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How many hours can we go without sleeping?

This morning we reached the YWAM base at 4am, which was 2 hours later than we originally had planned due to some train problems.

We had a looonnnggg day on the train yesterday. By the time we got to the base we had been traveling for a total of 48 hours and  the ugly realities of traveling for that long started to show.

We began our day by waking up in Sacramento around 7am; the last known location before sleep was somewhere around Eugene, Oregon. Some slept good-ish and some not so much, but regardless we were all struggling together which made it a bit more bearable. Throughout the day on the train we sat down in the observation car, watched the scenery change every couple hours, played some card games, napped (or at least tried to) and kept ourselves enternained with some form of media. Our travel day started in Sacremento at 7am yesterday and ended in Tijuana at 4am. Our train from LA to San Diego was delayed a bit and our train had some brake problems along the way which had us stopped for an hour or less

We crossed the border at 3:30am and basically drove straight through the border... we stopped for maybe 30 seconds and were on our way. Probably one of the most painless Mexican border experiences I’ve ever had. There was a feeling of “are we even allowed to do that?” Praise God for that!

This morning we got to sleep in till around 10am and begin our first day in Mexico! Today we have an orientation and a welcome evening before we begin our week of ministry! So today we have a chance to adjust a bit and prepare for the week ahead!

- Trinity Youth Team!

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