Many of you have been wondering about where we have been living, sleeping, eating, praying and playing. Here are some answers to satisfy your curiosity:
We are living in a dorm style facility consisting of bunk beds, bathroom and shower facilities, an all purpose room for dinning, meeting and praying that is nestled among homes and businesses.
Our breakfast is continental style consisting of a variety of cereals, fresh pineapple, mango, papaya, watermelon, cantaloupe and bananas, waffles, toast, coffee and tea. Lunch is sandwiches that are prepared at the construction site. Our dinner meals are prepared by Pastor Faustino's wife Tomasa and daughter which consist of a variety of Mexican food. This is the menu...
Sunday - Burritos
Monday - Sopes
Tuesday - Tacos DePescado
Wednesdays - Tamales, Sopa Verde
Thursday - Tacos Pablanos (Dining Out)
Friday - Pollo
The mornings are cool and misty. By noon the sun is out warming the temperatures into the 80's with very low humidity. The evenings cool down into the 60's. Ensenada (which means cove) is surrounded by colonies or communities that vary in size from 300 - 500 residents where the majority of the men are migrant workers and the women work hard cooking, cleaning and raising their children. The churches in the communities we have visited have varied in size with 30 - 50 attending the services.
Tammy and Rick along with their four children have been in ministry for sixteen years and given a vision of planting churches in Mexico.
The Ensenada Project has been operating for the past 5 years. The homes built as part of the Ensenada Project are families that are identified by the local church as having a need. The homes are 20' x 20' which can house multiple families.
So much for the catch up (Ok Walt?)... Day 5
This morning after breakfast we had some time to practice our bargaining skills at the La Bufadora a somewhat touristy market place.
We believe this spot sprung up around a local attraction called the "Blow Hole" which is a fantastic natural phenomenon created by the geography of the area. Some of our bargaining skills were better than others. But, we tried to use this opportunity as a witness to vendors.
After this our grouped divided up in to two teams. One team went to the job site the other hosted the VBS program.
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