Saturday, Sept. 15th 2007

What a Wonderful night’s sleep! Today is the day Mexico celebrates their independence. We enjoyed most of the morning talking with the Navarretes and eating pancakes! I received a call at about 10:30am saying that my sister was being driven to the hospital to have here baby! We waited and waited for our luggage but it did not come before we had to leave for the church Independence Day service. So Diana Navarrete stayed home for us and waited for the luggage to arrive, while we headed out to the future church we will be ministering in. We arrived at the church and just as I expected the area was poor. Their church building was 3 very small rooms together and a very small side yard, in which we played volleyball with the Mexican people. We ate authentic Mexican food with them & colored the Mexican flag. Joe then shared his testimony in Spanish and we set off fireworks! Joe was able to make a small friend named, Santiago. He is an adorable little boy. From there I was able to go to a fellow teammates home to call my mother. Heather had Annabelle Rose Dowling at 4:02pm weighing 6lbs and 13oz. She is 19 inches long! I’m an Aunt! At this time it was about 10:20pm and we were heading out…AGAIN! J We headed to the town square for the annual... grita. This is when the whole town gets together at 11pm and shouts…VIVE MEXICO 3 times. We watched as hundreds just in one of the many tiny towns in Mexico City shouted VIVE MEXICO and fireworks then followed! By the time we got home it was after midnight and I was exhausted! Bed never felt so good. J