Mexican Independence!

Hey all, James here:

First and foremost, please keep my grandpa Wolfer in your prayers...last Thursday morning around 10am he fell off a 14 foot ladder when he was home alone and hit his face on a rung of the ladder and broke a lot of facial bones. His wife found him that afternoon where he went to the hospital, and then was lifeflighted to Portland where he has been in and out of consciousness. He has had a heart condition for the last 30 years and they are afraid that since he is in his 70s that his body may not be able to keep up with all the trauma. Please keep him and the rest of our family in your prayers.

We just got back from Puebla, where we saw the historic site of the Battle on the 5th of May (el cinco de Mayo) the one and only battle Mexico EVER won. It was when the french invaded Mexico and the Mexican Army actually defeated the french...until the second battle. But still, it was cool seeing where it happened.
Today is El Dia Libre (day of freedom) as tomorrow is Independence Day. Tonight we will be having BBQ's and drinking a beer or two as today is the day without consequences...even people who never drink toss a beer or two back today to celebrate when they declared Independence from Spain...VIVA MEXICO!!! Tomorrow we have no school to celebrate Mexican Independence, so we'll probably go to the Zocalo (downtown square) and celebrate. This will be an interesting 15th and 16th of September because right now there is a nationwide teacher's strike, and all the Public School teachers are sitting in the town square here and every major city, and no one knows if they will leave and go home to their families tonight and tomorrow to celebrate, or since its historically a day to fight unjust government actions, they might stick it out and REALLY stick it to the government...I believe in their cause, as the government here is really corrupt (not unlike our own, but even more so) and the teachers got shafted by some government decisions. Anyway, I'm going to go celebrate but VIVA MEXICO!