Days 9 & 10

It is the night before we fly home back to Canada and it has been a tough day of saying goodbye to the Vazquez family, the missionaries here, and other friends we have met. We will really miss Lisa...she has been awesome and has encouraged us so much this past week. The challenge will now be to remember what we experienced here these past 10 days and continue to pray for Mexico.

On Saturday, we had a ¨tourist¨day after our concert of prayer with Lisa. We visited the Teotihuacan Pyramids and climbed the Pyramid of the Sun, which is the 3rd largest pyramid in the world and contains 239 stairs one way. It was quite a workout to get to the top but beautiful once we did.

After the pyramids, we went to the CineVIP to see a movie. The CineVIP is a fancy theatre where everyone has their own leather recliner and there is waiter service to bring you your popcorn and pop or even sushi if you would like. And, this theatre is still cheaper than the main theatre we have at home!

For the evening, we hung out at Lisa´s place eating nachos and Krispy Kreme donuts (yes, they have one in Mexico City)! It was a great day to relax and enjoy Mexico City.

Today, like I said, was a day to say goodbye to all the friends we have made. This morning we had our Canadian/Mexican Cultural Exchange in a large park here and we invited Oscar and the girls from the english classes to join us. We brought PB & J and PB & Banana sandwiches for them to try since it is not a normal cuisine here and they brought lots of Mexican candy for us. Each group sang their national anthem for the other group (we even sang it in French and English) and played some games together. It was a fun morning and a great education into Mexican culture.

The remainder of our day we spent in Coyocan for our debriefing with the team from Toronto. A time to reflect on our experiences here and share with each other what God has put our hearts these past 10 days.

Saying goodbye was hard for all of us today but I didn´t see a lot of tears...maybe because we know that we will see this city and the Mexican people we love again. God is going to do great things in Mexico and we all feel extremely blessed to have been a small part in shining His light here.

A song we sang all the time while down here and means a lot to each of us:

Tu eres Todopoderoso (You are all powerful), Eres grande y majestuoso (You are great and majestic), Eres fuerte, invencible (You are strong, invincible), Y no hay nadie como Tu (And there is no one like You)

Prayer Requests:

- safe travels home and safety in San Francisco tomorrow afternoon

- the people in Mexico City who need to know Jesus

- the Christians here that they continue to be a light in their community

- Lisa, Paul & Cindy, Rob, Jonathan, Ilse, & Susan...they are the missionaries here in Mexico City and they need our prayer and support as they continue to tell this city about Jesus and train up amazing Mexican leaders to lead the church for Christ.