Christian Surfers Daytona Beach and the Beachside Church
Our bus from Beachside->Orlando->Ft. Lauderdale->Guatemala City Spirit Airlines connections worked perfectly, and we loaded our two smallish vans with nineteen people, all their luggage, mission supplies, and one surfboard (mine, since everyone else balked at the $150 round trip charge) , and we headed off through Guatemala towards El Salvador. We stopped to eat at a roadside cafe in Guatemala where World Cup Soccer was captivating the patrons, and then stopped at the El Salvador border to have our papers checked and crossed the river into El Salvador. The ride was about 6 hours, but the vans were air conditioned, and the roads better than in Costa Rica.
The rain began softly at first, and after dark became a monsoon, and we slowed to a crawl for flooding and rockslides. At 8:10 we arrived here at Salvador Castellano's family compound, which is beautiful, on a steep hillside, and overlooks the Pacific. During lightning flashes we could see the surf breaking and began to anticipate our early morning go out. We are segregated by gender and age, and I'm rooming with Michael Main, Bobby O'Brien, and Jed Smith.
After surfing at daybreak, we will begin helping the locals who have been flooded out of their homes by the incessant rain, which is expected to continue for the next three days. Our days at the orphanage will wait until the more pressing needs of disaster relief are met.
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