Nearly a week in Mexico- and no "Montezuma's Revenge"... yet.
I had heard of a "market on wheels" that took place on one of the streets close to where we are staying that goes on Sundays, Wednesdays and Friday's. So at 7:30am Elijah and I left the rest of the family snoring in the camper and off we went to check it out. You can get almost anything there. It was incredible.
It's similar to a swap meet/ flea market only it takes place on the sides of an operating street. There are cars passing by the whole time, slowly mind you, and the stalls are not set up on sidewalks- just on the side of the road. You can get shoes, watches, fruit, vegetables, raw chicken, pork or fish... Tacos, gorditas (little pancake-like snacks mad with corn flour and cinnamon and sugar, pizza ( at 7:30am- and people were eating it for breakfast...) Chicharronn. Yup Chicharronn. I don't know if I'll ever get a taste for this Mexican delicacy. You take the entire skin of a butchered pig, and deep fry it till it bubbles and gets crispy. Then you eat it. mmmmmm... hardens arteries in 30 minutes or less! I tried a bit and he gave me some cooked pork meat too. Parts of it resembled pigs feet, I hoped he didn't pick that for me- and he didn't!
We bought a pack of gorditas and tried a Mexican donut (BEST Donut I ever had... warm, cinnamon sugar coated...mmmmmmm) and a package of socks for Elijah. We'll be going back soon. You can also get used clothing there and new clothing, electronic items, tools I couldn't believe the selection- it seemed though that it's also a "hang-out" spot for folks to come for coffee, tacos, pizza and pig skin.
We've made a contact with a Mexican fella who owns a fish taco place (Best in Rosarito he says...)He was a part of the 7th day Adventist church but has left churches altogether and his wife is not so interested, though he seemed interested enough to carry on a pretty good conversation. Luckily he has really good fish tacos ($1.00/ taco- and 2 fills you up) and it's the slow season coming up. We are looking for some good conversations- his English is good so he may be able to help us with our Spanish too. Pray that this relationship develops in such a way that he become receptive to Jesus. Pastor Harvey in Martensville calls it Co-op gas bar ministry. In Mexico we do it at the taco shop...
we've been looking at a few places to live in a colonia (neighbourhood) close to YUGO ranch and pastor Martin's house (church planting pastor we're working with). Pray that something comes available soon that we can afford until we know what our support level will be. Pray that we'll make good contacts for language training in the colonia and that some of those friendships will develop into opportunities to share Jesus as well...
Thanks for you're prayers! In this time of transition, we're going to need them more than even normally!
Until next time...
Mike and shar
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