Greetings from Papalote!

Sitting here with Ariel Greaves at an Internet salon in Papalote, trying to upload video from our day. You might have guessed that we´re having a few technical difficulties. So, I´ll tell you what´s up.

We arrived Saturday (yesterday) at the Bible Institute run by Don and Ilene Nagel of Northern Lights Ministry. The women at the institute fed us a yummy meal of sopas. We had a brief orientation, played with the kids and made new friends.

Today, we got to visit the site where our team and probably several more to follow will build a home for Francisco (aka Junior) and his family. The site is to be a home for the parsonage and the church that Francisco pastors on his school bus. Don also took us on a tour of Papalote. You might be surprised to know that many of our fruits and vegetables we buy at home are grown right here. There are many greenhouses and some 30,000 people come to this valley every year to help grow and harvest.

In the meantime, our team is doing a lot of work around the Bible Insitute, including getting forms ready to pour concrete and putting in a new electrical line from the box on the street, which is rusted and not dependable.

Tonight we will have church services and an ice cream social.

Most of us do not have phone reception, and access to the Internet is limited, so keep praying for us and trust that we´ll return safely.

:::Elena Hammond