Thursday, February 24

necesito orinar como un caballo rapido ruso

i'm into my final week here in mazatlan. and as excited as i am to see my family and friends back home, i have to be perfectly honest with you all. i don't want to leave. i would give almost anything to be able to stay, even just one more month. but i know that's not possible, or reasonable. and the sooner i get home and to work, the sooner i can get back down here.

it's raining right now. and it really rains here. it sounds wonderful on the cement house.

we had yet another going away thing tonight. this one was for mikaela (the blonde girl that was in pg this summer). she's gone to squamish tomorrow. she's not too pleased about that. but hopefully she'll be back down in the summer for the district convention. i can't wait for that.

i've been thinking lately about how fruitless it is to try to explain mexico to someone. i don't really think you can understand any place until you've seen it. i've been taking pictures of things around town that i love, but i just don't belive that it translates on to film. and i must say, that that is the second time today that i have used the word fruitless, and i can't remember ever using that word before today. it's kind of silly.

Wednesday, February 16

our statial shape is the rhombus

my parents are here!! i'm muy happy to have them. but muy sad that it means that i'm leaving soon. it feels like everyone's leaving. jeremiah left yesterday, britta's leaving today, mikaela and angie are next week, and i'm the week after. then most other people are gone by the end of march. but we're planning a mexican reunion in june. in calgary, of all places. works for me.

i must go now, as we are going for a welcome parents slash goodbye britta breakfast. and we're going to have beer. for breakfast. but it's ok cause we're in mexico.

Tuesday, February 8

bethel - doing it for Jehovah, all day long

so i'm back. i went to mexico city and lived to tell about it. though to be perfectly honest, i didn't go into the city too much. mostly drove around there, and stayed outside the city, in bethel, and a nearby city called texcoco.

bethel is amazing. i love it. i want to live there. me and brittany were threatening to barricade ourselves in our room and never come out. except for meals. we saw so much. because we were staying there we were considered temporary bethelites, so we got lots of extra tours. the normal tour lasts about five hours. ours was spread out over three days, and added up to at least ten.

we met wonderful people, that i genuinely hope i get to see again. soon would be nice. the generosity and hospitality of the brothers and sisters we met was humbling. they did everything they could to make us happy, and wouldn't accept anything in return. i hope they understood how grateful we were despite the language barrier.

other than bethel, we spent a day at the pyramids and a day at six flags. it was too much fun. i didn't want to leave. but we did, and now i am here in mazatlan. which is a pretty great place to have to come back to.

Wednesday, February 2


here's a little something to tide you over until i get back.... that's me dancing on the beach in the moonlight for kandis. Posted by Hello

a kerouak adventure

i'm leaving for mexico city at this very moment. so i can't write anything. but i'm super excited and i will post as soon as i get back.