In Tijuana now

Hi,

We are leaving here quickly to go to \ensenada about 1 1/2 hours down the coast from tijuana...

The trip here was interesting. We had al planned on haivng the outreach in \mexicali done by 1pm so we could come back to Tijuana (TJ) by 3:30 or so. Turns out that it took longer than originally thought and we didn't get done till 3pm- and off for Tacos...

We came back to the \\\\\\\\\\centre in Mexicali for some last minute stuff only to find out the the brake lights weren't working on someones truck and 5th wheel. Then the emergency brake stuck on another vehicle. After another hour of workig on those things, we were on our way.

We travelled on a nice 4 lane highway OVER a mountain. We climbed 1000 Metres (3000feet) in 25 miles and then down the other side to \TJ. It took us about 3 hours because we were following the 5th weheel.

In TJ we all hit some HUGE Potholes. A few minutes later the van blew a tire. we pulled inot a restauraunt parking lot. There on the lot was a police officer with a HUGE gun and a toque. He came to see if all was ok and to ask our friensd to move their 5th wheel. I couldn't find our jack so we used another one and an hour later, we had a donut put on.

About 45 minutes later we were climbing almomst straight up a muddy clay road towards the TJ outreach centre. When we got there we crashed in bed and sleopt well- the sleep of the exhausted...

Today we went to 5 different tire shops before we found another tire for $20.00US. It works well and we are now having lunch and off to Ensenada to see the centre there.

We'll update you on that later...

\blessings,

Mike Shar and kids...