Four weeks and counting. It looks like the 26th or 27th of March will be the day I return to the US. I have been told by friends here that I cannot leave because I have become a true Mexican. They reason that because I have eaten almost all of the indigenous foods and have participated in many traditional activities, I have become Mexican. I have to admit that I feel very comfortable in this culture. I find it warm, uncomplicated and relaxed. We could learn a lot these people. In a way, I am not looking forward to the culture shock as I reintegrate into the stressful, task-oriented and pressure-filled American culture.
This past week I was privileged to visit San Mateo Las Piñas Sulfato. It was the second time I have been in the mountains this month. After riding in the back of a pickup truck for a couple of hours along some very interesting roads (??), we came to a dead end. We then walked about 30 minutes down a winding, incredibly scenic trail to a ranch. It was completely another world. We could almost have been centuries in the past. Words could never describe it.
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| Beyond the End of the Road |
It is a coffee ranch, but there were tangerines, four kinds of banannas, guanabanas, pineapples, oranges and other fruits on the tree and ripe for the picking. I will miss the quality of the fruit VERY much. We were given a tour, fed a simple but delicious meal and otherwise treated like royalty.
The people are very hard-working but also very content with their simple lives. If the world economy ever collapses, it will not change very much for them.
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| Bee hive in a log |
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| The Ranch |
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| State-of-the-Art Kitchen |
The remainder of the week was very fruitful as well with a different kind of fruit. I went to Santa Maria Huatulco for a combined service with venado (deer) served for lunch after the service. I didn't have to search for opportunities to minister. A couple of them showed up in the most unexpected places.
This past week I was privileged to visit San Mateo Las Piñas Sulfato. It was the second time I have been in the mountains this month. After riding in the back of a pickup truck for a couple of hours along some very interesting roads (??), we came to a dead end. We then walked about 30 minutes down a winding, incredibly scenic trail to a ranch. It was completely another world. We could almost have been centuries in the past. Words could never describe it.
The people are very hard-working but also very content with their simple lives. If the world economy ever collapses, it will not change very much for them. 
The remainder of the week was very fruitful as well with a different kind of fruit. I went to Santa Maria Huatulco for a combined service with venado (deer) served for lunch after the service. I didn't have to search for opportunities to minister. A couple of them showed up in the most unexpected places.
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