Day 4

Some of our group slept out on the porch, since it was about 20 degrees cooler out there than inside.


Praying with the young people.

Kent, Cameron and Logan relaxing while our laundry dries.

Kent and Jordan with some of the youth group.

Day 3, Part #3

The missionary kids with some of the Saltillo youth group.


Steve was in charge of the afternoon activities. Here is Kent, participating in the balloon stomp.


Then they had a shoe-pile relay race.

The walkway from the church is very steep.

Kent playing soccer.

Day 3, Part #2

Kent and I walking to the church.


The group gathered in for the first service of the youth congress.

Kent and Jordan, with the youth from Saltillo, bringing a special song.

Our evangelist, Esdras Munroy, traveled from Guatemala to be with us at the Youth Congress.

Day #3, Part 1

These pictures are taken from the upper level of the home where we stayed during the Youth Congress in San Gabriel, Mixtepec, Oaxaca.

Coconut palm tree

Mountainous jungles

Nearby homes

Our vehicle in the courtyard

Our rooms were upstairs. You may be able to see the metal spiral staircase, which we used, on the far right.

Youth Congress, Day #2, Part 2

We left Oaxaca City on Tuesday morning and headed over the mountains. It is a trip of 120 miles which usually takes about 6 hours, because the roads are so bad. We had a little vehicle problem which held us up for a few hours.


Steve and the Correas, working on the van.


Some of us waiting in the shade, while the van was being fixed.

Piling back in for the rest of the trip.

We arrived at San Gabriel, Mixtepec, Oaxaca at 10 p.m. They fed us chicken and rice soup, tortillas, and sweet bread. In this picture, you can see a girl pouring horchata. It is a drink made by boiling rice and adding sugar and cinnamon.

Sylvia and I eating supper (and worn out) after 2 long days of traveling.

Youth Congress - Day 2, Part #1

Despite arriving so late, a wonderful family from the Oaxaca church extended their gracious overnight hospitality to us. This was the view we saw in the morning...


...and another perspective.


Getting ready to head out for the next leg of our journey.

The steps to one of our churches in Oaxaca.

We took a couple of teenagers (brother and sister) from Oaxaca with us to the youth retreat.

Youth Congress - Day 1

A caravan of 4 vehicles and 32 people left Saltillo at 6 a.m. on a Monday morning and headed south.

4 of our girls at the first stop we made.

Time for a picnic lunch.

Traveling toward Oaxaca.

17 hours and 800 miles later we arrived in Oaxaca City, where they fed us a delicious tostada supper.