All DOH Members Safely Arrive!!

Tom and Wendy got on the 6:30 a.m. bus headed to Mexico City to meet the group who would arrive at 4:51 p.m. All arrived safely, though a little numb with lack of sleep (refer to the first blog about the travel times, repeat times 9 people!!)

The first problem cropped up when Mexico customs demanded $400 to allow Tom Erdel in with his 2 boxes of 1000 pair of glasses donated by the Lions Club. While they seemed to understand that he was a "volunteer" they insisted that he was bringing the glasses in as a business and was going to sell them for profit. Tom kept his cool, did NOT pull out his green plastic squirt gun, and paid the $400 out of his own pocket.

...but wait...there's more!!! After getting everyone and everything (probably about 35 bags) loaded onto a couple of taxi vans and deposited at the bus station, it was discoverd that Tom Erdels carry on bag was not in the mixture. So while Wendy got on the bus with Jason, Debbie, Missy, Perri, Seth, Devon, Cathy and Emily, Tom and Tom (sounds like a rock band!) headed back to the airport and the taxi to see if the bag had been left in one of the vans...which it wasn't. Hence the belief that it was probably stolen, not lost.

Wendy and crew arrived after 1:00 a.m Monday morning, everything intact. Tom H. and Tom E. didn't get in to the YWAM base until 4:15 in the morning!!!

Monday morning dawned bright and clear, roosters crowing, tortilla seller with bullhorn advertising his wares, dogs barking, all at 7:00 a.m...typical Mexican morning. But most of our intrepid travelers, when asked, said, "What rooster?" It is amazing what exhaustion will do for your ability to sleep through anything! After a late breakfast (9:30) we went to see the "sights", mostly centered on food!! Corner grocery store, juice seller, chocolate maker. Great stuff! Stay tuned for more photos.