Nich Post 3

Crazy to think that tomorrow is Friday. How fast our week here has gone. As I like to put it, the days go slow and the week goes fast.

We have done lots of work, played with lots of kids, experienced a lot of Mexican culture, and met a lot of great people. And I love this place, and while I am sad to think that my time here is coming to an end so fast, I am excited to go home, I am excited to be back in my own bed, I am excited to communicate with people again. I miss my wife more than I will miss this place and seeing her is what I look forward to the most.

But I won't forget my time here, I won't forget the lessons learned and the experience I have had with this amazing group of people. I won't take for granted the fact that I was able to take this trip.

I see why people talk so fondly about this trip, while even though it is only every two years, it is always a conversation topic that can come up.

I know I will talk very fondly of this trip and this place, the people, the food, the culture.

Our group worked very hard today, we have one last coat of paint to apply on the Agape roof and we are done with the project. I am staying behind at Genesis with Scott and Colby to assist with VBS set up as our morning project. The market was an amazing experience. Walking through the crowded walkway, the smell of smoke, and sewage, and delicious food, and saw dust all reaching you at different points. The most expensive stuff is always on the main path, but if you are willing to be a little adventurous a deal can be found. I know bartering is a big deal, but at times the items being purchased are so cheap I didn't care to barter. Especially when I knew how expensive it would be back home to buy the same thing. I keep saying that may be hardest to get used to. How expensive everything will be again. The  restaurant we ate at in the market was also a great experience. Eating right in the middle of the chaos and the noise, waiting guitar players walk around strumming songs on out of tune guitars to try and make a couple of Pesos. store owners haggling with shoppers trying to make a deal. It made for excellent people watching. The castle was also amazing, learning the history of Mexico and the castle was very eye opening. One story in particular involving six young boys plunging to their deaths to keep the Mexican flag out of the the hands of attacking Americans. Feels weird to be the villains for once. I am looking forward to the pyramids tomorrow, I have two pages left in my Moleskin so what ever happens tomorrow I need to find a way to make it all fit in those two pages. I could easily use twenty pages to cover what happens in a day and the local knowledge and history I pick up from our group leaders Juan.

Im still not sleeping very well but Stacy has some sleeping pills, I took one last night and it helped about half the night, Im gonna take another tonight and hope for the best.

SAM- Can't wait to show you all of the stuff I bought for us in the market, I also can't wait to tell you all about the castle and show you the load of pictures I have from it. I can't wait to see you, I was looking back over old pictures in my phone tonight to kill some time. I miss you so much and love you so much and can't wait to see you on Saturday. I can't wait to come back here again with you some day. I hope you are doing well, you are always on my mind. Love you so much.

That is it for today, unsure if I will post more before we leave, if I do not. Thank you for following the blog, and for caring and supporting us on this crazy journey. We all appreciate it.

Nich