BajMission Blog

Sunday, October 14, 2012

They broke in... 14Oct

Hey
We arrived in San Vicente, Lori ready to hit the ground running to do a solid week of sewing classes... only to find our little 'casita' had been broken into and robbed.
They broke a window to get in, rifled thru things, left opened food everywhere, and took tools, bags and buckets. They also stole the screens on a couple big windows.
SO... extra cleaning, scoured the bathroom (they did nasty things there)... and the emotional angst of having your stuff violated...
Aargggh!

plz pray, esp. for Lori
C

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Doin' What She Loves...

Here's Lori, doin' what she loves... helping mom (Camalia) in her new micro-enterprise/cottage industry, and teaching Camalia's two kids the basics of sewing... all in our San Vicente 'Chaparell House' with the thermometer reading 102 degrees...

Monday, October 1, 2012

Hey
We're down in San V... trying to get things done AND survive the heat.
It was over 100 yesterday. It's 4pm now and it's 101.
Yeah, it's October. In Baja Mexico, October is the hottest month.
Relative humidity was 26%... balmy!
Most people here do very little from about 12 noon until 6pm... too hot to do anything... that's where the Mexican 'siesta' came from: might as well take a nap!
The good news is... so far... no fires. Fire danger is high, with all the chapparell growth dried out, all it needs is some spark (usually lightening) or some broken bottle-bottom acting as a lens for the direct sun on a fuel source... thousands of acres go up each year like that...
Meanwhile, drink plenty of fluids and stay in the shade!
Rainy season kicks in at the end of November... then it drops into the 20's at night...
Chris