrow morning so I'm sure that will be exciting!
Thanks for keeping me in your prayers!
Hasta luego = )
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