I am a traveler

More and more I know this deep reality that I am a created being- and I am just beginning to understand the nature of what the Creator put together. As far back as I can remember I looked at the horizon and dreamed. I was joyful when I wandered to new places. I wanted to find out what was on the back side of the woods. I ran places.

Just last night here in Mexico City I wandered about looking for something to eat but it wasn’t the food. It was the place, the people, the history.

So I am in the perfect job. This Authentic Mexico Travel deal is not just a business. It is an expression of a passion poured into me and it is a reflection of a design. Perfect.

Last week two little groups went through Copper Canyon and loved it- wrote and told me how they loved it.

And today three people (thank you Bishop Gwin) will show up here and as we wander about Puebla next week they will rant and rave about the wonders of the place.

And I will go to Chiapas in 8 days and begin the proces there and many people will light up with joy as they travel there over these next days and years.

The BIG BOOK of AA talks of a “broad highway” and I have every sense of being on it.

On the broad highway in Mexico City today.

Just plain pico…the best of Copper Canyon!

People go nuts over the food in the Sierra Madres. One of my faves is the simple pico. I think the key is the fresh ingredients. Like real tomatos and peppers:

The stuff is really simple…just fresh peppers, tomatos, cilantro, garlic,  and onions. Then sometimes there is radish or cukes or whatever thrown in. I love it

 

 

…the unforced rhythms of grace.

Jesus, the greatest teacher ever, communicates the inside story on how hos operation works. It is recorded in Matthew chapter 11: 28-30:
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

Promises…and a peek at Cerocahui.

Recently our pastor has been rambling through Ezekiel. I got hung up in Chaoter 1 where there is this splendifreous description of God’s presence and it says in verse 28 that it is “like the appearnce of a rainbow on a rainy day..,”

Hmmm, so that is all about promise, hope of a promise in tough time, something God established to remind us of a great promise…on a cloudy day.

So I noticed – Sharon Harkness called us with it- this photo and others of Copper Canyon in the New York Times last week. And it features my favoirtite place, Cerocahui and its little 1680s cathedral…

Cerocahui, Copper Canyon, Mexico

Last Last week I visited this incredible place…beyond belief. Our hosts were Albert and Francia Lopez. They have built several new little cabanas and they are very nice, clean, and with a mountain view.

The town is close to Copper Canyon…the views are breathtaking.

In the village is a 17th century cathedral.

For info on the fantastic journey on CHEPE across Copper Canyon, including this cool little town, contact me at 217.369.9897, or go to Mexico Outback Ltd.

 

 

 

Twenty years from now…

This Mark Twain quote was in a recent Vine Lines article by Jim McArdle.

 

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did.

So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the tradewinds in your sails.

Explore.

Dream.

Discover.”

I, like Jimmie, find this quote particularly incisive to my situation right now.

Next week I am off to Mexico and Copper Canyon.

Then we move who knows where.

Then off to the Sangres all summer.