My 2 teens just got back from Mexico.  It sounds like they had quite the week.  They worked hard building houses, slept little, ate lots of beans and rice, slept little, saw lots of garbage, but amazingly few bugs, and made friends with lots of cute children that didn't speak any English, but didn't want them to leave! 

DD was all excited to see a toilet that actually flushes again!  :)

Dd got her backpack stolen for 2 days.  This was bad as not only was all her money in it, but so was her passport.  Thankfully it was found.  Half her money was gone (the other half was sort of hidden), but her passport was there! 

Ds told me how God touched his heart to give $20 to this older mexican lady who had arthritis and could hardly get around.  They had been talking to her and found out that her and others there had never even heard about Christmas!  They didn't have any idea what it was like to receive gifts.  She started bawling when my ds gave her the money.  The children, also didn't know what to do with the prizes they won from participating in VBS.  They tried to give them away....and then cried when they were told they were for them!

And the houses that they built were the size of my kitchen and dining room!  And yet the people were so excited about them!  Amazing how spoiled we are. We live in a 4 bedroom, 1200 sq ft. house and complain how crowded our family of 9 is.  Again, we are truly spoiled.

I am sure this experience will stick with them for a long time.  They are already talking about where they want to go next year!

My dh and I are praying abou t going to something else that you might want to check out.  It is called entrepreneur days.  You can check it out at entrepreneurdays.com.  Rhea Perry leads it.  She is a dynamic homeschool mom of 7.  She wants to teach parents and their teens to learn how to be financial "free" in a Godly way.  Her son has an interesting story of how he sells houses on ebay and was able to bring his dad home from work.  Anyways....we have to make our minds up soon....its in 2 weeks in GA.  I've had the desire, but not the $ to go.  Then, I heard I could meet someone there who could help my books get into Barnes and Nobles, Books a Million, etc.  So it might really be worth going. So....well see. 

But check it out if you have the time.   I will try to get a link up on here tomorrow..  I still can't get pictures on here no matter what I try.  I am actually going to have a 13yr old who has a blog come over and try to help me!  LOL

Have a blessed night.  Oh, and don't forget to check out our website: drawandwrite.com

Carylee