Leaving Mexico

April 3 we ate our last meal in Mexico, and then packed up all our stuff into the vans for the slow trek across the border. There was a really long line up for the US border, so we moved slowly along, waiting while other vehicles so far ahead we couldn’t see them, crossed the border. When we finally reached the actual border crossing, they asked us to get out of the vans, and go through their building, where they looked at our passports and then let us go through. Meanwhile our drivers of the vans stayed in them while they were driven through these huge scanner thingy’s, whatever they are called, to detect stuff. Everything went smoothly and fine, and in no time we were back in the vans again. We drove through the few streets to the church where we had left the bus. There we transported all our luggage into the bus and were on our way after saying good bye to six of our team members, who were going back home a different way than with the rest of us.  From there we traveled all day into Arizona, where we had supper at a steak house before spending the night in a hotel. Some of us girls went to Melissa’s house (one of our team members), and stayed there for the night.

 

                Then on the 4^th we were off again on the road, travelling to California, where we were going to another one of our team members home for a visit. This part of the trip became a bit of a fun part for us, and we took our time returning back to school, stopping at a few tourist places along the way. The California stop was one of those fun stops. We spent all day travelling in the bus, arriving at the Halcomb home really late at night. They opened their house to us, and we crashed on the floors and such, scattered all over the place. J

 

                We spent the following day visiting with the Halcomb family, and going to the beach! It was the first time I had seen the ocean since I was three years old. I only vaguely have a memory of seeing water at night, but that isn’t really a good memory of what the ocean looks like, so it was like I was seeing it for the first time. I loved watching how the waves built up higher and higher before they crashed. God created the ocean in a wonderful and unique way! J We waded into the water, some went out on the boogie boards, and we also played a game of ultimate Frisbee on the beach. J It was a good nice day of relaxing before we hit the road again the following day.