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Here are a few pictures (of the many) I have taken so far in Mexico.  Just to wet your taste buds a little.  

This is a picture of the cathedral in Chaloula (spelling???)

   

This is one of the pyramids around, and this pyramid actually has the most volume of any pyramid in the world!

El Pozo!!!!

Mexico City...it is a HUGE city, and this is just one section of it.

Hola Amigos!  I have now been in Mexico for a week.  And what a week it has been.  I have been experiencing many different things, and a lot of culture shock.  However, I have been meeting a lot of people, and it has been awesome.  There are definitely times where I miss everyone back home, but during those times, I take the time to pray for strength and endurance to forget about what is back home, and to focus on why I am here.

A lot of things here in Mexico are BEAUTIFUL!  There are numerous cathedrals with incredible architecture, as well as beautiful mountains surrounding the campus.  My dorm has a balcony that overlooks the lake on campus, as well as the active volcano in Puebla.  

Tonight was a lot of fun.  UDLA hosted a party for international students called Noche de Mexico where we learned how to salsa dance, and eat more mexican food.  After that party, all of the international students went to a club called Unit and had a blast.  It has been great meeting all of the other exchange students, and it has helped me to see that I am not the only foreigner/gringo here hahaha.  

I have been meeting a lot of Mexican students, and practicing my spanish a lot also.  It is SOOO difficult to learn a new language, and it is even more difficult to live in a place where you cannot communicate efficiently.  But I am working on it more and more every day, and my goal is to leave Mexico with a good knowledge of the language.  The two spanish courses I am taking this semester will probably help out a lot as well.  

Please continue to pray for my globalscope team, as well as the students we will be reaching out to this semester.  Also, pray for strength for myself, as well as my teammates to not miss what is back home, but to focus on why God has placed us here.  

Thanks so much everyone!  I love you and God Bless!