So today was our last day to drive in the states. We ended up in McAllen, Texas around 6pm to check into our hotel.
We were able to celebrate Emma's birthday today in the van and dessert at Burger King. Happy 12th birthday to my little girl who is growing up fast(love dad).
It was cool to drive along the Mexican border, you can see it while driving in Texas. The drive was no problem. We had a great hot breakfast before we left.
I laughed at my wife so hard today. It was getting hotter and hotter as we got more south. In order to keep our van from overheating we don't run the A.C. I didn't find it that hot but apparently my wife did. She had Addison get her a cup of ice and water. Chantelle took the ice and water and rubbed it on her head, arms, legs, back, and where ever else she could get it. I found it so humorous and laughed at her hysterically. Chantelle told me she was so hot that she couldn't continue in the van anymore. I'm not sure if she realizes that it will continue to get hotter and we still have 3 days of driving in Mexico. lol She will be fine. It was a momentary unrest.
We almost forgot to tell you that we dodged a dead skunk on the road. As we heard a loud thud we realized that we centered the trailer over the skunk and bashed it instead of dodging it. We also hit a bird and numerous butterflies. Hours later at a gas station Chantelle noticed that the skunk took out our wiring harness and the paved road ground it away to nearly nothing. There happened to be a marine store across the road where we bought the replacement. I'll have to put that on in the morning. The strangest road kill I have seen was still the flattened rabbit blowing upright in the wind. This trip has been full of laughs. The kids are up beat and loving the ride.
We have friends who are currently living in Mexico named Miguel and Oriana. Many of you know them. They have a friend who flew to Texas to conduct some business and offered to drive with us the 3 days through Mexico. This will be a big help to us since we will be in Mexico with a Mexican.
Our new passenger doesn't know it yet, but he will have the privilege of driving with a husband, a wife, 3 children, and 2 dogs in a van with no A.C. pulling a trailer which prevents the vehicle from going any faster than 100km/hr. He doesn't know this because he speaks little English and we are not at all able to translate the above sentence in Spanish. If I were him I would have taken a plane home. haha He is a kind man.
Now for the scary document part. We have a book that we call "The Guatemala Book" which contains all of our important immigration information, canine documents for entry into Guatemala, notes from our Pastors', Guatemalan contacts, etc. It is our life line and, well, you guessed it... we lost it. Chantelle and the kids tore apart the van and I looked through the first half of the trailer and we found nothing. Chantelle insisted that it was in the trailer. Right when I had given up looking she persisted and climbed in the trailer. Chantelle found it safely inside the back pack she forgot that she had placed it in. She was thrilled and our van is organized and ready to go for tomorrow.
Well, that is all for now. The next time we write we will be in Mexico. Thank you so much for your prayers for our safety. We need you.
Thank you,
The Virags
WIA
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