Tracing burgers and eating feet...

This is Chris Pond and my first visit with the Suitcase staff to Mazatlan. So far we are absolutely atonished with the warm weather, cheap food, and amazing people. (Even though as I write this, it is pouring rain). We have decided to give the people what they want, and that is a real account story of a day in the life of Project Smilers in Mazatlan. And without further adue, we present just that...

It was a humid morning, but the AC provided a cool room which helped sooth our warm bodies. The watch alarm struck the tune of a 7:15am wake up, but we would have none of it. When the second snooze alarm awoke us from our slumber, it was ovious there was no time for showers. We had people to feed and feet to trace.

Arriving at La Vina, just in the nick of time, we quickly ate a hearty breakfast consisting of salsa and eggs. After that it was a quick dash into the steamy van. As you see the night before had brought rain, which in turn had brought the humidity. This extreme level of humidty brought sweat to our brow at all hours of the day.

Arriving at Sam´s club we watched the Queen DVD.

After leaving Sams, where others had gathered and pileged for the much needed food, we hopped back into our steam automobile and were off for the day.

We arrived at Madera at 930am, where the festivities of the day had already began to unfold. Looking to our left we could see a large group of kids playing a make shift form of "pogs", to our right was the church which you could hear kids running about in. A quick stop at the local convienient store, provided Trent and myself with a much needed game of FIFA Street. (The score was 2-2, but thats a totally different story).

We then fired up the grill and got the dishes ready to serve. A quick and precise assembly line orchestrated by none other then our own Lisa Sutherland helped to make the process a simple and painless procedure.

After firing over 200 burgers we immediately turned to our newest objective... Tracing feet and getting the kids "mug shots" ready for shipment. (The mug shots aren`t actually a bad thing, they just put a face to a shoe trace). Some kids went quietly, while others put up a fight like no other. When it was all said and done, all of the kids had gotten a burger in their belly, their foot traced, and a delicious cup of iced tea.

We did a quick, but amazing, job of cleaning up the church and then headed back to La Vina.

After our arrival back in the heart of Mazatlan we noticed that the weather had tooken a turn for the worse. A storm was a brewing...

So here Mr. Ponds and myself sit, in the humid sweat box also known as the "Exlusivo Huespedes", typing this email to you, the fans. If you want to hear more of our adventures let us know, because we would love to tell them.

So far from all of the experiences and adventures we have had here, it is safe to say that we are sufficiently safonsified [Just because you use it, it doesn't mean it's a word!! - Heather] with all that Mazatlan has to offer.

Sincerly,
Warren & Chris


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