Mexico Spring Trip Start

The Group

Late post as I wanted to post this post this morning. But all well.

I had to get up early yesterday so i could leave the house by 7am, which was a challenge for me with my sleep disorder but I was able to do it.  The reason I had to be up so early was

Crossing the Border

because I had to be at school, Hope International University (HIU), by 8 so that we could pack up the vans to come down to Mexico.  After meeting up with everyone and introducing ourselves to the group we started on our way around with a quick stop at Starbucks for those that wanted to get some breakfast and/or coffee.

Before crossing over into Mexico we stop to get some cross cultural training.  The training is done by Amor which is the organization the school works with.  Amor works in the community building houses and connecting with local pastors to help better the local communities.  If you remember from a previous post the reason they build houses is to try to and fight against human trafficking.  If they have a place to stay at night that has a door and can be locked it is less likely that they will be taken.  While we were at the

Setting up the girls tent.

Amor office they provided us with some lunch before going through the training.

Once we were done with the training we got back into the vans and crossed the border.  Due to the type of vans that we are in the border control pulled us over as asked a few questions but there were no problems as we were let through with out being detained or even having to get out of the vans.  From the border we make our way to the Amor campground.  Once we

Setting up the boys tent.

arrive we get busy with  setting up the camp which consists of two large tents (and one small on because he brought his own).  With the knowledge of rain coming we were allowed to set up camp under one of the large tents that Amor has set up year round.

Once camp was set up we all enjoyed some down time to rest before dinner at 5:30.  Dinner was a very delicious chicken tacos made some of the staff.  For dessert they gave some yummy donuts.  After dinner they opened the store that they have and we were allowed to do some shopping.  All the proceeds from the store goes back into the organization so that they can help the community.  I ended up getting a thick blanket and a shirt for my mom.

After shopping we got a small fire going.  We

Around the Fire

enjoyed the fire till it started to rain us a little.  Once that started we all just into to our tents and went to bed.  I was able to get to bed early which is good since I had not gotten much sleep the night before.  We will be in Mexico till Friday so be looking for the future post about what we did.

**Pictures taken by myself and Siyeon (one of the ladies that is on the trip)