Hanging out with the Hamilton team

While we were at the beach, a group from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada was busily painting at the retreat centre in Acolman. Royce and Sue Baron supervised their work on the boys dormitory rooms, the dormitory hallway, and the three families/couples rooms on the main floor of the house.

We were able to join this group early Saturday morning and we headed downtown for a tourist day. We visited the Basilica of the Virgin Guadelupe, the Artesans' Market, and the central plaza that is called the Zocalo. At the Zocalo we saw the huge Mexican flag in the center of the plaza, we visited the Metropolitan Cathedral, and inside the National Palace (federal government building) we saw some famous murals. The murals were painted by Diego Rivera and depict events in Mexican history. We also enjoyed lunch at the famous Sanborns restaurant, The House of Tiles. This building is one of the beautiful historic district buildings that are a part of the 1,500 historic buildings of downtown Mexico City that were given UNESCO recognition in 1988.

The group then went to the Christ Lives Bible Church to have some fun with the Mexican youth group. This Gateway Team visiting from Hamilton, Ontario was lead by Randy Schmor. They led us in some singing (Spanish and English) and new friends were made as we ate Dominoes pizza and then played some games. The picture is of the Canadians and Mexicans playing a game called "Wink".