saturday, 1-24-09
hey! sorry i don't know the time. unfortunately i don't have a watch, and i'm sitting by myself. i'm next to this gorgeous water fountain in the airport [in san diego]. OH! i just realized that i HAVE to take a pic by it! we have maybe an hour b4 we board the plane that will fly from san diego 2 charlotte, NC. it's prob like, 9:30pm or so right now. ok, i have 2 go! bye!
ok, now it is 10:31pm. i'm on the plane right now, but it's not in the air yet. this time we're flying w/us airways instead of delta. so far i like delta better b/c they had tvs on the back of each seat, but this plane doesn't appear 2 have any tvs.
anyway, i really enjoyed this trip. i think it was a big eye opener for me. i mean, i'd heard about, and see pictures of sever poverty, but to see it in real life is much different. it just makes it real. this was such an awesome experience. well, i was expecting some kind of amazing spiritual thing to happen, and it really didn't, but i'm very happy with all that i learned. it was just different than what i had expected. i met some really awesome ppl on this trip too! like barry 9who certainly ranks right up there with gary l. as one of my top fave ppl), janelle (she is such an amazing person! i'm so glad i had the joy of sharing a room w/her), david (what a sweet guy! he's not even a YWAM employee, but he did so much for everyone that he totally seemed like it), and MANY more!!!
so, the three minute showers. i was SO worried about those b4 we left! i mean, it wasn't even funny! but it was sooo easy!!! now i feel stupid 4 worrying so much. i guess that's why God doesn't want us to worry about stuff. also the thing with the TP. in case i haven't explained it, we weren't allowed 2 throw TP in the toilet b/c the pipes were sensitive or something, idk, but we just weren't allowed 2. so i was REALLY worried about that 2, but it was so easy! and now it feels SO weird not 2 throw it in the trash can! lol, that's just strange! oh yeah, another thing i'm having to get used 2 again is saying 'hi' instead of 'hola' and 'thank you' instead of 'gracias'!
oh yes, crossing the boarder 2day went really well. (lol, laura just gave me a barf bag!) (ok, we're in the air now!) (oh GREAT! there's a baby a few rows behind us) we didn't have any problems getting the pickup w/all of our suitcases (prob like 30 of 'em) across! that was the most important b/c if they had had 2 check all of those suitcases it would've been a huge delay. man, i'm writing in the dark (oh, laura just turned the light on!) so i hope i can read my handwriting later oops! i accidentally wrote 'tater'! lol).
i was looking forward to going 2 church 2morrow nite all week, and i just found out 2day that we're not going!!! i wanted 2 see everyone & tell them about our trip & show pics & everything! now i have 2 wait till wednesday! oh well, thank goodness for email!
well, i'm gonna stop writing now b/c i've been writing 4 a LONG time! =)
11:12pm
and then we made it home safely on sunday! the end! lol =) oh and i got to see my friends on wednesday, and it was very fun!!! and now bri, laura, and i have to give a little presentation in youth group on wednesday...bleck!!! i HATE talking in front of ppl!!!!!!!!! oh well. =)
ipml
~beth
8 comments:
I'm so glad you got to go to Mexico and experience all those things. I'm glad you met some awesome people too! I am so happy you have learned so much! I'm glad you had a great time! And i'm sorry that you have to give a presentation this Wednseday! :-/ You'll do great though! :) Sometime soon we need to find a date that would work for all the Tipos to come over and look at pictures and hear all about Mexico! :)
thanks kat! yeah, it would be really fun to get all the tipos together!!!! we haven't done that in a while....since king's dominion? wow.
i hope we all do good in the presentation. =)
c u tomorrow!!!!!
~beth
Hey Beth,
Sorry I am just getting the time to sit down and enjoy your journal entries. I can’t help but feel my emotions swell up inside of me as I read this entry (wednesday, 1-21-09 8:00am). This brings so many uncomfortable thoughts to mind (those that still haunt me sometimes as a reminder for future trips) concerning my last trip to Mexico this past summer. It still makes my stomach feel sick. We had a similar experience…I can’t imagine if one in our group had been hurt or lost. I know I have never personally met you and your family, but it would have saddened me if something had happened to either of you. Praise God your mother was with you, and that God sent the guy to get the glow sticks from the van. Sometimes we see just a glimpse of the depravity of man, and the reality of just how much the Holy Spirit protects us from on a daily basis that we may not even know about. I keep telling myself to not let the darkness (though there were plenty of positive things too) of my last trip hinder me from returning this year to a new mission elsewhere. I pray your mother and you are able to do the same.
Remember those children are not saved, they do not have Christ living within them, so we should expect them to act that way. It is us, those who have been redeemed by Christ that should be acting differently. Know what I mean? God may use your group’s witness to them more than you will ever know, until we all meet again in Glory.
You know you wrote ‘i was expecting some kind of amazing spiritual thing to happen, and it really didn't, but i'm very happy with all that i learned.’ By reading your latest entries since your return, (looking from the outside) it appears that there may be more of a spiritual awakening/revival going on within your heart and soul than you realize. You are talking about things that not only affect a younger Christian, but older Christians as well. And best of all, you are talking about ways you can grow closer to God in your walk with Him.
Thanks for sharing your week in Mexico with us.
Tim
P.S. Ah yes, the toilet paper…the water pressure is not enough to keep it from clogging up the pipes…thank goodness it is here in America. :o)
yeah, my mom told me about what happened. i haven't read ur journal yet, but i do want to. thankfully our experience wasn't as bad as that!
yeah, after i wrote that about the kids being mean, i felt kinda bad. but i wrote the thing in my journal pretty much right after it happened, so it was still bugging me then. i guess they prob weren't that bad, but since i was feeling sick, and they were quite unruly, it prob seemed worse.
i can't wait till u finish 'andeis'!!!!!!!
i hope u have a GREAT week!!!!
~beth
I am so glad that you and mommy were able to go and I hope that this will have an eternal impact on both of you!! thanks for taking the time and having the discipline to write in your journal on a regualr basis
I'm glad you got to go and I am proud of you and the witness you show in your life. Gpaw
hey 'hangin wit yo daddy'! ya know, it's hilarious that you decided to use that name when ur comment was serious!
i'm glad we got to go too, thank you for letting us =D
love ya!
~beth
thank you grandpa!!!!! i love you!
~beth
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