Wednesday, July 9

Well, not much to pass on today. As we expected, we spent the day in Huanchaco. A transportation strike kept us local and commuting by foot.

We took a long walk down the beach as a group this morning....just kind of checking out the various shops and hostals along the way. The beach in Huanchaco is such a cool place to be. Even though it is a real small community there is a lot of action. There are a large number of hostals in the town and of course one of the main attractions is the fisherman using these boats to get there catch. We watched two of the area men come in with nets full of crab. The tradition of using the reed boats for fishing and surfing is still used today. We headed back to our hostal around noon and had lunch together. Then most of us spent the afternoon at the beach. Three members of our team took surfing lessons and spent about an hour or so surfing. This picture is one of my youngest team members, David Spidle, catching a little surf!

Supper this evening was back in the central part of Huanchaco...then back to our hostal for evening devotions, dessert and now time for bed. I wish I had more to share tonight. It was just a good relaxing day.

We will be back in the barrio tomrrow....putting our backs to good use in the morning. We have more construction projects to do....then a women´s lesson again in the afternoon!

Keep us in your prayers...all of you are in ours!

Love,
Mitch & Anna