Day 3

Hola familia y amigos! It’s Anna and Amanya here!

Thankfully, our morning wasn’t as eventful as yesterday, waking up to the frightful screams that accompany a cockroach in the bed. Instead, we woke up to Profe Saúl playing CoCo “un poco loco” blasting through our windows at 6:20 in the morning. We ate a nourishing breakfast and went straight to church dressed in our very best of course ;) It was lively, loud, and very energetic. There was lots of dancing and all of us were vibing along. The sermon was kindly translated to us by Profe Saúl and Andy from Iowa where we learned about temptation and God’s goodness. 

After a large lunch at our temporary home, we drove to the gorgeous Pacific Ocean. Not to make you jealous, but it was almost 40 degrees and a UV of 13. While most of us wanted to tan, at the wise words of our leaders (Mr. Reez forced us to add that part) we lathered on sunscreen every thirty minutes and stayed nice and pale. We jumped through the waves, got salt in our eyes, and basked in the sun. Some of us also got the chance to ride horses on the beach! It was a nice relaxing day until we looked at the weather back in Canada: Sorry guys! While we were all attempting to tan, you were cuddled in your blankets. Kaj was again a victim when we decided to bury him head to toe in the sand. There were lots of friendly conversations and competitive sand-ball fights. The winner is still to be determined. We ended our day at the beach with delicious dinner of chicken or fish with fries. 

On our long ride back feeling nicely hot and sandy, we stopped by the grocery store to buy some much needed junk food. Here, we can buy a three-liter bottle of pop for $1.30 and spend all of your gracious donations on food (just kidding of course). After team time tonight, we went through all of your lovely comments. So, to answer you guys,

To Matt, we took a moment to clap for Ryan’s calves.

To Shota and Mom, I did go ziplining and didn’t die. So now I can check that off of my bucket list of things I never wanted to do. While checking off riding horses on the beach off my bucket list of things I wanted to do. 

To Nadia, your dad unfortunately refused to sing, however he did film us doing so. 

To Mr. Beugelink, you gotta write to us sooner so that we don’t die without your expert knowledge about swimming! 

To Kennedy, unfortunately, Kai left the skirt behind.

 Thank you to everyone for your kind words, keep em’ coming!