The Wakefields in Mexico

Monday, August 5, 2013

Anali's Visit

Anali came down and visited us a few weeks ago. We had a goooood time!! She was an easy guest to have around. Speaks Spanish, isn't scared of Mexico :P She also said early on the sitting down in a coffee shop and drinking coffee was something she enjoyed doing...which turned out to be a good thing! It rained constantly the last couple days she was here. We did fit in some "touristy" things but also got a chance to just sit back and relax.

In the Zocalo

We had lunch at Tacos Los Angeles...What do you think, Anali? :)

Sitting on the steps in front of the cathedral chatting

Walking downtown

We walked through the gardens in the convention center...so pretty!

Shopping for souvenirs at the Parian

Later that night we were supposed to go on outreach...But it was raining -- and we were on foot! So we walked to a bakery down the street passing out flyers as we went and then talked to the lady at the bakery. Then we walked back and huddled in the car while eating our sweet bread :)

LOL!

One of the days Anali was here, we went to Cholula. The chuch on top of the pyramid. Of course while we were there we just had to have some grasshoppers! Miss Anali was very brave and ate one!

Tasty :P

You can them them cooked in garlic, chile, plain salted...lots of options!

Vendors...

There was a man playing a harp in the middle of the market...very cool!

Mass going on in the church on top the pyramid

Cool fruit stand

A man making scarfs

See the little girl asleep? Owww! Lol!

Punkin found a friend in Anali...little bird loved all the attention!!

On the bus!

Buying chicken for dinner...

Nicole made us apple chimichangas for breakfast one morning...so YUM!

Anali grew horns!

Who can stick a radish to their forehead the longest? :))

Silly!

Thank you, Anali for coming to visit us!!

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Church in Uriangato

**Replace all references to "yesterday" to "Sunday"! I've been trying to post this since yesterday!!! :)

Yesterday we had two services, both of them were very good! I played and Nicole sang, then El Pastor preached. I really like the church here. The people are very friendly and seem so hungry.

This is the church

Bro. Jose singing a special

When Dad asked anyone to come up that was sick, 3/4 of the church came to the front. :-/

Nicole testifying

My dad had lost his sunglasses here in Uriangato a while back when helping the pastor of this church move down here. Dad saw this little old lady with a pair of glasses on that looked strangely familiar so he told her the story of losing his. She informed him that these were given to her by a brother in the church here in Uriangato. Ha! Now we know where dad's glasses went :P

This young man was filled with the Holy Ghost a couple weeks ago and was baptized. That is his wife next to him. Yesterday was her first service.

Praying for people wanting the Holy Ghost

El Pastor preaching

If anything in these posts is a little ski-wampas, it is because I'm blogging off my phone! :)

Bethany

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Uriangato

We arrived here in Uriangato, Guanajuato earlier today. We will be here for the next week taking care of a church while their pastor is gone. This is a cute town! Very different from Puebla. There are tons of motorcycles, tons of kids and young people. The sun is going down right now and people are all out on their porches chatting with their neighbors while watching their kids play. We never see this in the city! We have also noticed that the people look a lot different than the people of Puebla. They look almost American, so this means we fit right in! No weird stares :P

This is a view of the town from on top a hill a few blocks from where we are staying...

I'm at a coffee shop a few blocks from the church. I will try to blog again when I get Internet! We have two services tomorrow, pray that we can be a blessing to these people.

Bethany

Friday, July 12, 2013

Pacific Coast Camp & My Trip Home!

Sadly, we broke tradition with PCC this year... Bethany and I have been going to Pacific Coast Camp since 2010, but this year Beth stayed in Mexico, and I was only able to go to camp for one night service. I went on Wednesday night to hear Bro. Alvear preach, and was able to see and talk with all of my PCC pals :)) We had a good time, but it was a quick visit after church ended. It could have been longer, but my feet were killing me... I also got to meet a few readers of the blog! I love it when people come up to us and let us know that they are keeping up with us and what is going on down here!

Loved seeing everyone!

L-R (clockwise) Cherie, me.... and an amazing PCC churro <3>

:))

Cherie, Stephanie, Angelo, Beth, and me.

Yes, Bethany is in there! Look at the cellphone in my hand! Hahaha :))

She wanted to be there so bad to see everyone, so I had her on camera having everyone say hi to her! Soo funny.

This picture right here is a rare as it gets!

Angelo Alvear smiling, instead of making a crazy face!!

Steph, Angelo, yours truly, Michael, and Andrew

It was so sad... This picture and the picture before last were the only pics I got of the old PCC gang :( Some of them weren't at camp, and some were in the dorms. (Which I didn't know at the time. Bummer!) So I missed out on seeing them.

In the car, headed out to find something to eat!

Denny's-- My last meal in the U.S.!

Had a blast laughing at all the crazies (all sitting at our own table of course LOL), got home around 2am, packed up my things, forgot a few things, and just 2 hours later it was off to the airport for a very early AM flight! I was not ready to go back... In fact, I'm still having withdrawals hahaha.

Sleepy ride to the airport, got to the airport around 5am, dragged myself through customs, made it to my gate..... and lo and behold, it was my lucky day.............

What do I discover but that my gate is under construction! :)))

With no seating available, I decided that I would look for greener pastures. I moved down the terminal and found what I was looking for... And after waiting behind 20-some people (literally- it was crazy), I had my nice hot cup of coffee to keep me going. :))