Stumbling To Holiness

I had a couple of friends e-mailing asking me “How was Mexico?”. The problems was, once I got going I found it hard to stop! So I decided to post it here. I got so carried away that I’m putting it into installments so I don’t bore you all to death.

Also, our mission trip has its own blog with pictures from every day and blog entries from kids on the trip. The website is www.sfamissiontrip.com. I wrote a blog entry–you can find it by clicking on the “our blog” link, and then selecting “Day One” from the white pullout menu on the right. I’m the one titled “meeting and greeting”, or something like that.

So, how was Mexico?

Mexico was amazing!! I have never worked so hard, been so dirty, slept as easily, or appreciated as shower as much as I did during my week in Mexico.

My mission group was primarily there to help out the sisters who run the convent we were staying at. They wanted us to dig out an area for the foundation of a basketball court, fill some holes in the soccer field, pull weeds, pick up trash, and work on the rectory that is being renovated for the diocesan priests. It was hard work, but it was good work. Digging and mixing cement were probably the most backbreaking, Pulling weeds was the most aggravating, and smashing an old toilet at the rectory was probably the most fun. The funny thing was, the harder I worked, the happier I was. I will never forget how strangely comfortable the tile floor felt after a day of manually mixing cement and an evening of (really rough!) soccer. Nor will I forget how AMAZING that first cold shower and the 10 minutes afterward felt (at about minute 11, the water had all evaporated out of my hair, and I started sweating again. Blech).

So there, that was the shallow nostalgia. Stay tuned for the meat of the matter!