Gone South, Down Mexico Way

If God wills, we leave for Mexico on Tuesday, February 16th. We fly Southwest from Philadelphia to San Antonio, TX. This trip we are using the home of Nadine and her husband Miguel as our hub. From S.A. we must take a bus to Jerez. We plan to visit Lois Raser for a week. Then it’s off to Celaya to visit Pablo, Niky and children for a week before trekking off on our walkabout through Mexico to visit friends and do some teaching at the three Bible school campuses.
In the American Peace Corps I was taught to be flexible and that word defines
our 8-week trip to Mexico. No firm schedule because beginning in March it will depend on dates
Dr. Esparza wishes me to teach. I know, I know, most people pull out their hair if they are not given a hard and fast schedule of dates and places and work assignments. But our assignments in Mexico are only bookended by the dates on our airplane tickets. Once I met an itinerant wanderer who belonged to a group who communicated with notes left in a tree: a message in a park or a word-of-mouth invitation in the mouth of a wayside peddler. We are more sophisticated travelers than that; we do have cell numbers and email addresses and a blog site you can hit to keep up with our meanderings. They are as follows:

Email: noasark747@yahoo.com

Blog site: xanga.com/royalroad

Lois Raser’s cell #: 01-52-494-947-1474
So you see we won’t be completely incognito. Some enterprises we hope to undertake:
• Visit Lois Raser for 3-weeks in Jerez. Show Jesus Film in villages and mission sites like the villages of Susticacan, El Chiquiuite and Jomoquillo. Teach at Bible School.
• Visit Pastor Pablo and Niky and children in Celaya. Show Jesus Film.
• Visit Pastor Hector and family in Nacaxa for 2-weeks. Show Jesus Film in surrounding villages throughout the mountains and at the orphanage. Teach at the Indian Bible School in
La Sierra.
• Teach on the main campus of the Bible Institute in Mexico City.
• Visit John Pendleton, creationist who teaches/lectures on creation in Zacatecas
You can find him at www. creacionistas.com

Our trip centers around teaching, showing the Jesus Film and visiting friends who will be involved in our work. Last February we did not go to Jerez to visit Lois Raser and friends, so this is our major destination. Lois is 82-years old and we want to spend as much time with her as possible. While in Jerez we will stay in the home of a mutual friend named Joan, who is a member of Lois’s Scrabble Club. This club meets weekly on Friday to play, chat and eat and is one of the bright days in Lois’s schedule. Jerez is our favorite place in Mexico but since the drug cartel Zeta took over the city it has become dangerous. Please pray for Lois’s safety and ours as we move among the villages in the Valley of Jerez, in the town and on the roads to the cities of Zacatecas and Fresnillo where Ruth and I worked and traveled in past years. Inner mountain back roads to villages can be quite dangerous but they are the locations where we wish to show the Jesus Film.
We hope to be in Mexico from February 19th to April 12th. We will be taking a bus from San Antonio across the border into Mexico and then on to Zacatecas/Jerez. Our main mode of transportation will be by bus, the metro in Mexico City, and some private vehicles. We want to do whatever the Lord permits, trusting him for protection and deliverance from evil. We know we can only make this trip,” if the Lord wills.” Please keep us in your prayers.