the giggle of the day....

Much has happened in the beautiful country I find myself in these days. We celebrated El Día de Independencia on September 15 by crowding in amoung thousands of other mexicanos amigos in Cuernavaca´s Zocalo for live music, a speech from the mayor, a few ¨Viva México!¨´s, the celebratory spraying of shaving cream (a rather messy tradition), and festive fireworks. Our last hurrah as a group in Cuernavaca -- we´ve finished language school!

We all traveled down to Olenolá (state of Guerrero) and met Liz and Martin Dyrst and their two boys, Isaiah and Micah (ages 6 and 3 respectively). We got a grand tour of the pueblo in the three days we were there and learned a bit about the past 14 years of MCC´s involvement in that area as well as some of their upcoming initiatives.

Yesterday´s giggle of the day came from Isaiah. For a bit of history you must know that Kiara and I both contracted some sort of death flu on the way back from Olenolá to Mexico City and it wiped us out for about 48 hours (fear not, we are all recuperated and fully functioning again!). I was typing an email when Isaiah came to invite me to go to the market with him. I told him I wasn´t sure I was up for such an adventure yet and he gave me a bit of a pittied look, walked across the room, picked up a Buzz Lightyear action figure, set it on the computer table beside me and said, ¨Well, while we´re gone just remember....He´ll be with you.¨

Oh the wise-ways of six-year-olds.....;)