Adjusting to the New Culture

I am really enjoying it here, although getting the ministry up and running is quite a bit more than I expected. We are getting a good response from the community and our TV ads. On a pesonal note it is hard to realize that the nearest real grocery store is 35 minutes by car, however it is owned by wal-mart, so I can find products I like. I have adjusted well to the low carb diet and it is doing well with me. I have discovered I can have 1 flour tortilla or 2 corn tortillas and a ½ cup of black beans. I have trained our cook ( Felix’s Grandma ) to cook with olive oil so it is more healthy. She loves to cook with garlic and I love to eat garlic, must have picked that one up from grandpa Tonetti. I have gone to the last hole in my belt and will have to make another one, not sure how much weight I have lost, but this is the second hole I have made in my black belt and the first hole in my brown one, so something is working. By the way, our pool finally went from brown to green to clear!!!

Contact Info & Update from Guatemala

After a five day drive through Mexico with my friend Hugo, we made it to the most southern Mexican / Guatemala boarder where we were blessed with an amazing rainbow, then as we continued to the boarder only to find that hurricane Stan had taken out the bridge and you could only walk across! So we had to back track about 40 minutes to another boarder crossing only to find out we needed to back track another 40 minutes to a Mexican Government office to cancel the driving permit for Mexico. Sounds like a lot of back and forth, but over all I was amazed at how smooth the boarder crossing went. My friend Felix came to meet me at the boarder expecting to stay overnight and we were only there about 2 hours. There is lots of small work here at the retreat center so that is keeping me busy. We have our first group of kids coming April 1st , I will put some pictures up so you can see when they come.

NEW CONTACT INFO

Phone: +1 850 932 8086 – by satellite,
E-Fax: +1 801 939 8086 - by E-Mail
Mobile: +502 5307-5262 –
Skype: paul_tonetti
E-Mail: paul@tonetti.us or paul.tonetti@gmail.com
WebPage: http://www.tonetti.us

Guatemala Physical Address: ( no post )

Shofar Ministries
Aldea Los Magueyes II
Calle Principal Lote 10 Zona 00
Puerto San Jose, Guatemala

US Mailing Address:

Paul Tonetti
204 Azalea Street
Gulf Breeze, Florida 32561

Days 3,4 & 5 +

Well, I made it to Guatemala in five days. I have not been able to access the internet, and our connection should be installed Monday. It was an un-eventful trip, and I rather enjoyed it except for the lack of road signs in Mexico and wondering for miles if I was on the right highway, or even the right direction! There are many tolls as you come and go from thr citites, I have begun some work around thr property, many things need to be fixed and to get ready for three teams in April. I will update more once we get internet up and running.

Day 1 & 2 - in Mexico

Sitting in a restaurant in Mexico that has WiFi and decided to write an update, 2 days into the trip and all is well, minus a few wrong turns. We stayed in Laredo Texas the first night and Tampico Mexico the second night and now we are heading southl, bless you all and thanks for your prayers!