Mayercraft Service

Some of you may know that I just got hired by a company called Sixthman. Right now we are in the business of producing music festivals on cruise ships, but hope to expand to other events that bring communities of like-minded people together. That's just the brief description. Moving on...

On one of the cruises this year, call Mayercraft Carrier, we traveled from LA to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Every port ends up being the same thing: Fun in the sun, have a few drinks, lay out, swim, maybe do a shore excursion, get back on the boat. This all happens within a 6 hour time span so you really don't have that much time. This port was different for me...

A company called Reverb works with us while on board to help with "going green" and bring awareness to the guests of what we do to give back to the environment becuase of the impact cruises have on the environment. They are super cool company and they organized a service project to do in Cabo while we were at port. It just so happened to be working at an orphanage for the day...

When I first heard they were doing this I was pumped. I couldn't wait to be a part of this project. I didn't really know exactly what we were going to be doing, but I was in. I found out later that the band Guster would be coming with us and had instuments donated to them so that they could in turn give them to the kids. We brought all the instuments to the orphanage and WOW...it was soo much fun. Guster sang familiar songs and the kids played bongos, harmonica, guitar, tamborines, shakers, and anything they could get their hands on to make noise. They LOVED it! I couldn't help but think of the kids we will be able to impact in such a positive way when we're in Cambodia. I CAN'T WAIT!

P.S. While I was at the orphanage, I got to talking to some of the other volunteers that were already there helping and he asked me to share my testimony. It was kind of on the spot, but I felt confindent enough to share. It reminded me that sharing your testimony can happen anywhere and at anytime, so be ready. I think I still have some work to do on my delivery. Keep it in mind :)

-Mike