Tuesday, January 24, 2012

We're in Puerto Morelos...Home!

It took alot longer than we anticipated....
as you can see the roads were not the best, it must be the season for road construction because we went through alot of it.  :) it was all good tho.

Breakfast on our first morning into Mexico
Our trip started out with alittle hitch at the border, we were only delayed a few days tho, due to the weekend and holiday on Monday, but we had a title problem, our title had a B instead of an 8, Monday 8am Iris at the courthouse faxed us our corrected registration,  we then went to the border and got our sticker, but "el Capitain" thought we needed again to pay duty on everything we had, even tho it was "personal belongings"  and that meant everything had to be opened and a amount of value placed on it.  So we decided to stay one more night and cross when he was asleep...4 am it is...perfect time to cross!!




At 4 am this morn the officer there to give us the red or green light must have been sleeping and was very cold , and since we couldn't answer any of her questions in Spanish she gave us the green light so she could get back inside! Yay!



We have hit many check points and been pulled over many times today, but not knowing the language and putting a set of mags in their hands has sent us on our way....again yay!   One officer wanted to start going thru our stuff so we rolled down the back window for him and we had a sack of wet swimsuits and underwear,  he asked what it was as he is picking it up and examining it, Larry simply said "dirty underwear " he dropped it and sent us on our way immediately ...after he got his set of mags,  of course :-)  This is one of the Mexican towns we passed through, beautiful! 

We were stopped many, many times but all have been good, one officer seemed to be an inactive brother, so Larry encouraged him to return, he seemed (language barrier) to agree and that he would.  
The directions were interesting!
















Lots of road construction, this one is one of the better roads.


One morning we stopped for fuel and as usual tried to place the mags with a couple we were getting breakfast from, she was dressed very modestly (most are not) and in a dress, a huge smile lit up their faces as she reached behind her and got her bookbag out and showed us the February mags,  we had found our friends...it seems the food stand is their start in the morning and then later they meet for service...what a Joy!




This was a beautiful bridge







We arrived late on Saturday...our condo is in the middle and beautiful...everyone we talk to cannot believe the deal we got, we are paying for the month less than what they are paying for the week or about the same... Does not Jehovah provide...you can NEVER call the hand of Jehovah short!!





We dont know why they kept pointing up and saying whats in there?   The blue thing is the 3rd seat, we needed more room inside so we put it in later. We can haul 9 passengers, with seatbelts, a perfect service rig!


We are one condo away from the beach...less than a 2 minute walk...mostly out of our front door and around the corner...pictures to come later....until then Have a GREAT day! 








3 comments:

  1. I'm glad your family made it down there safely. I always look forward to your posts, as my wife and I dream of changing our circumstances so that we could do what you do some day. Enjoy your stay, and keep the blog entries coming!
    Casey

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  2. Thank you Casey, We look forward to one day serving along side you here!! We will pray that your dreams come true...you know they do!! Keep putting it in your prayers and you WILL be here also...until then, keep up the faith and let Jehovah use you wherever you are at the time!
    Much Christian Love,
    Lynn and Larry

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  3. Thats better...lots of pics...still coulda got more of you guys ;)

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