Mexican Independence Day was celebrated in Canada too! Brian, who is originally from Canada, and his wife Bety, who is from Mexico, worked for many years at Pan de Vida and 3 years ago returned to Canada and started Children of Hope. Last year, Myriam, Bety's sister, moved to Canada as a Missionary to serve in the Organization. Also, Lisa and Rick, Brian's sister and brother-in-law and Vern, Brian's Mom, are missionaries in the office and help oversee the finances and many logistics that are involved in running the organization. So there are many people who have to work together to build the bridge between the 2 countries as ministry from both ends happen for the same goal....to help others come to know Jesus Christ as Saviour.
Since the ministries that Children of Hope support are in Mexico and they have many Mexican missionaries within Canada, it was only fitting to give the Canadians a Fiesta. They decided to make it an outreach to others. There were 27 people that attended the event and everyone enjoyed the games, food and fellowship. There were many that were involved with the detail oriented task of hand making many piñatas and also preparing all the Mexican cuisine of sopes, quesadillas, tacos, pozole and salsas. They also encouraged everyone to dress festively. I also see there was some pranking going on within the realm of things as you will see in the photos...there is a lot of Coca Cola and no sight of Pepsi.
Independence Day movement started Sept 16, 1810 and as mentioned before, Mexicans love to celebrate all occasions with this being one of the favorite ones. Last year there were many counters placed around Mexico, mostly in the bigger cities, to start the countdown for 2010 Independence Day. We are glad to see those in Canada get the experience of Mexican fiestas, food and fellowship!!
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