What´s been up lately and... ¨the Combi¨.

Well, I´ve been sick (throat problems) for about 5 days, but today I woke up feeling muuuccchhhh better gracias a Díos! The worst part of it all is that I had to miss RECH´s Camping Trip this past weekend. I already saw some video of it and it looked like quite a sweet time. Besides being sick (which I guess is an inevitable side effect of traveling) I´ve had pleanty to fill up my time lately. I´ve been meeting once a week with two chavos (young guys) from the youth group and basically mentoring them. It´s been really cool, but also quite hard at times when I can´t say what I want. I´ve also been working a lot to prepare for my first English class, which will be this Saturday! Ahhh!

Now a note on public transportation in Naucalpan:
How do I travel? One word - ¨Combi¨. What does this mean you may ask. Well, Combi is short for ¨Combinación¨ - the cheapest and most ¨interesting¨way to travel the city (which is huge, by the way). A ¨Combi¨is a van, most commonly an old VW, with the back rearanged for maximum seating capacity. This means, most of the time, you´re packed into this thing with like 10 or more other people while dodging other combi´s on the crowded streets. Needless to say it gets hot. Ohhh, and the things you see. Chavos (youngin´s) making out, Viejos (old people) from the campo (countryside) making there way to Mexico City where they can sell their handmade/hand picked goods, women carrying their babies in huge blankets the completely cover the baby so that you wonder how they breate, and the other day I hit the jackpot... a woman throwing up. Oh, it was awful, I felt so sorry and embarrassed for her as she passed her money to the driver and got out saying ¨disculpame señor¨, but I´m not at all suprised that it happened. Actually, I´m suprised I havn´t seen it more with the way they drive on the curving, hillside streets. Don´t worry though everyone!!! In reality, I generally feel very safe (Mom and Dad).

So, OK, I know... I still don´t have any pictures of Naucalpan or my friends on here. Lo siento amigos! I promise I will try to have some up soon. I hope you are all doing well wherever you are! I miss you! I love you! Peace and shalom and all that jazz!