Violence in Mexico

I've had a lot of people asking if I'm still planning on going to Mexico with the recent surge in gang violence. I've been assured by my church and the group stationed in Mexico that we will be fine. The majority of the violence is in the big cities where the drug cartels hang out. Our group will be in the outlying areas and will be staying in a guarded/gated dormitory in the evenings. At any point in time that the Mexico mission thinks it is unsafe, they will let us know. It made me feel better to talk to my college friend Seth who works for border patrol at the US-Mexico border. His thoughts echoed the information I had already been given, so the trip is still a go!