We meet baby Ezekiel

The road to Ciudad Hidalgo


Today, we packed up the car and headed to Ciudad Hidalgo to visit some friends of ours and meet their new baby. This is a 50 mile, two hour, winding drive through the mountains of Mexico to a small town nestled in the Mexico highlands. It is near the area where the Monarch butterflies come to winter. Olivia got carsick on the the way there and left a pungent aroma for us to all enjoy!
We met Salvador and Stacey a couple of years ago when Stacey and her three had recently arrived in Mexico to join her Salvador who had been deported from the States. They live in Ciudad Hidalgo where his family is from, and have adjusted to a VERY different than what they had in the States. Stacey just gave birth to their fourth child and today had the joy and relief and bringing Ezekiel home. She endured 70 hours of labor, a couple of tries at Pitocin (which only intensified labor, but didn't create much progress), no pain medicines, communicating in broken Spanish, and no one by her side!!!! The dad, and only the dad, is allowed to come in during visiting hours twice a day. Salvador stayed outside the clinic sleeping in his truck to be as close as possible. The baby had some breathing problems at birth and so he had to stay a few more days in the hospital.

Baby Ezekiel

The Torres family -- Salvador, Stacey, Salvi, Luis, Mariah and Ezekiel

We rejoice with them in the birth of their new baby. His brothers, Salvador and Luis, and his sister, Mariah were very excited to finally meet him, since they had been waiting a week to meet him. We pray that Stacey will get some much needed rest and everyone will adjust to this new bundle of joy!



Stacey and baby looking radiant



A literal bundle of joy with his daddy!