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It’s been quite a bit of time from my last post and to all who have been coming back here looking for something new to read; today is your day. Yes, the first post for the new year just four months and six days late – sorry about that.  Back in December of 2010 I posted a blog called “Stories” but, as many of you have notice there has not been a new blog post in almost four months. No! I have not drop off the face of the earth, No! I have not stopped posting, and No! Nothing bad has happened to me or at least nothing that I could not deal with. Yes, I could have posted small updates from time to time here on my blog but, there has been little to write about and there has been some updates of random though that have been posted to my twitter and Facebook accounts respectfully: However, I know there are question and to all my friends, family, and to all the wonderful people supporting me with pray and or financial backing; I would not be able to do the work I do without you. So much has happened over the past few months that it’s hard to pick an event to start with so I think I’ll go from crazy to cool , to awesome then share a few pray request.

It was a cool overcast evening sometime in mid-November. I was walking back to my apartment from the big bus station located at the end of one of the two main roads that splits the city in half dividing the delegation into its respected parts. However, the division of the city is not significant or relevant to anyone who has never visited the old side of the city and yet, even a visit to the old side of the city would not help you understand the complex social systems that the division helps keep in there respected locations. Never the less even without a basic understanding of how things are and where they are located the events that happened to me on that November evening could have happened anywhere but, rather they happened here which makes them just that more fun.  As I got close to my street I noticed to young men who seemed a bit out of place yet, not thinking much about them then with in a moment my ears heard the question asking what time it was then by the time that a replay came from my moth I found myself on the side of the street with a knife in my face and the young man that I had seen from down the road was not robing me. Yea, stuff happens and I’m thankful that nothing really bad came from it other than a big helping of inconvenience flowed by waiting to get my debit cards in the mail which took over a month for them to find their way to my PO box here in México.

There are three sides to Cancun – yes that’s right I said three ; How can that be well the first side of the Cancun is why it’s the city that so many collage age youth want to come to for their spring brakes : the clubs , the drinking , and the beach. The second side of the city is a bit harder to find but, it’s here some awesome beach front propriety that will cost you your life savings and perhaps a bit more – you get the point beach front propriety here in Cancun is not cheap and getting the right to “own” such propriety is a task that is not meet for everyone never mind how much of a pain in the um well it’s not easy to “own” anything south of the border and never mind the fact as non-Mexicans we are not legally able to own anything.  have meet a few people who in spite of all the crazy laws and immigration policy have gained the rights to live here as others who I have spoken with have given up after years of trying. Then there is the third side to Cancun which most visitors to the city never see if they ever leave the hotel zone other than to go back to the airport: the city itself is made up of a number of different neighborhoods some poor other a bit better off each offering different foods and customs a place where many different people live of which many have come from many different places around the world and within México. Back in January of the year I made the decision to start offering low cost English classes – classes started with a few students and for the time begging is on hold due to the fact that I am trying to get my visa to work here and I prefer not to risk getting in trouble for working – I know lots of people who are like it’s not a big deal but, I’m not going to try my luck.

I’ll be blogging almost every day in April – the first 5 days as well as well some other unplanned dates so keep an eye out for new blogs.

Blessings and peace

Chris