Mexico - Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! I think that most of us on the Mexico team would say that this has been an Easter unlike any other. We had originally planned to go to mass this morning, but we were unable to get a ride to the church. We are surely learning about flexibility! Instead, we all sat outside in the Mexican sun (or shade for those who got burnt yesterday!) and had our own little worship service. We sang some worship songs, read the Resurrection story and a few team members shared their testimonies. It was a really great way to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior!

Around 11, we headed out to the worksite. We spent about 4 hours there setting up all of the tables, chairs, boxes of glasses and other equipment that we will need to start work tomorrow. Oh, wow...Tomorrow! We have approximately 21, 800 pairs of glasses to choose from and so many people to help. Today we had one last practice run for picking glasses, but I am not sure that any of us are yet feeling extremely prepared. We will REALLY  appreciate your prayers tomorrow as we put everything that we have been working towards to the test. Tomorrow there will be real people behind those unseeing eyes, real people that we have been sent here to help. Please pray for peace and patience and a good memory for remembering all that John has taught us. It is rather a daunting task ahead of us, but we know that this is a good work we will be doing.

Right now it about 4 here. I am sitting in an Internet cafe quite near to the building where we will work. We have been given the afternoon off to explore the market a bit more. This is our last day of rest until we were work from 8 am to 5 or 6 pm starting tomorrow. I am really scared, yet I know that it will be good to dive into the actual purpose of our trip. Thank you sooooo much for your continued prayers!!!!!!

- Emily