It’s Tuesday, our second day in Mexico, at the lovely RANCHO SORDO MUDO! (click here to see some pictures from today) Today we were separated into different work groups, and we were in the most privileged group, which was of course with Rich and Kari. We painted the inside of the dining hall with primer, which is still all over our hands and clothes, and we are convinced it will never come out. Rich had a Joshua playlist of music prepared for us to listen to while we primed the “now whiter than ever” eating area. Each song had a specific meaning related to our time at Joshua. Such as relationships, being even, love, love and more love. We then had the adventurous time of cleaning the plethora of primer out of all the paint rollers. After we finished our project, we sat in the dining hall and ate Scooby doo snacks, and opened the store on the ranch. Linde was the cashier, and collected all of the money Joshua students wasted on candy. When the store closed, Rich gave us our second job; it was to help plant beautiful rose bushes into a memorial garden for Barbara Everett. And for our third job, we got assigned to clean brush throughout the ranch to create firebreaks; the brush clearers went by the name of “bush babies”. We were privileged to have a previous Joshua student, Charlotte, speak to us about teaching deaf children on the ranch and her experience at Joshua. It is the end of day two, and we have two more workdays before our free day in Ensenada, Mexico! Which we hope we get… everyone better read Mere Christianity for our book discussion, it is our dream to go to the Baja 1000! Good night, or BUENOS NOCHES!!
Loveee Linde Lu and Chelsea
