In just three short days we will be heading for Mexico....yah!!! We have had an action-packed summer filled with cousins, friends, and all things fun and summery! However, after leaving our home in Yellowknife on June 30, we are now really geared up and ready to head to our new home in Mexico. We leave for Mexico City at a head-spinnig 5am!!! on Tuesday morning accompanied by our whopping 10 pieces of luggage (any prayers/positive energy that you might have a chance to send our way would be very much welcomed!). Upon arriving in Mexico City we will have a bit of in-country orientation (2 weeks) before heading to Chihuahua (in Northern Mexico) for MCC team meetings. After the team meetings we will travel to a city called San Cristobal de las Casas (in the Southern state of Chiapas) for three months of language study. Once our language study is complete (and we are competely fluent in Spanish...ha, ha, ha....the language study will definitely never be "complete" but rather always ongoing) we will then head to the town of Olinala (Guerrero state) which will be our home for the next three years.
I realize this all sounds kind of overwhelming and I guess it really is. I try not to think of it all in one chunk like this hence I pass out...however, we truely are taking it "one step at a time" (as cliche as that sounds)! The kids are great stabalizers for us during this whole process as they really are taking everything one moment at a time...kids are so phenominal at living in the moment.
Thanks to all of you for all of your prayers and support during this time of transition. We will try really hard to keep this blog updated so you can watch the kids (and us) grow!