Ronda Schmidt Just another weblog 
Thank you for praying for the Mexico trip. I arrived back at the Training Center November 9. Since then I’ve been busy doing the final write ups on the students evaluations. So many neat things happened it’s hard to know where to start. The Lord was certainly faithful.
One of our main concerns had to do with getting everyone to Creel by bus and back to El Paso,
Texas at the end of our stay. Thankfully it couldn’t have gone smoother. At one of the bus stations
where we had to switch buses I asked at the ticket counter when the next bus was leaving. The lady
told me in 20 minutes. I told her we needed 12 seats and she said that was the exact number of seats
still available. If we couldn’t have all gotten on we would have had to wait for at least another hour.
Another testimony of God’s faithfulness was in how He protected some in the group from a bad batch
of cookie dough. Kimmie invited her language helper and some friends to the camp to make
chocolate chip cookies. As they were mixing the dough Kimmie couldn’t figure out why the dough was
so dry. Some tasted the dough and had to spit it out. Her husband tried a baked cookie and said it
tasted funny. Come to find out they had accidentally bought lime (the stuff that is in cement) instead
of flour. In Mexico lime is sold in the food section because they use it to soak corn in before they grind
it to make tortillas. Those who had tasted the dough and cookies had burns in their mouths for
several days which made it difficult to eat. We called the Doctor to see if anything needed to be done
since some of the lime had been swallowed. He said that if Aaron would have eaten anymore cookies
he would have had to have his stomach pumped.
God also showed us His faithfulness in providing some very precious language helpers for the
students. Everyone seemed to bond immediately
and it was neat to see how those cross-cultural
relationships grew over time. It certainly was hard
to say good-bye after four weeks. They were all so
gracious to open their homes and share their lives
and families with us.
Thank you for praying for us during our time in
Mexico. It was certainly evident that you were
bringing us to the throne of grace on a regular
basis.
