happenings

latest newsletter

all newsletters

prayer needs

audio greeting

links

contact us

 

 

 

 






 

 

happenings

latest newsletter

all newsletters

prayer needs

audio greeting

links

contact us

We had started to think that our life wasn’t too different from yours, until we got back to the States this last Christmas and began taking note of all the little ways in which our Mexican life was changing our perception. I hope you enjoy reading the following list as much as we did coming up it.


YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN MEXICO TOO LONG WHEN:

  • At a party, you find yourself going around kissing every single person “good-bye” before leaving. (Tim, of course, only kisses the women good-bye. The men get a handshake.)

  • During a walk around the neighborhood a dog barks and you automatically look up at the roofs of the surrounding houses for the dog. (Many Mexicans keep dogs living on their roofs as a sort of alarm system.)

  • At church, you are amazed by how wonderfully punctual people are and how short the Sunday morning worship services are. (At our Mexican church people generally arrive 20 to 60 minutes late and the service is about 1 hour and 40 minutes)

  • You find yourself thinking longingly of the great food in America that you can’t get in Mexico, like Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, and Tex-Mex. But once you get there you are amazed by how BIG the servings are and how much weight you can gain in such a short time. And tipping over 10 percent seems exorbitant. (Tipping is not at all universal and 10 percent is considered generous.)

  • As you walk out of a restaurant you find yourself trying to catch people’s eye so you can tell them “Provecho” (The polite thing to say on your way out of-or into-a restaurant… roughly translated, “Enjoy your meal.”)



  • Driving, you find yourself marveling at how cheap the gas is and how wide and smooth the streets are. (We pay about 3 dollars a gallon.) Also, you realize that staying in your lane, coming to a full and complete stop, and generally obeying traffic laws takes a concentrated effort that used to come naturally.

God Bless...                  

           Tim and Annette

 contact us | latest newsletter | all newsletters | homepage | happenings