i am sure that all of my blog subscribers have been awaiting to hear my initial report from the first leg of my amazing journey. we arrived safely here monday after taking a flight from dallas to miami to mexico city to cancun. i have flown more times in the last few days that i have all previous times combined in my life and am becoming quite the expert at air travel. from cancun we hoped on a bus at 9 pm on sunday and drove through the night until we reached our destination at about 3 pm yesterday. all that travel was followed by the greatest shower in recorded history (i pretty much had to peel my clothes off my body). so anyways we are here. i am typing this blog from an internet cafe in downtown palenque after eating authentic chicken mole at a restaurant here. i hope you guys are not expecting anything deep and theological!
i have gathered a few facts while i have been here. the city is about 80,000 strong in population but these are not mostly hispanics. the state of chiapas (googlemap that bad boy) is still comprised primarily indigenous indians. in palenque alone there are at least 5 different dialects that are spoken and in many cases this does not include spanish. this city is surrounded by mountains and not far from here are ancient mayan ruins which we will visit in a few days (pics will follow) i am spending the day with my team as we are beginning the process of getting to know one another and figure out as a team how we can be most impactful in advancing the gospel of Jesus Christ. i am the only male on this team but have 4 amazing women that i will get to share this journey with. pray that i can find my niche within this team. i honestly have no idea in what ways i will be affected by not having a male companion, but i dont want to supress my true self and shrink into the background. i want to be the man that God created me to be and i know that He had his purposes in placing me on this team.
you guys also need to get on skype which you can download on the internet at skype.com this is amazing service and it costs nothing. this will be the main way of contacting me (however seldom) while i am traveling the globe. anyways here some things you guys can prayer for:
1. team bonding, camraderie
2. identity in Christ and his role for me
3. the rest of my funds come in
4. hearts receptive to the working of the Holy Spirit
I know that God has big things in store for me personally and us as a team. anyways, sorry i dont have much to share, but we are only a few days in. more to come!
