Let the race
begin!
I have officially started The World Race. I am so excited and have
no idea what to expect. After 52 hours of traveling, our team of 32
arrived to Palenque, Mexico (2 hours from Guatemala). My trip started in
XNA on Saturday at 10 am where I flew to Miami and met the rest of my
team. We then left for Mexico City the next morning at 7:55 a.m. and
arrived at 10 a.m. We then had a 5 hour layover and flew to Cancun.
From there we found a bus for only 19 of us to Palenque. The other 13
stayed the night and left the next morning. We drove through the night and
watched Spiderman in Spanish, woke up to Beyonce singing at 3 in the morning,
and finally figured out a way to sleep more than a half hour long.
The next morning after 13 hours of driving, our bus broke down, but with
the help of our new Belgium friend, Tony, we were able to figure out how to get
to our town. (Thanks again if you’re reading this! Your English skills
were wonderful.) We are staying at a bible school and are spending
today and this week as students to understand this city and the culture.
The Bible school opens its door to pastors from all over for two month training
free of charge. They go through a variety of classes that will equip them
to better go and preach the Gospel to their city.
I really am excited to find out why it is that God has us in this
city. It is still a mystery, but I am starting to see and come to an
understanding that they are just people who need a hope. My small team is
going exploring today and will start to observe and ask the Spirit to guide us
to the right people and into the right doors. I really have no
worries. I feel no expectations. I just want to love and show
people what truth (verdad) means. I can´t wait to tell you all more about
these people. All I know is that there are about five different dialects
and many Roman Catholics. We are also very close to the Mayan ruins
and some amazing waterfalls. I am praying that God will use us here in
these short three and half weeks and that you all would be blessed by this
journey as well. I will try to keep you informed as much as I can and please
pray that life here would be transformed by the people we meet. That they
will come to an understanding of a light that loves the eternally. Never
ending.
I now have to pay my eight pesos and am on my way to walk the
streets of Palenque. May God dwell here in this place.
