We'll be serving with Esperanza International (www.esperanzaint.org) in developing and supporting communities by helping with different housing projects. We'll be working side by side with members of the community as well as the families whose homes we're helping to build. Through the humbling experience of working on someone's home together with various activities and interactions with the community, we're able to develop a deeper and lasting understanding of life in this part of Mexico and what it truly means to serve those in need beyond borders.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Monday


Hello friends, family and everybody reading this blog!
My name is Sydne from St. Michaels and I will be reporting about the wonderful day we have had today! 
First of all, this morning I and many other teens woke up at 6:15am to go to the local bakery called the Panaterea (I hope I spelled that right) to get some delicious pastries. Such as, custard filled donuts, cookies and etc. Most of us afterwards felt like we were in heaven after eating our baked goods. Haha...
With that, today was great because it was the very first day we got to work on a family's home in Mexico. All of us, St. Michaels, Sacred Heart and St. Louise, couldn't go to the same site so we had to separate into two groups. Since St. Louise and St. Michaels were fairly small groups, we combined into one group and visited a family who once had a house made by Esperanza and wanted to expand on their old house for their growing family lineage.
Our work involved things such as carrying buckets of rocks and dirt, shoveling trenches and breaking down old cement flooring; it was an awesome experience getting to know each other!
Finally, that last great moment of the day was going to the border by the beach and seeing the split between America and Mexico, it was very shocking to see the differences between the two countries, though we were not so far apart.
Overall, today was a spectacular day and I can't wait to experience many more adventures! 

Thank you for reading this blog, I hope you enjoy reading about our many adventures!

God Bless,
Sydne
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