Adi's First Haircut and Cam's Safe in Mexico

Cam left Wednesday night at 6:00 pm for a long drive to Minneapolis where the mission team were flying from early Thursday morning. That same evening Adi and I had a 7:00 hair appointment. Yes, friends and family. I finally did it. I finally complied to Adi's requests over the past year or more to get her hair cut. It was hard to do, but the motivating factor for me was the fact that between the two of us we were donating 20 plus inches of hair to Locks of Love. Here we are before the cut: This first haircut was a really big deal for me and Adi. Nana accompanied since our appointments were at the same time and I figured I was going to need some help. I'm also grateful that she brought her camera and got several really great shots to remember this milestone.
Now Adi has this super cool, hip haircut that I totally love. Because we have different stylists, my hair is a bit different but about the same length. To be honest, I think I like Adi's cut better. I'll have to ask Joelle at Bellissimo to do mine a bit more like Adi's next time around.
So here's the final product. Joelle let me know that her brother Derek is studying hairstyling at The Salon Professional Academy on First Ave in Iowa City and needs people to come in and get color done for $19. I didn't have the heart to tell her that I'd just been to Walgreens to buy my favorite shade of Chocolate Cherry for $9.99, but I'm telling all of you so if you'd like to have color done really inexpensively here's your chance. Just make sure you ask for Derek.
Cam took our Cannon camera with him to Mazatlan so I'm using our old Fuji Film which I'm having a really hard time operating. The Cannon Power Shot is so much easier and the quality kicks Fuji butt! That said, here' the best photo I could muster of the new cut with new color :)
I talked to Cam this evening and he said everything is going really well. Maybe a bit unorganized but with only four people on the team it seems like people would have to do a bit more than they would if the team was larger and I imagine that might feel a little chaotic at times. He said they saw 80 patients yesterday! That's a ton of people!!!

We weren't able to talk long but he did also mention that they visited a church that had some sort of youth ministry (I think Cam's true calling is to youth ministry - personally speaking) so he was really impressed with the way they did things. He got some video footage of them dancing; I can't wait to see it and if the quality is good I'll post it when he gets home. He can check emails but can't upload any photos right now so all of that will have to wait.

Please pray for Cam and the team's safety in their day to day activities and that God would bless them in ways they'd never imagined possible.