Updates from Jim’s trip. Sent via his blackberry – Day 1 – Heading to Mexico
Thanks to everyone for both your prayers and donations. I am at airport getting ready to head out. I am both anxious and nervous not sure what is really going to happen yet. I do know we will be working to build shelters on a landfill inside Mexico. We are headed into mexico later today to scope out what we will be working on then come backto the US to pick up the group at the airport. We are staying in the US at night and going across the border each day
I know there are going to be some young kids living at this landfill and I am pretty excited to meet them. Our kids have given me a few of their toys that I am taking with me to hopefully give out. Plus I bought two HUGE bags of Starburst candy. And then this morning I bought rattlesnake eggs in the airport. Now for those that were fortuant enough to not have this gag played on you let me try to describe. It is an envelope with a metal washer tied to a rubber band stretched between a piece of metal. You twist the washer on the rubber band tight and close the envelope. Then when the person opens the envelope it vibrates like there is some thing in the envelope. Should be pretty funny and I am sure the kids will get a kick out of it. If not sugar never fails to please!
Anyway we are starting to board so I will try and write as much as possible.
Love to all
Jmmy
Later on Day 1
Finished our first day. We visited several different places today they were homes for children and the very ill. These places were extremely poor but in spite of that there are still kids playing and having a ball. We are headed back in tomorrow to do some work on a school and put in concrete floors.
We are guided by Larry an amazing guy that I got to spend some time with today. He is the former CFO or mary kay and just packed it up and has been down here for 8 years helping the people of this landfill village. He takes laid back to a different place. He married a doctor across the border where he lives with 3 or 4 kids he has brought into his home.
I am very excited to take the candy and toys back to the kids I met today.
Good night
Jimmy
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