Well I left Playa Del Carmen this morning after a week with some top notch friends I joined on their trip. Now, I am making my way north and west to Texas for the next 2 months. Slowly but surely, I have crossed 4or 5 Mexican states and at least 5 police checkpoints where Hummers with 50 cal machine guns mounted on top were flanked by the army wearing kevlar and toting automatic rifles. Most of them were happy to chit chat as they searched for hidden panels in my truck. Good thing my only drug habit is Guatemalan Caffiene in the form of coffee.

Only one ticket so far as I paid a FINE so to speak, for going over a speed bump too fast.... sheesh. $100 lighter... but making good time! See you soon.

Well, I'm on the road again starting tomorrow, and what an interesting (convoluted) mix of visits I will be making along the way. The plan is to leave about 4:30 am tomorrow morning and run for the border. I'm driving through Belize, to Mexico, to meet some friends for a week in Playa Del Carmen. In case you weren't aware, the last 2 months of my life were quite possibly the worst two in my life, so I need a mental, emotional and social rest. What better place than the beaches of Mexico with some of my closest friends?

After next week, I will be driving back up through Mexico, into Texas to spend some time with my church home, supporters and friends in Rockwall. I figure I will be here for about a week to watch a friend's house before heading out on the road again. I have planned to visit friends from Guatemala now in the USA, and friends in the various parts of the USA from the USA, as well as meet with people from Guatemala in the USA who I have not yet met before. This adventure should take me from coast-to-coast I suspect. Washington, Oregon, North Carolina, Arkansas and more.

I'm expecting to have to change the oil in my truck at least 3 times before returning to Guatemala at the end of August. The loop around the USA should take me throuh half of the 50 states I would suspect. Should be one for the books. 4 countries, 25 states, 10,000 miles or more, and 30 days. My mind is going 90 miles per second right now fathoming the possibilites for the next month of my life and ministry. I'm excited about the great new things that are happening. I feel like a snake peeling his dead, dry skin off to reveal a sleeker, leaner, more powerful self below. 

 "Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it!"

- 2 Corinthians 5:17