The 16th of September is a big day in Mexico. It marks their Independence Day. Many people will flood into the town squares where their communities will host parties to celebrate this great day. Christ Lives Bible Church also put on a celebration of Noche Mexicana (Mexican Night). There were lots of traditional Mexican foods, games, and a singing contest (Marcel tried to sing like a Las Vegas act "You've Lost that Loving Feeling", by the Righteous Brothers...It was a bomb!). People, but mostly children, dress in traditional Mexican clothes and put red, white and green paint on their faces as seen in the above picture. We have a team of workers here from Ohio to work on the camp and they really seemed to enjoy the evening. They have been working very hard and are a friendly group. The team mixed well with the people of the church, trying to speak Spanish when they could. The picture above is of one of the men from the church. He told me he really wants to buy a sombrero and decided to try this one on for size. I will help him later this week when we visit the artisan market for their tourist day. Today the Ohio team, from Parma Heights Baptist Church near Cleveland, enjoyed a church service and then went to the Pyramids.
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