Judah In Mexico

Good Morning to All, and to All a Good Morning!

It is currently 13:42 Friday, August 31 in the year 2007. After writing on monday I went home and started reading “the Princess and the Goblins.” On Tuesday I started pulling wires for the street lamps for the Office. Then I went home, finished “the Princess and the Goblins,” and started “the Princess and Curdie” (both are very good books and I highly recommend them).

Wednesday my old enemy Montezuma decided to enter the picture, but I chased him away with some Pepto Bismol. At the Office on Wednesday I finished pulling wires. I then finished “the Princess and Curdie” and started “Pilgrim’s Progress.” I did not get far in it because my earlier fight with Montezuma had worn me out. On thursday Nate and I went into downtown Oaxaca to do errands. When I got home I read some more of my book.

At about 5:30 I walked to the Kugler’s to call my family and people I had fail to say goodbye to properly (this took an hour and a half). On my walk home I saw a motorcyclist get robbed by a group of boys. This was very hard for me because I could not help him because I can’t speak spanish and therefore could not do any thing for him (and because I am a feeler). Today Montezuma struck again and it took four times as much PB to case him away.

At the office I have cut and glued books and labeled Bible storie books (achickly they are the pages of the books without words yet). Then I wrote this newsletter.

Judah P. Fickett

P.S. Please pray that Montezuma would not strike again, that I would learn Spanish quickly, that God would keep me safe, and for the man who got robbed.

Yellow everybody

Today is Monday August 27. After “work” on Thursday, Lupino took me into town. Lupino is the son of the couple I am staying with, and we are spending time together to he can improve his English and I can learn Spanish. He does not live with his parents. When we got back to the house, I ate a banana then went to bed. The house I am staying in is very nice. It has two stories and a garden under a hole in the middle of the house. As far as I can tell only the bedrooms and bathrooms have doors from the outdoors (yet inside the house).

On Friday, Nate picked me up at the house and we went to the office. While there I hung poster and white boards on some walls. I then went home and finished The Black Arrow and started Pride and Prejudice. On Saturday I finished Pride and Prejudice.

While here I have learned that there is no difference in the Mexican “b” and “v.” Therefore if you need to distinguish between the two “v” is be (“b”) chica (girl).

On Sunday I went to church with Señora Rosa (my hostess), then went to Mitla with Nate and Abby. Today I came to the office by myself (which requires taking a bus) and then continued to hang stuff on the wall.

Buenos dias, mi nombre es Judah. Es todo lo que se en español.

Good morning to all

Today is Thursday, August 23. Yesterday I left for Mexico at 5:00 am. I flew from Dulles International Airport to Alanta. I arrived at Alanta 6 minutes after I was supposed to be at the gate for my flight to Mexico. Therefore I got a nice little jog in the Alanta airport. When I landed in Mexico City I had a 7 hour layover. So I took a taxi to where Sam Bryant was staying in the City. The taxi ride took an hour. After talking and going to a burger place I headed back to the airport. The ride back took two hours. I then flew to Oaxaca where I had my bags dug through in costums. Abby and Nat Kugler met me at the airport and took me to where I will be staying for the next month. Throughout all my flights, God blessed me by keeping the seat next to me empty.

This morning after breakfast Nate came to take me to the office where he and his wife work. On the way, he taught me the phrase that I began the email with. It means, “Good day my name is Judah. That is all the Spanish I know.”

Judah P. Fickett

P.S. from Toni. Judah now has another email for use in Mexico: meinmexico@fickett.info