Greetings from Mexico!
Our last official stop in Mexico was in and around Oaxaca in the south of Mexico. We split into two teams and my team spent time in two Maixteco villages in the mountains encouraging two small local churches. One church had 5 families and for years they have been shunned by their local community for following Jesus so I felt very humbled to be able to spend time with them, sharing with them and helping teach their children English.
It was amazing to see a lady who was blind in one eye be completely able to see and a man who had been deaf in one ear be able to hear as we prayed for them! The joy on their faces was so humbling and exciting. We also had a few hours in Oaxaca city which was beautiful and I very much enjoyed a delicacy of Oaxaca- hot chocolate!
On the road leaving Oaxaca state, one of our vehicles’ transmission went at a petrol station (thankfully not on the road) and also thankfully there was a local mechanic who said he could fix it over the weekend and even allowed us to park our pop up trailers next to his garage! There are definitely angels watching over us! However as we were up in the mountains and some of us had been so cold previous nights (yes really!), about half of us stayed in a cheap hotel (about £6 a night!). It was SO nice to have a proper bed for a couple of nights, be warm, eat chocolate, drink wine and watch some girly films (rather like my Friday nights used to be after a long week at work!). Thank you to friends and family who made my hotel stay possible.
The long drive to Belize continues…….
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