Day 1 (Saturday): And we're off!

Federico

We split up into two groups; each group taking a van. Joni drove the van that I (Federico) was in. We played a couple games such as mafia, twenty questions, and alphabet groceries. Then we went to a rest area in the middle of San Joaquin Valley. We ate lunch there for a forty-five minutes and continued after that. Our next stop was near Bakersfield. We took gas there and bought stuff. Then we went to Irvine and went to worship in a church. We ate dinner from food trucks, and now we are at Joni’s brother’s house. We are all safe and sound. No one is sick yet and everyone has not vomit or got very carsick in the ride. Please pray for us!

Dexter


Today, when we ate dinner from food trucks at Mariner’s Church, the worker at Salt n Pepper SCAMMED Tim and I when we paid for our food. The total was supposed to be around $18 and they took a whole $20. They claimed that they charged tax, which was apparently $2. After that, Joni attempted to buy regular fries which was $6 and they charged a whole dollar for tax. We hope to pray for the worker because there is probably a reason that he scammed us.






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