Mexico Video. You will need windows media player. Sorry mac folks.
http://www.hamptonranch.com/mexicomissiontrip2008.wmv
Well I am on the plane headed back to Austin. I am sitting with a couple of the guys and we are all very sore and ready to see our families. We are still in laughing and having a great time. I know I have said this before but this is a really great group of guys.
We went into Mexico again this morning to do more work on the school. My career as an electrician never materialized. I decided inside the school was for sissys. Only kidding, I needed to get my sore muscles cranking soooo…….for about three hours I wielded a pick axe and shovel alternating pretty much between the two. Funny though, I do not feel the same hateful passion for the pick axe as I do for the dirt tamper. That thing is a killer.
I did take a few more pictures of the kids and gave Hirwin, one of the boys living at the school a 1 gig memory card for his camera. I told him he could take muchas muchas photos. Not sure his computer can handle it but great to see he and his mom’s reaction.
We did have some fun. Larry our guide had a watergun fight with some of the kids. Mike is the reason I am on the trip. Our friendship began many years ago when he worked for CBS and he was my sales rep. Now we are great friends and although we do not still do work together we are very close and stay in touch. We often talk about getting our familes together and I think it is about time we stop talking about it. Our lives are on such parrallel paths with kids and faith. I am finding this true with many friends / co workers and it makes me very happy you are in my lives.
We are dropping down into Houston now and I will be getting off and these guys will continue on. Sad to see this trip end but I have a feeling I will see this crew again.
The best part about this trip is something Larry told Mike earlier today. He said he really did not know how they were going to get the work done to finish the school because there was so much to be done and limited resources coming along. But he said the work we were able to get done which includes all of you would enable the school to open early.
Thank you for your support both through prayers and donations. I look forward to sharing stories with each of you.
Jimmy
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