Category Archives: special events

Rodrigo

This is Rodrigo. We met him a couple days ago in the midst of a drug overdose. He had an interesting, and mostly intelligible, story. He is 20 years old. He is from the south of Mexico, but like many, … Continue reading

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The End of an Era

Today began as a workday, but that ended roughly 39 minutes ago. I am no longer employed. I gave my notice about a month ago, but I have been day-dreaming of this day for about 9 years now. I am … Continue reading

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Citizneship ceremony

January 25 marks an important event in our lives. Yunuen became a US citizen today at 10am this morning. We woke early this morning and made our way downtown to the federal courthouse with Yun’s parents. There is a cafe … Continue reading

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Citizenship

Last Wednesday Yun had her interview an examination for citizenship. The above photo was taken while we waited for our 8 a.m. meeting. fortunately, it was not until 815 a.m. when we realized we were at the wrong office. Needless … Continue reading

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Emissions

The emissions testing center has a live feed of the wait line. We are the white car in line above. This is our third attempt with this car in the last 30 days. Apparently the thermostat was blocked open, so … Continue reading

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4th of July in Phoenix

We are celebrating the 4th Mexican style! Yun and I headed up to Phoenix last night to spend the night with Pioli and Rosie. We went to a Cirque du Soleil show, Kazoo. It was awesome.

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El Mecanico

Recently we discovered some problems with the Passat. But thankfully we have a Mexican solution to that. His name is Alex. He’s a great mechanic and hard worker and doesn’t charge much. This time we had a link in the … Continue reading

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San Diego versus Hermosillo

Yun and I were given tickets to a baseball game tonight. Not normally our thing, but it was actually a lot of fun.

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treasure from Honduras…

Jeff, Beth, and Yun’s parents returned this morning from Honduras. They brought with them great stories and some treasure for Yun and me. Cigars, coffee, salsa, rum, house decorations, and Honduran cash! I’ve already smoked one of the cigars and … Continue reading

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fiesta!

Last night we had 40+ people over for a fundraising dinner in an effort to help raise money for a trip for a short-missions trip to Honduras. We were able to raise a good sum of money and had a … Continue reading

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