In Preparation for Amaelco

This blog will be a place for us to post information in preparation for our trip, and as an opportunity to share our experience with others while we're in Mexico. 


Here are a few things that we need to continue to pray about:

1. To prepare us for His plan.
2. For Him to take care of the details of the trip.
3. For safety and health throughout.
4. For Him to allow us to communicate (language barrier)
5. To let us plant the seed of God's Word.
6. Have Him grow our faith.

Here are some updates on our trip.
Crafts:
The craft time will be broken up into two groups.  Each groups will have 45 min to work on the craft of the day...we have some great crafts planned for the week.  The majority of craft supplies were ordered last week. They should come in by the end of this week, probably more like this Tuesday. Christy is going to do the remaining shopping for us this week.




Amanda talked to Sherri at the church about setting up a time to organize/count all of our craft supplies and get them packed for the trip.  The North hall of the church is reserved the Wednesday evening before our trip (Wednesday, July 21st from 6p-8p) to get everything organized. This is the hallway in between the preschool and nursery areas where the main children's check-in is. It was really the only spot available during VBS week, and it will work fine for us. It would be great to have some help with that. Please let us know if you're available to help.


Work Project:
We're still waiting for some confirmation on the exact details of the work project but this much we know. We will be creating a landscaping plan for the newly constructed house of the camp director. There is also a need to build a small roof of lamina by the kitchen and many other things. There are many tools there, but you need to bring work gloves and hammers.


Things to bring:
Boots - It will be the rainy season, and the camp has a red clay soil so it will become a little messy.
Everyone does need a towel and sandals for their feet when bathing.


Itinerary
Friday we will leave after breakfast, about 9:00 for Guanajuato in a rented bus. Guanajuato is an incredibly beautiful 18th century town near the Leon airport. We should get to Guanajuato before 1:00, eat lunch there and sightsee. It’s a beautiful and safe tourist resort and you can buy what you want. We should leave there about 6:00 in the bus and eat at Applebee’s that night if we want in Silao. We will be staying in a nice, but basic, hotel in Silao about five minutes from the airport on Friday night.


I think that should be everything for now.  I'll try and update this when we get more information (I'll send out a reminder to the group). If there's anything I have forgotten to add please let me know.


Michael