By Wednesday, I needed to escape. I hadn't left the church since Saturday morning. It was time to see other humans. (Actually, I just wanted something to eat other than peanut butter.)
As I started driving, I realized how fortunate I really was. There were trees down, poles down, structures destroyed, and all the traffic lights are crooked (if they hadn't blown off). Traffic can be pretty intense in Guam. The National Guard were manning intersections. I have no idea how you could have driven on this island without their help. The main drag on island is six lanes. The other major routes are 4 lanes. Intersections of that magnitude required some assistance.
Traffic lights at the airport were going, so that little area had power! And as I drove down the hotel district, those traffic lights were also working. (But I think most of the hotels were being powered by generator.)
I decided I would go to the mall, walk some, and get something from the food court for lunch. When I pulled up to the mall, I noticed there were way too many parking spots available. I parked, pulled open their FB page and said it was closing at 1pm. I'm guessing their generators weren't working well enough.
So I circled back to Donki. I thought I would sit in their food court area, have a fish taco, and work on the youth retreat in a nice cool environment. When I walked in to Donki, I realized they may be open, but they didn't have enough power to run the air con. So...I ate my fish taco and just went home to sweat and work.
Overall, I was super grateful that the damage wasn't worse for me, that I had water, and that I had a full tank of gas that provided air con while I was driving around and could charge 3 devices at once! (It's the little things.)
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