It was almost instantaneous that our adventure began soon after our departure. We were on the road for a couple of hours when the front right tire to one of our vans started wobbling really hard. We had to stop and switch it out for the spare. However a grand 10 minutes later the tread exploded from the spare, forcing us to replace it with the spare from the other van. This was a huge setback. We needed to be in Oregon that evening. With no spares we couldn’t take the risk.
Luckily, we were saved by the Wintu community of Redding, CA. They gave us a place to sleep and filled our bellies with such little notice of our arrival. We were blessed to camp in their newly constructed ceremonial grounds next to the river. Everyone felt as if we were meant to stop there and share songs, prayers and laughs. A man named Jim also bought us 5 new tires to continue on our journey! It was truly something.
I can’t help but think that this is only the beginning. We will be moving from community to community and each community has the goal to help us carry those prayers to Guatemala. I have never seeing such a widespread commitment by so many communities segregated from one another. It’s simply amazing. This run connects them once again. I am beyond grateful to be a part of it.
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