I dyed my hair today. Dark brown with red streaks.
In other news...the border is growing!
And not in the way that you may think. In the last week, YOUR tax dollars have been put to use building yet another fence between me and you--namely, Mexico and the United States. This new fence is 23 feet tall: 5 feet underground and steadied with concrete, and 18 feet above ground; hollow steel posts filled with even more concrete.
The comparison looks a little like this:
Also, I have been doing a fair share of travelling in the last week. Last Friday I went to Tubac, Arizona, for a coalition meeting that Frontera de Cristo is a part of. Nogales (AZ and Mexico) was on the way home, so Phil and I crossed into the Mexican side to get a look and take a couple of pictures.
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| A look of Nogales |
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| Proof that Agua Prieta may be ugly, but not all of Mexico is |
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| More of the culture of Nogales |
Then, this past Monday, Phil and I drove across the entire state of New Mexico (4 hours) to El Paso, Texas, where we participated in an invitation only meeting with Congressmen Reyes, Gutierrez, and Baca. It was a fantastic opportunity to raise our voice to them about the immigration situation that our country is facing. Afterwards, being the risk-takers we are, Phil and I crossed into Ciudad Juarez to look around. We ended up getting horribly lost... but somehow made our way out and back to the US :)
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| The Boundary between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez |
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| The monument marking the boundary. |
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| A look over Juarez from the bridge. |
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| My proof I was in the city :) |
Though I don't have much free time, I have been filling up every hour that I don't dedicate to Frontera de Cristo. Lately, that has meant hiking all over Arizona's mountains. On Tuesday, a friend and I explored a cave near Sierra Vista, AZ in Coronado Memorial Park. The cave was really neat: not roped off and lit and guided as one may expect. This was a bring-your-own-flashlight-and-try-not-to-break-a-leg kind of cave.
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| A look at the entrance of the cave. |
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Looking over Sierra Vista on a mountain peak.
I will be back in Iowa in 37 days...just in time for Thanksgiving! Can't wait to see everyone!!
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