Welcome to Oaxaca!
In August 2013, I will be moving to Oaxaca, Mexico for 4 months where I will be living and serving alongside missionaries to build relationships and share the truth of God’s Word to local Mexicans. Oaxaca is located in southern Mexico, and due to its diverse terrain there are 16 different indigenous people groups in this area. I will have opportunities to build relationships and serve these people through healthcare education, teaching English, tutoring children, etc. I am very excited about this opportunity that the Lord is giving me, and I look forward to sharing with you all that He does during these 4 months.
In an effort to make the most of this opportunity, I adapted an idea from a friend of mine. I am going to make a list of 40 things I want to do in the 4 months I am gone. I will post the date and hopefully a picture once the task is accomplished.
40 things in 4 months:
- Journal everyday
- Buy a cross
- Memorize a chapter of the Bible in English
- Memorize a chapter of the Bible in Spanish
- Learn how to cook authentic Mexican food
- Share the gospel in Spanish
- Learn a song in Spanish
- Make a lifelong friend
- Sleep in a hammock
- Get lost in the city and find my way again
- Read at least 1 book per month
- Touch the Pacific Ocean
- Eat something I’ve never eaten before
- Teach someone to crochet
- Become more fluent in Spanish
- Get a letter in the mail
- Send a letter in the mail
- Ride on public transportation
- Watch a sunrise
- Attend a wedding
- Learn a dance
- Attend mass
- Eat a paletas - a real steel city pop!
- Go to a music concert/festival
- Take a picture every day
- Visit the Tule tree
- Buy lunch for a stranger
- Watch a movie in Spanish
- Blog at least once a week
- Experience Day of the Dead
- Visit Monte Alban
- Go to the biblioteca
- Go to a sporting event
- Get chocolate from Chocolates La Soledad or Chocolate El Mayordomo
- Buy an authentic outfit
- Buy some barro negro and green glazed pottery from Atzompa
- Learn some indigenous tongue
- Try all 7 different kinds of mole
- Eat some Queso Oaxaca
- Visit Hierve el Agua
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