Some you all may have heard about the difficult situation in Mexico these days.  Monterrey has generally been immune to some of the kinds of corruption that is endemic in Mexico, but it is visiting them with a vengeance now.  We just learned this morning that the Mayor of the pastoral little town where my brother-in-law lives with his family about fifteen miles out of Monterrey has been kidnapped and murdered.  We have many friends in and around that area who have been touched by the war that is occurring there.  You can read a little bit about it here.