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- Rob’s Passport
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- Sarah’s Passport & Visa
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- Sarah’s first stamp in her married passport
We are back from our Spring Break trip to Creel, Mexico. Although, four days of driving and three days there is not a wonderful ratio it was a wonderful week long trip to help a friend turn una casa a un hogar. I was very glad to be able to see the place where Robert has spent about ten summers.
We got a lot done on Dwayne’s house. We mudded, caulked, sanded, textured, and painted the walls. Robert helped put down the tile floors in the bathroom and finished the central heating and air system. Some of the DTS students dug trenches for the sewer and water lines. All in only three days!!
Robert gave me the grand tour of downtown Creel; where we spent an evening being true tourists. We shopped for overpriced souvenirs and took pictures of a local mariachi band at the restaurant where we ordered from the pictures on the menu.
Although I am able to understand more Spanish than I give myself credit for, my mind still goes blank when I am expected to reply to someone in conversations. And Robert of course is more fluent than he gives himself credit for and has no trouble whatsoever.
Even though this trip was a work trip, we were able to hitch a ride with the DTS students to a boarding school in the area. We were given the grand opportunity of assisting in the outreach by playing with the elementary aged children. It was definitely a highlight of the trip.
This trip really made me more excited about our trip to El Salvador this summer. If only my Spanish will finally click and I will able to answer to the ever common ‘Hola, como estas’.
Sarah
