We started our day with an impromptu cultural conversation shared over warm cups of coffee, yogurt, granola, and toast. Shortly after breakfast we prepared for our first service activity of the day; planting in the garden. Time in the Garden . . . Our group began by weeding the front beds of the El Arca […]
¡Buenos días! Today we had an exciting day of service at the El Arca home! We used a solution of salt, lime, and water to “paint” rocks and trees in the garden after we organized the rocks to line the flower beds and circle the trees. While some of our group was outside, others repainted […]
This morning we started our day with breakfast and then began our service! We painted rocks to beautify the garden outside and we also painted the interior walls and ceiling! It was amazing to see our hard work pay off! After our work, we ate lunch with the core members and got to see their reactions to the new walls! We had siesta time where we got to rest up and make a plan for the rest of the night. We then ventured to Walmart where we got to buy some Mexican snacks! We then came back to try our food, watched an amazing sunset, and ate some amazing salsa made by Dr. Lavery! Overall, it was an amazing day and we had so much fun!
¡Hola!Today we woke up and ate breakfast with the core members here at El Arca. We ate a variety of different food including a sweet bread, “Pan Dulce” which was very delicious. After breakfast we headed to the City Center in downtown Queretaro. We immersed ourselves in the culture by shopping at different stores and […]
Starting off our trip, we all decided to meet at Maria’s apartment to hang out and make sure we stayed awake! At 1:30 we stared the cold walk towards Waldron to get picked up by our bus. After a short hour and a half bus ride, we had again ANOTHER cold walk into the airport. […]
Hola from L’Arche Mexico (known here as El Arca)!! My name is Bailey Wheeler, and I am a first-year student participating in the ABST 2023 experience. On Thursday’s bright and sunny morning, we started off with a breakfast of cereal and bananas. (Fun fact: in Mexico, the milk comes in a box and isn’t sold […]
Hola, my name is Maddie Duschek!! I am a leader on the L’Arche Mexico trip and this is my third ABST I have been on (I just keep coming back for more)! I have truly found so much love, kindness, and growth during this trip so far! Today, we had the opportunity to finish up […]
Hola everyone from Mexico! My name is Danielle Lanphere and I will be telling you all about our day in Mexico! Our normal morning would be eating breakfast with the core members but today they were at the workshop, so we didn’t have breakfast with them, which honestly felt weird. They start our day off […]
Hi, my name is Alexandra and I am one of the participants on the trip. Today started bright and early at 8:30am where we joined the core group members for breakfast. We had a variety of fruit and toast with Nutella. Following breakfast, we met with Aricelli where she gave us our details on what […]
Hola From L’Arche! My name is Lily Baldi and I am one of the participants this year on the L’Arche Mexico trip, and I will be telling you all about our second day in Mexico! It was another great day! We started the day with breakfast with the Core members of L’Arche. For breakfast there […]