Mexico - We are here!

(Due to limited Internet access, I will not be able to post exceedingly often. However, each time I post, I will try to publish a few entries. This one was written on Friday the 21st at 7 pm)

Thanks to YOUR prayers, we have arrived here safe and sound along with all of our luggage. Praise God! Today was sort of an intense day of traveling (I suppose any day that begins at 2 am is intense). Most of us have gotten very little sleep and our first real meal was the lunch that we had when we arrived here around 5. (From now on, all times will be Mexican, which is 2 hours behind Indiana). We were all most grateful for the food and devoured it hungrily. We were quite surprised to learn that this meal was only lunch, and dinner would occur around 8. Hopefully we will find some room in our stomachs by then. Our airport adventures were relatively uneventful so after a slight hold up in customs and an hour and a half bus ride, we arrived here at Hotel San Jose in Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico. The weather here is beautiful as is our view of the mountains which is something we most definitely do not get in Indiana!

On our first flight this morning, I remembered that it was Good Friday so I decided to read the Matthew account of the crucifixion. The thing that stuck out to me today was when Jesus was in the Garden praying "Not my will but Yours be done." In a way, I kind of think that should be our prayer for the trip. I feel like I have not yet had time to process my expectations for this week, but maybe that is good. Maybe God is calling us to completely let go of any expectations and just let Him do His thing.

Another cool thing about the Matthew account is the way it ends. A dear friend pointed this out to me in a note right before we left: After Jesus makes His incredible sacrifice for us, He ends with, "And surely I will be with you always, even to the end of the age." That is such an encouragement for me at least as I am still dealing with a LOT of anxiety and apprehensiveness. In genral I think the dominant attitude around here (besides exhaustion) is excitement tempered with nervousness. May Jesus continue to remind us of His promise to remain with us.

Thank you for your prayers!!!!!