Today started off with mopping up rain for an hour. Typically the windows for most of the rooms here stay open at night to help with cooling. Last night however, Nuevo Laredo had the heaviest rain it has had in 40 years. Everything, including my computer, was soaked. Thankfully nothing was damaged. I headed off to pick up the family that was staying at the hotel and made it back in time for breakfast. I then narrowly escaped getting my car stuck in the mud to get out and head off to church with all the girls.
Church was very interesting, as it was last time. I don’t understand a word being said and it seems as if it is tailored for children. It’s a lot of fun doing all the dances and singing the songs with the kids, but I’m looking forward to developing my Spanish skills so that I can know what’s going on. One thing they do each time is the ¨tren¨. Three lucky kids get inside this cardboard locomotive and all the kids line up behind and dance to a song about a train. Its a lot of fun for the kids.
After church we came back to the orphanage for lunch. As always it was delicious (hot dogs and macaroni and cheese). Peggy and I discussed plans for the summer with the Sisters and worked out a timeline. For the night we would go over to Laredo, Texas and meet David Morales. He is an amazing person and very gracious. He also owns a hardware store. He knows just about anything and everything and everyone we need to be able to accomplish great things here. I can already tell he will be a tremendous help and a valuable contact. We ate dinner as we talked about our ideas and dreams for Nuevo Laredo. His ideas are very closely related to mine and he has a lot of the same mentalities as I do. I am beyond excited to work with him and his wife down here.
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