One of the really cool things about living in Mexico are the pyramids. About 15 KM from the camp in Acolman is the ancient city of Teotihuacan which means "where men become gods" in the Nahuatl language. The city was started approximately in the year 100 B.C. but scholars hotly dispute who started the community since there is no written record. Various native groups settled there over the next thousand years but for reasons unknown, they more or less abandoned the facility before the Spanish conquest. At its peak, over a quarter of a million people lived in this city. It is thought that only 10% of the city's archaeological ruins are uncovered today.
When missions teams come here to help at the camp or at a VBS, we often take them to the pyramids to get a sense of the history and culture of Mexico. The picture you see here is of our seven year old Kirklyn standing on top of the Pyramid of the Sun (the largest of the three pyramids) with the pyramid of the Moon in the background. Almost 400 feet up from the valley floor, one must ascend 248 very small steps to get to the top. Unfortunately, many people continue to come here to practice native worship of the sun syncretized with the Catholicism.
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