Knocking on deaths door? Wow, that's a big cockroach! Taking a shower with Ken?

 Just another exciting day!

There are a few exciting things about this picture, first there are drinks here that come in bags. You just bite the corder of the bag and suck it out. It feels like there's less plastic used and I like the drinks.

Second, this is the motorcycle that I rode around town today! It's my first experience riding a motorcycle in Mexico. I know, you're thinking "Dan, you're knocking on deaths door doing that!". Well, I'm ok with dying, we've already discussed that in previous blog posts. Truth be told, I'm kind of excited about death. I'm not sure my family would feel the same about me dying though and I would hate to leave them.

So let me tell you about the motorcycle trip, it was AWESOME!!! Well except that the gears shift down instead of up and it dies when you stop sometimes because the clutch doesn't pull in far enough and it's hard to ride because there are no mirrors (you really need to watch everyone here because people weave in and out and use multiple lanes that aren't really lanes). So it was super exciting on the highway when I down shifted into a lower gear, then couldn't get the thing to upshift cause the engine was revving so high. Anyway it was an AWESOME DAY!!!

I've been wanting to buy a motorcycle here and then just leave it for someone to use while I'm away. With 10% of my year being spent here, it seems like an appropriate purchase. But not his year.

Good thing I was in the girls bathroom, because when I saw this cockroach I screamed like a little girl!

Then maned up and pushed it away to complete my repair to the sink drain. Girls hair are the worst for sink drains!

Ken (a missionary from Michigan) has been coming here for 18 years. He's a huge help in fixing things around the orphanage. Today we worked together to put this shower rod and curtain up for the older girls. We were trying to avoid drilling into the tile so we put it high, but the next day we had to lower it cause the girls couldn't make it slide.

Of course I had some time playing with the kids and giving hugs. 

You've probably wondered why I haven't posted many pictures of the kids. Well, Mexico has privacy laws just like the USA. You are discouraged from posting closeups of kids faces. I think I can throw an occasional one in and be ok though since this is a private blog.

Prayer requests:

• We haven't had any water coming from the city for a couple of days. We have a water tank in the ground and a water tank on the roof, so there has been water, but it is just about out. We will call a water truck if needed, but the prayer would be for water delivery.

Praises:

• One of the homes did start receiving some water from the city line today. So that's a praise.

We take so many things for granted in the USA. Like running water, clean water and water on demand. I love coming here and being reminded of the basics.