One of my missions in coming to Michoacan was to visit the little ranchito of El Tepehuaje. Judging by how many people from El Tepehuaje (or TPG as the youngsters call it) live in Richmond, I would have thought it to be a good size town. When we showed up one late Saturday morning around 11:00, things were peculiarly quiet - things looked more like a ghost town.
While snapping some pictures of the little church that was under construction, an older gentleman approached me and asked, in fairly decent but broken English, what I was doing here in this ranchito. As it turns out, he lived in Richmond for nearly 30 years and had to return to Mexico because of some problems with the INS. He told me that he still had family in Richmond and wished that he could go back to visit them.
After saying goodbye, we headed to La Esperanza, the ranchito adjacent to El Tepehuaje, to visit some family members of a former student of mine. (To be continued…)
2 comments:
Mr. Brandow
Is really kind of you that you took the time to know the places in person of where your students come from, I want to congratulate for this act and for the spirit of adventure.
I married a woman from chavinda, Michoacan but her relatives are from those towns El Tepehuaje and La Esperanza. I hope one day have the experience to know this places.
Keep that spirit
Luis Espinosa
Definitely, goodness and spirit,! goes much farther
than Population!..
That's exactly what makes much bigger every one of our little towns in Mexico,
every place, will be as big as every one of us show it to the world,
that's exactly what makes every one around the world wanting to go and know about this beautiful places,and their good hearted,hard working people.
Good memories!!
Thanks Mr.Brandow for taking the time and sharing with us.
Antonio Mendoza
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