Blog day 308: A Chapter from The Wild Tundra of San Carlos

Once upon a time at roughly 7-ish am, we woke up in San Carlos, Mexico. We had breakfast consisting of cinnamon buns, fruit, and yogurt accompanied by a wide assortment of juices. After we completed our sinful gluttony of breakfast we boarded a bus (not our bus because that is still in the U S of A), we headed to a church in the middle of Guaymas. Along the way we were blessed by Juan Carlos' true Mexican driving experience, we gently tapped a pole. It was fabutastical (a word created by Samuel Pauls). We were given part of the service to do our cardboard testimonies, Wyatt Harms and Parker Friesen shared their testimonies, a sermon was also given by none other than our own Andrew John Neufy. All was greeted by applause. Following the service there was a fundraiser fellowship lunch which was going towards A/C for the church. The food was top SHELF (drawer for the simple folk). The fellowship meal soon turned into a dance party where we had the chance to showcase our few dancing talents. Afterwards we were split into groups of about 5 people along with a translator for food hamper distribution. Our groups were assigned certain areas to hand out the hampers and pray for the recipients. All in all it was a great experience and we were exposed to a new side of living that most have not experienced before. Personally the poverty was an overwhelming experience. There was a family that we encountered that lived in a two room shack which only had half a roof. It was eye opening to see how happy they still were while living with very little. After our food distribution, we headed beach-ward. We spent the rest of the afternoon frolicking in the salty waves of the Sea of Cortez. After bathing in the salt for about 1 Mexican hour (2 Canadian hours), we left the beach in search of supper which we happily found back at the base. Supper was Carne Esadas (steak tacos), which were also fabutastical. To finish the day we had team time then we went and wrote a master piece which is this blog. This is Wyatt J. De Roo and Samuel J. Pauls coming at you from the cool humid atmosphere of San Carlos, MX.