A Cave that we couldn't enter, Beach and Why I love this trip

My friend and I sat off to "Grutas de San Gabriel" (Saint Gabriel's Cave) today, but when we got there it was closed. We drove over an hour with a lot of it on cobblestone roads and at slow speeds. We did get a picture of the entrance, but that was it, jajaja (in english it would be "hahaha", but because the "h" is silent in spanish, it is spelled "jajaja"). Perhaps next year I can return and see it.

Because the cave was a bust, we decide to go to the beach. We sat by the ocean and had fresh fish. While being sung to at one point by this blind man.

When I come to Mexico, there are things I like to do. First of all, it takes me a good week to get comfortable and relaxed. As an Enneagram #1 (more on this later) it can be difficult for me to just relax.

A few things that I love about Mexico include:

#1 Time with the kids. Kids are carefree when the conditions are right. These kids have the pure love of God in them. You can see as they get older that the world sucks it out of them and most become more serious about everything as they age.

#2 Selfishly, it's a bit of an escape. Every day, all day long, I have responsibilities at home. I must lead the volunteer board at Thanksgiving Point, I must lead the Cleaning Teams at church, I must lead my family in purposeful monthly activities, I must show up to classes and assignments, I get calls all day from customers and the day is no longer mine, I must go and fix their problems. Please, please don't get me wrong! I love each of those things or I wouldn't be doing them. Once I was given the question "Are you a human-doing or a human-being?". At home I must do, do, do (because I agree to those things). In Mexico, I can just be a human "being". Sure there are things that I do, but mostly I can just "be".

#3 I'm around incredible adults that have purposely decided to give their lives to the Lord and care for some children that have very real social, psychological and physical needs. These adults are an inspiration. Here is a picture of Mama Cecy leading worship songs.

#4 I get to do what God made me to do. I believe that each of use have gifts and talents. Each of us are very good at somethings and when we are working in our sweet spot, it's one of the ways we can enjoy heaven on earth. I was made to physically fix things that are broken or need improvement. In Mexico at the orphanage, I get to use my God given talents most every day and that is super rewarding.

#5 The people here are so incredibly nice and humble. They never tire of helping me learn Spanish (even though I make the exact same mistakes repeatedly). They laugh a lot more than we do in the United States. They are happy with what they have and they don't need More, Bigger and Better like I tend to do.

I could go on for days about the things and the people here. There are so many wonderful things that God has made in this world, most of which can be missed when we are performing the daily grind and just getting by day-by-day.

My prayer is that you can find a little time to be a Human-Being and not just a Human-Doing.