I feel like I've been so out of touch. (My fault! ) We've been so focused on fitting into this "new" world (the US) it takes a lot out of me.
For those who can't figure out where we are.....
Yes, we went back to Mexico. No, we didn't stay.
Upon arriving in July we found out there had been a gun battle on our route to our village. These things are usually overly exaggerated so we didn't really believe what we heard. Our leadership had heard nothing, it wasn't in papers, so we figured it was a rumor. Once we arrived we were hearing the Guarijio saying, Don't come now, it's not safe."
So we did make some calls to folks in the mountains and our leadership called the embassy and their contacts. Eventually in was confirmed that 42 people had been killed and a doctor and a nurse had been gunned down on their way to help. Other factors were involved and we determined that it wasn't safe to travel that road at this time.
In December, the river will go down, and we will be able to drive the road we normally do. That is a different route than the gun battle was on. Also, we don't have to cross over two different cartel territories on that road - so we feel it will be much safer. We will also investigate through our contacts as December approaches. But overall we feel that will be a much better option for us.
So in the mean time we came back to Maryland. We still had 3 months of furlough time saved up so we all had a peace about returning to the US for now - rather than being in limbo and trying to find something to do for 3 months in the city in Mexico.
It's been a easy adjustment to come back to the routine we had been on furlough. We fit back into the friendship we had built and the activities that we had had. Dennis is working on the farm again and they are glad for his help. It has been very healthy for all of us.
Thanks for your prayers.
