![]() I'm here reporting on the 20th anniversary celebration for the Ciudad de Angeles ( children's home supported by Churches of Christ. Scott Eller, who is featured in my story along with his wife, Andrea, picked us up at the airport. We finally took off from Houston about 5:15 p.m.Īfter our two-hour flight, a medium-sized customs line greeted us at Cozumel International Airport. But they were a big part of educating me about the City of Angels, its mission and its history. Their part of my actual story took up just three paragraphs. Our interview (at least the part I recorded) lasted 48 minutes. In the Hobby terminal, I took advantage of my time with the Bushes and talked to them about their work with the orphanage. Jodi serves on the ministry’s board, representing Eastside. The Bushes have made numerous short-term mission trips to Cozumel and provided financial support for the children. Jodi is the facility manager for Pikes Peak Christian School, which is housed at Eastside. Mark is an elder of the Eastside Church of Christ in Colorado Springs, Colo., one of the City of Angels’ eight anchor congregations in the U.S. Mark and Jodi Bush wait during a flight delay at Hobby Airport in Houston. I pray that the security situation will improve. That’s evidenced by the deadly abduction of Americans caught in a shootout this week in the border city of Matamoros.Įven though my Spanish is limited, I always enjoy meeting my Christian brothers and sisters south of the U.S. Obviously, the drug cartels have made travel to certain parts of Mexico more difficult in recent years. I haven’t made it to all 31 Mexican states, but I’ve been blessed to cover stories in a handful of them: Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and now Quintana Roo. In my career, I’ve reported from all 50 U.S. Related: In a Mexican resort city, Christians care for homeless ‘angels’ That children’s home, which is supported by Churches of Christ, cares for orphaned, abused and abandoned boys and girls in Cozumel, as I explain in my story. I flew to the Mexican resort city to cover the 20th anniversary celebration by the Ciudad de Ángeles - “City of Angels” in English. “Uh huh,” their responses seemed to say, as if I might have an ulterior motive. COZUMEL, Mexico - When I told friends I was traveling to Cozumel on a reporting trip for The Christian Chronicle, they chuckled.
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