February 2023

Nuevo Progreso is an interesting border town. Its main draw is for U.S. citizens needing dental work or prescription drugs. Everywhere I looked was dental offices and pharmacies. We ask around and found the going rate for a tooth crown is around $200. You can get just about any U.S. prescription drug over the counter there. Getting the meds back in to the U.S. is where the problem arises. I believe I’ll stick with U.S. prescribed meds.

In line to park on the U.S. side of the border. It costs $2 to park and $1 to enter Mexico. Notice the big warning sign. No weapons or ammo allowed. The cartels must be exempt.

Mary on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande International Bridge.

Me on the Mexico side of the bridge.

We had lunch Tony’s Bar and Grill in Nuevo Progresso. They had a stage coach in the lobby!

Mary and I celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary today. Ground Hog day. Mary says if the ground hog sees its shadow, she’ll keep me for another year. So far, so good. I make sure there is always a bright light behind the ground hog. We celebrated at Red Lobster. Mary loves steamed crag legs.

A good friend of mine, Kent Risley, from my life long home church in Edmond, Oklahoma came to McAllen. Kent is the Executive Minister at the Edmond Church of Christ in Edmond, Oklahoma. Each year Kent overseas the spring break mission trip to McAllen, Texas. Prior to the trip, Kent, along with a few other members, meet with Humberto Hernandez and plan the projects the mission trip participant will work on while in McAllen. I went along with them the day they were here. I really enjoyed seeing Kent and the others.

After visiting the possible project locations, we had lunch at Luby’s. Here are a few pictures from lunch that day.

Humberto Hernandez is the local minister at the Church of Christ in Alamo, Tx. The address is 307 Owasso Rd, Alamo, Texas. Jeremy Robertson is the Youth and Family minister at the Edmond Church of Christ

John Frias is the Youth Minister at the Edmond Church of Christ. Kent is the Executive Minister at the Edmond Church of Christ.

Michael is the Administrator for the Edmond Church of Christ.