When Cal Came To Mexico Summary

As Cam entered Guatemala City, he hiked towards a village named San Antonio Aguas Calientes. When he arrived, he meets a man named Francisco Diaz. Diaz showed him around and helped him settle in. The villagers were mysteries and happy when Cam arrived.The next day Cam went off to sell bibles in the village. He found it difficult to sell bibles because most of the villagers could not read in Spanish. All though it was difficult, he did manage to sell a few. One particular to a man named Tiburcio. When Cam first approached Tiburcio, he surrounded himself with drunks and his breath had a strong scent of alcohol. He refused to buy a Bible, as Cam walked away Tiburcio came running back to him and changed his mind. Cam sold him a bible and asked him to come to the Sunday morning chapel. Tiburcio agreed and soon enough he appeared at the Sunday chapel. Once the chapel was over, Cam asked if anyone in the room would like to become a Christian. Tiburcio with a loud voice answered yes I do. Cam asked him to pray as they did a tear came down Cam's face because he was witnessing a new …show more content…
Cam chatted with Robby about problems that impacted the Indians. One of the main challenges was the mozo system. The mozo system was were an Indian man would borrow money from a ranch owner to support his alcohol addiction. Typically because most of the ranch owners made more money than the average Indian. To repay the ranch owner, the Indian man would have to work on his farm. Which involved working long hours and hard labor. The Indian man would then borrow more money from the ranch owner to buy more alcohol due to the terrible conditions he's in. The debt begins to increase so highly that the Indian man basically becomes the ranch owner's property. Escape was the only way to freedom but if caught, he would be beaten bad. Cam and Robby felt that the only solution was to share the Christian