So yesterday we had another celebration, in Juarez, and today's was in Valles. All of the celebrations are kind of running together now, and they're pretty much all the same: hectic, wonderful, crazy, & such blessings. Today's was in the one-room shack with about 100 kids and 20 adults. It was crazier than ever because there was no room to even turn around, but somehow it was all managed. I held hands with Lulu, Adriana, Nallali, & Pati to make a barricade for the kids not to cross so that we might have a path for the kids to exit the room with their gifts. After driving back for about an hour & a half (Valles was far, and there was lots of traffic on Friday night), Jenny and I went to the mall for her to do some Christmas shopping and now we're back home.
Oh! On the way to Valles, Jenny got pulled over! She told me that he says she was speeding in a school zone, but basically it was just testament to the corruption in Monterrey. The real reason he pulled her over was because she has a Texas tag on her car, and that they know that people with Texas tags have money. Police officers here pocket the money they make from tickets. He told her that she was going to get her liscence taken away (since she's a foreigner) and have to pay $800 pesos ($80 dollars), but Josue got out of the car and talked to the police officer to talk him out of it. He got back in the car about 30 seconds later, with her liscence, and told Jenny to start driving. He then told us that he gave the officer $50 pesos (5 bucks!) and he let us go! It was unbelievable....we could not believe that he talked Jenny out of a $800 peso ticket for $50 pesos. Way to go, Josue!
There are only 2 more days of celebrations! I can't believe it's almost over. The first half went by really slow but this last half is going by really fast.
Oh! On the way to Valles, Jenny got pulled over! She told me that he says she was speeding in a school zone, but basically it was just testament to the corruption in Monterrey. The real reason he pulled her over was because she has a Texas tag on her car, and that they know that people with Texas tags have money. Police officers here pocket the money they make from tickets. He told her that she was going to get her liscence taken away (since she's a foreigner) and have to pay $800 pesos ($80 dollars), but Josue got out of the car and talked to the police officer to talk him out of it. He got back in the car about 30 seconds later, with her liscence, and told Jenny to start driving. He then told us that he gave the officer $50 pesos (5 bucks!) and he let us go! It was unbelievable....we could not believe that he talked Jenny out of a $800 peso ticket for $50 pesos. Way to go, Josue!
There are only 2 more days of celebrations! I can't believe it's almost over. The first half went by really slow but this last half is going by really fast.
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