An Expensive Day

Yesterday, was one of those awful traffic days in our area of Mexico City. The night before we had a tremendous rain storm which caused some flooding and knocked out the power. None the less, we had to go through the rain soaked streets to pay our phone bill and pick up our kids and the Ruiz kids from school. Because of the rain and power problems that affected the traffic lights, a one hour trip took two hours! While we were driving to the Telmex building, a very kind man, stuck with us in the traffic, told us that our tire on our truck was damaged. Sure enough, a close inspection revealed it had a huge gash on the side wall. We were quite worried that we would not be able to make it to pick up all the kids from school. Fortunately, we were able to make it and then we drove to the tire repair place. The tire was beyond repair. We had to by a new tire and wait two hours until our vehicle was ready. Fortunately, there was a Starbucks across the street so we could wait out our time while we pushed back frappuccinos and read some books. I don't know what was more expensive, Starbucks or the tires? The pictures above are of the Starbucks near our home in the Arboledas district of Atizapan and of Brittany reading yet another mystery novel and Emma getting wired on caffeine. Otherwise, things have been rather slow lately. Marcel is still fighting a nasty cold that seems to be going into his chest and today, being Saturday, is the day the girls need to clean the house. We are also waiting for the gas truck to arrive to fill our propane tank so we can cook and have hot showers. Tomorrow is Sunday and it is a very special day. It is the 11th anniversary of the founding of Christ Lives Bible Church in Ecatepec. Happy B-Day CLBC!!!