Thursday, November 17, 2016

Seth only sent one picture this week - further confirming they are in their rainy season.


Maybe a little more information on Ciudad del Carmen (thanks, Wikipedia)...

Ciudad del Carmen is a city in the southwest of the Mexican state of Campeche on the southwest of Carmen Island, which stands in the Laguna de Términos on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. As of 2010, Ciudad del Carmen had a population of 169,466, up from the 2005 census of 154,197. In July 2006 Ciudad del Carmen celebrated its 150th anniversary as a city.

The vast majority of habitantes in Ciudad del Carmen comes from other places. This extreme immigration displays an incredibly amazing diversity in culture and lifestyle, the petroleum industry is in part responsible of this phenomenon that results into a rich and extraordinary culture mix.

In the mid 1970s Ciudad del Carmen was transformed from a fishing and shrimping city into a hub for oil when Pemex discovered large amounts of petroleum off the coast. Ever since, Carmen has become a home for Mexican and foreign oil workers alike, including many Texans, and now houses many foreign companies 

Here is a view of the city from the Terminos Lagoon.


Here is an excerpt from his most recent letter.

"A miracle this week was that we found an Hermano named Luiz Alfonzo. Luiz has suffered all of his life with homosexuality, alcohol, and drugs. His life changed with the death of the convert of my companion, Nicanor. He acted as a woman before but had talked with Nicanor about the gospel. After Nicanor died, he cut his hair and decided to change, and is trying to come to Christ. It is no doubt that he will have to have a great change and repentance in his life, but we know and are excited to see the great change the Jesus Christ's Atonement can do in his life. I hope you can pray for him, because we sure are."


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