5-25-10

So my journey started at 4am this morning riding to the airport with my dad. The first flight was great I sat next to this younger guy who was on a business trip and he asked me where I was going you know just the typical “plane” talk. I told him I was going to Mexico for the summer and working in an orphanage. We ended up talking about mission work and how God works in the coolest ways. He asked me where I was going to school and when I said Johnson he was so excited because his best friend went there and he had visited him many times. It is so cool to me how you can meet a complete stranger but yet have so much in common.
Well after all the time changes I finally arrived in San Diego at 12pm. Allison Drain (the director of the orphanage) was there to pick me up. It was really cool finally being able to meet her after so many emails. We ran a few errands and then we were on our way to the border. It was really interesting crossing the border; it was a lot easier than I thought it would have been. It was about a 2 hour drive I really go to know Allison and that was my time to ask as many questions as I wanted. Mexico has so many huge beautiful mountains I was in complete awe the whole ride to el Porvenir. We finally arrived and we went straight to the orphanage to meet the kids. They were all so precious and clung to me and I didn’t want to leave. It finally hit me that I am in Mexico by myself haha. I have a whole house to myself so I kind of cant wait till the other interns come so I won’t have to be alone in such a big house. I am really curious on how fast I am going to pick up on Spanish because I want to be able to talk to the little kids and understand them. Well I have dinner tonight with Allison and Phil and then after that I am going straight to bed I am so tired!