Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Mission Trip to Constitucion!

6am Thanksgiving Morning:

Gathered at the church for our Mission Trip to Ciudad Constitucion. We loaded up into a van full of people…but there wasn’t enough room for everyone. So we offered to drive.

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11:30pm Same night.

Stopped at a gas station closed to Rosalia. Slept in our car.

5:30am Next morning

Woke up to the sun rising over the Gulf of California. Continued driving.

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8am Scouted our camping spot for the way home.

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12noon. Friday.

Arrived in Constitution

Ate lunch that was waiting for us.

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Looked at the church.

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Tried to find a camping spot.

Didn’t like it.

Went back to the home of Pastor Antonio and his wife Christine.

Set up camp.

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6am Saturday

Woke up and went to the outhouse.

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Started working on the church.

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6pm Saturday

Church service. Chad played guitar. Served hot dogs after.

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9am Sunday

Back to work for the next few days…

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Lunch was bought for the next day.

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This is Pastor Antonio.

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Progress. We ended up building the wall up this high all around the circumference. And cemented it in.

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Thursday Morning. We said goodbye.

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This was the sunrise and the tarp where Erin and Chad slept.

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This was the beach where we slept along the way.

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We were greeted with a warm welcome back at the church and a breakfast of fried chicken.

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