Goodbye!

AngieDoogles · 08-05-2007, 03:18 PM

Thanks Mom and Traci for keeping everyone updated!

The reason we got free tickets was because they overbooked our flight and asked if anyone would be willing to take the next flight two hours later. The later flight went through Cancun and then to Mexico DF (our final destination by plane) rather than going directly to DF. So in total, it added five hours to our travel time. Since we didn't have any concrete plans for the first day, we decided we'd go for it and use our free tickets for our anniversary next year!

Oh my, as for Mexico, I have many wonderful stories as well as a few sad ones, memories I will never forget, and friends I will forever treasure. Oh and I have some sore muscles and bruises too.

In El Rosario, we constructed footers and put in the foundation for the floors of the new Sunday school rooms. We spent most of the time mixing cement using nothing but a wheel barrel and shovels. This was by far the most demanding physical work I have ever done in my life, but it was well worth it to see how happy it made the members, especially the children.

The children...my children...they adopted me.

I'll have some pictures to share with you later, but three of the children of the town adopted Brendon and me as their parents. From the first night on, they called us Mamita and Papito (dear mom and dear dad). I have never felt so much love for someone I knew for only a week. I cried when we left (both in Puebla when we left Daniel and Carol and again in El Rosario when we left my children and the teenagers we'd grown so close to).

I will tell you more about the trip when I have pictures to share, but I just wanted to let you know that we made it home safe and sound.

Chandra Amaya · 08-06-2007, 08:29 AM

Welcome home and you are very welcome. Can't wait to see the pics

Tink · 08-06-2007, 08:35 AM

Well done Angie!
It's so good of you to donate your time to help others. It sounds like you worked VERY hard!

Mandy · 08-06-2007, 09:57 AM

Welcome back Angie!! Sounds like you both had a wonderful time, the hard work you did sure is well worth it!

judy · 08-06-2007, 11:44 AM

Welcome home! It sounds like you really did great things there. Giving is better than receiving.

Aren't kids fantastic? I can't wait to see the pix.

Love you,

Judy

08-05-2007, 03:18 PM	#1
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Thanks Mom and Traci for keeping everyone updated! The reason we got free tickets was because they overbooked our flight and asked if anyone would be willing to take the next flight two hours later. The later flight went through Cancun and then to Mexico DF (our final destination by plane) rather than going directly to DF. So in total, it added five hours to our travel time. Since we didn't have any concrete plans for the first day, we decided we'd go for it and use our free tickets for our anniversary next year! Oh my, as for Mexico, I have many wonderful stories as well as a few sad ones, memories I will never forget, and friends I will forever treasure. Oh and I have some sore muscles and bruises too. In El Rosario, we constructed footers and put in the foundation for the floors of the new Sunday school rooms. We spent most of the time mixing cement using nothing but a wheel barrel and shovels. This was by far the most demanding physical work I have ever done in my life, but it was well worth it to see how happy it made the members, especially the children. The children...my children...they adopted me. I'll have some pictures to share with you later, but three of the children of the town adopted Brendon and me as their parents. From the first night on, they called us Mamita and Papito (dear mom and dear dad). I have never felt so much love for someone I knew for only a week. I cried when we left (both in Puebla when we left Daniel and Carol and again in El Rosario when we left my children and the teenagers we'd grown so close to). I will tell you more about the trip when I have pictures to share, but I just wanted to let you know that we made it home safe and sound. __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

08-06-2007, 08:29 AM	#2
Chandra Amaya 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tn Posts: 1,646	Welcome home and you are very welcome. Can't wait to see the pics __________________ Traci

08-06-2007, 08:35 AM	#3
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Well done Angie! It's so good of you to donate your time to help others. It sounds like you worked VERY hard! __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

08-06-2007, 09:57 AM	#4
Mandy Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Who cares! Posts: 4,587	Welcome back Angie!! Sounds like you both had a wonderful time, the hard work you did sure is well worth it! __________________ Many people will walk in and out your life, but only true friends leave footprints!

08-06-2007, 11:44 AM	#5
judy Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NY Posts: 8,097	Welcome home! It sounds like you really did great things there. Giving is better than receiving. Aren't kids fantastic? I can't wait to see the pix. Love you, Judy __________________ *Judy*

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