Well, we just made it home, and I've got to tell you - it is a long way from Mexico to West Monroe.

We had an interesting trip home. Somewhere in Mexico, there was a flock of buzzards on the side of the road. Ritchie, good driver that he is, accelerated when we approached them. I know, most of you are thinking that you would have decelerated, but not Ritchie. One of them hit the van's bumper on his side, and the other hit the windshield on my side. I thought I was dead. A buzzard encountering a sheet of glass at 75 miles per hour usually results in disaster. But we were all okay after they did CPR on me.

We've worked on embellishing the story by adding interesting details like there were a hundred buzzards feasting on a dead elephant and that twelve of them hit the van. But the facts in the previous paragraph are the truth.

I am so grateful for the new relationships I have because of our sharing in the ministry in Zacatecas. You are all wonderful people. It's like finding out that you have a family you never knew you had.

Let's stay in touch. And don't forget to put the pics on-line.

Gordon