We’re back!
Actually, I’ve been back since Tuesday night.
But…as you will all be very surprised to know…I lost my camera cord.
Shocker right?
Well, God had mercy on me again and it has been found!
I’m super excited to share pictures with you!
Our group consisted of Husb and I, my baby sister Gabby (aka Gretta) and Ty.
We went to Tecate, Mexico…a boarder city about an hour away from Tijuana.
Our goal was to deliver supplies to Natalie for Studio Del Creador, build some sort of coffee bar and visit Natalie and Pato.
We accomplished all three goals!
Before we even got into Mexico I found this.
Haha…cracked me up.
A whole line of Governator products at the airport.
Natalie and the boys met Gretta and I at the airport.
Since husb and Ty drove down…they got were able to stop for a meal at the Nickel Diner.
I made my wishes well know…please bring me a bacon donut!
He did :)
I love them…even if others are slightly disgusted by them ;)
Last November, during our first missions trip to Mexico we stayed primarily at the ranch and happily worked our tails off.
This trip was all together different.
We saw much more of Mexico’s boarder cities and how people actually live.
The people are poor, living conditions are not always the best, crime and corruption is a reality.
However, the people are kind and beautiful and Jesus is touching so many lives.


And let me tell you…
they have some AMAZING FOOD!
My personal favorite…the queso taco
Get ready for this.
They take carne asada (chopped up beef cooked in tomato juices) or shrimp, wrap cheese around it, fry it and then place that on a corn or flour tortilla and top it with a special sauce and avocado.
Inspired by God I’m pretty sure.
That same restaurant also serves these white marinated jalapenos.
Delicious and dangerous.
There were tears ;)
My relationship with them ended once I realized they were a community appetizer.
Community meaning previous customers and previous tables had also enjoyed the same bowl of jalapenos.
I also had my first Torta
and of course we had mulitas.

On our last night Natalie took us to a really great hot dog joint.
I know…your in Mexico and you get a hot dog?
But the girl knows how and what to eat.
They were giant hot dogs with all the fixins and they definitely hit the spot.
As if the spot needed hitting after all those tacos ;)
The boy above is one of Natalie’s art studio kids…Eduardo.
Totally sweet teenage boy who spent his evening driving around with a bunch of crazy white people.
I can only imagine the things going through his head ;)
Hopefully he enjoyed our company as much as we enjoyed his.
While we are on the subject of food…
let me introduce you to a Mexican grocery store.
Colorful
Mole
The biggest pork rinds I’ve ever seen.
Mouth watering cheese
and meats
I love the shape of their soda bottles.
Gabby was feeling opinionated about Coke Zero.
Disclaimer: Coke…I love you. In your Original form that is…if I go to a restaurant and order a coke and they ask if Pepsi is ok…I say no and order a lemonade. So please don’t be offended by this picture.
And I had to take a picture of this.

I think it’s a brilliant idea.
How much easier would it be to place a slice of Philadelphia cream cheese on your bagel than mangling it with a butter knife?
Kraft is totally holding out on us!
I promise we did more than eat and take pictures of food.
By the way…I got the funniest looks while taking pictures in the grocery store.
I don’t blame them though…I know I looked crazy.
Especially when taking pictures of the cream cheese sign ;)
I’ll share pictures of us working hard tomorrow.
Right now I need to wipe the drool off my chin and figure out how to smuggle in some queso tacos!