Update!!!

It's been a great trip so far! There have been a lot of firsts for me! Basically everywhere we've been has been a first time for me. First time to Mexico City, first time to Texcoco, Cuernavaca, Acapulco, Aguascalientes, etc... First time to ride a horse along the beach (the day after a rediculously exhausting day of driving and gig in the heat and humidity along with car trouble and the works, we decided to take a day off and rest a bit) and the first time that I've seen a pyramid! We've done two gigs so far, and we have two more to go. Here's a run down of what we've done in the past week:

Friday - fly from Portland in the afternoon, land in Mexico City at midnight, drive to Cuernavaca at 3 am.
Saturday - drive to Acapulco, complete with traffic and car trouble, skip dinner, do a gig in the heat and humidity of the first day of summer. Arrive at hotel and crash - really loud band down the street keeps us awake a couple hours.
Sunday - totally exhausted from the day before. Take a day of rest, complete with beach, pool, and hammocks. Despite being a tourist location, Acapulco isn't very touristable in the summer, with teperatures around 100 and humidity of at least 103% I'm sure.
Monday - drive back up to Cuernavaca. Have more car trouble. Stop at least once an hour to refill the water in the radiator. Stay at Cuernavaca in a hotel without A/C. Heat keeps us up a couple hours.
Tuesday - drive through D. F. (Mexico City) to Texcoco. Park trailer at hotel then look for properties for sale. It rains. Can't sleep for a couple hours at night, but with no apparent reason.
Wednesday - more looking for properties for sale in the towns around the area. Check out the awesome pyramids! Climb the big one. Decide that's enough climbing for the day. Walk down mainstreet ancient pyramidtown. Back at hotel, still can't sleep.
Thursday - eat lunch with pastors, do a gig that evening. Go back to hotel, actually go to sleep within a half hour!
Friday - drive to Aguascalientes. Minimal car trouble. Eat lunch at Burger King - I've never seen such a busy restaurant. Took at least an hour. It rains more. Drive through Aguascalientes looking for church and hotel - streets are more like rivers. Hotel is great! Except the light coming the window keeps me up at least a few hours at night.
Saturday - try to sleep in, but construction noises foil any plans of sleep. Write update. Do a gig this evening.

There ya have it! I'll be posting individual stories later!

The Fundraiser tonight went Great!!!

Wow! What an amazing night! So many people came, and we had great fun playing bingo together!!! The place was totally decorated with Mexico strewn about the walls and coloring the tables. The baskets in the silent auction were filled with goodies and prizes that I would totally drool over! It was so fun seeing friends, family, and meeting new people. I gotta give some shout-outs to some amazing people!!!

First, thank you everyone for coming and making this a fun, fabulous, terrific and wonderful night!!!

Thanks so much, donors, for your generosity! God is going to do some amazing things in Mexico, and thanks to you I get to be a part of it!

And thank you to those who put together those wonderful baskets!! And for the time and energy you put in before the event and your generosity in your donations! It means so much to me!

Wow, God has surrounded me with the most wonderful people!! Luv you all!!!

And please recognize those who put in so much time and energy organizing this evening! Thanks to them we were able to put on a whole event in one week! They really put some hours into this, as well as donating baskets and everything! I mean, the building doesn't just transform into a hopping event full of people and fun by itself! They put in all those hours before the event, stayed and served during the event, and cleaned up afterward! It was amazing and I could Not have done this without them! Thank you so much!!!