September 23, 2008

Final Entry for this trip

Woke up around 8:00 a.m by Jose pounding on my door, this is the first morning the bombs and bells didn’t wake me up at 5:a.m.. I think by meeting the guys that light and set these things off we’re at peace with each other, and yes the photo of me lighting it off will be the final pictures in this blog. And remember when you see this do not try it at home, this was taught to me by a trained professional (who taught me how to light the cigarette lighter) and is missing his left ear. Guess how he lost his ear…yep and he still lighting them off today. He keeps the left side of his face to the flame in hopes of protecting his right ear. He was able to answer the questions I had for him. Jose will back this up as we have it on video.



We hit the road around 9:00 a.m. knowing it may be a long drive. Our flight left at 4:00 p.m. so that would leave us 6 hours. During the drive we worried about our friends since we had not had any contact with them within the past couple of days.  We were hoping they are looking at the beach and watching Phil surf!

Well the roads were worse than before. We have plenty of photos, here is one that tells the story without elaborating. We got to the airport and heard our names over the loud speaker for the final boarding warning. We had actually made plans to spend another night thinking we would miss the flight.  Well, you know those people that get on the plane at the very last second and you think what a jackass waiting till the last minute to board?  Today that was us. We went to the last row of the plane; seeing everyone we came down with, all safe and sound, was a relief.



By the end of this week everyone in Mexico will have what we brought down for them. The rest of the items will be here when we come back in January or February. We went to new towns, put out a fire and have better equipped the people with the tools they need to save lives, and that’s the bottom line. 

Take care and thanks for keeping up with our adventures. If you have comments, suggestions or would like to get involved drop me an email at missiontomexico@comcast.net.   Here are a few more of my favorite photos that don’t fit in the blog.

We will post information about up coming events and trips.

Pas este con tigo (Peace be with you)

Ed
                                 

Posted by The Mission To Mexico at 9/23/2008 11:00 PM
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