Second Phase of the Journey-Pachuca

We made it safely to Pachuca after a 6 hour bus ride. We are staying in the Holiday Inn, which is a major blessing. It´s sooooo nice. There is a restaraunt inside with a heated pool too. It´s a major step up from the previous hostel in Guanajuato. From our savings at the first hotel, we were able to afford this. Our team had a big budgeting meeting to see if we could afford it with the discounts they gave us, and by God´s grace, we could!

Our first day out on the town going to campuses was long. We couldn´t find the right bus to get on right away, and so we eventually ended up on the opposite side of town, near the boonies. There aren´t many Americans here, and so we are stared at a lot. After traveling around for nearly 2 and a half hours, we got on the right bus. The campus was only 13 minutes away from our hotel. Oh well, we did get a free tour of the city.

Nate and I broke off in our own group and talked with 6 students. One was already a believer. We found him reading the Purpose Driven Life. He really wanted to start a movement. He said that he often buys books and bibles and gives them to his friends. He loves the Lord, and he wants to reach the campus for Christ. The last guy that we talked to also received the Lord. Be praying that we can follow up both Adeberto and Idgar. It was interesting to talk with the other students too. They all have such interesting stories.

Hi, its Michelle. I went with the girls today, we began talking with a girl named Draina. She has no spiritual background and didn´t really seem very interested in what we were talking about, but our conversation led to a Gospel presentation. Draina ended up accepting Christ as her Lord and Savior! She also wants to start a GTV with her friends, which is so exciting!! Draina lives in a town about an hour away and just finished her finals and will not be returning here to Pachuca, so we will not be able to follow up with her. Pray that the Lord would be working in her life and that she would be able to start a GTV with her friends in the fall.

After our conversation with Draina, we had to use the restroom. We started talking with a girl in the restroom who spoke some English, but she had a friend who spoke more English. She ran out of the bathroom and yelled for her friend (they were all supposed to be in class at this time) and a whole herd of girls came into the restroom to talk with us. We got to talk with them for quite awhile, we learned more about the school, students here, and the city. They were very friendly and they invited us to come to a traditional Mexican dance on Friday or Saturday this week (one of the girls will be dancing).

Thanks for your prayers so far. Only 20 more days till we´re back home! We look forward to seeing you all soon.