From Bella Fried: We spent the morning and afternoon at the daycare painting walls outside. Despite the heat, I felt very good while doing it! José and the other women set up a cooler of water so we stayed very hydrated. I felt proud of the work we did and was really happy that we […]
After waking up from spending a night under the stars in our hammocks, we were greeted to a lovely breakfast prepared by members of the church. Along with the traditional eggs and pancakes, we also enjoyed a dish called chilaquiles which consists of layers of tortillas, chicken, and tomatoes. Afterwards, we made our way to […]
Happy Mother’s Day from Mexico! Today we celebrated with our Gannon Merida ABST mom, Laura Giannelli, for taking such great care of us so far and Azucena, the mission of friendship leader, who is joining us today on our overnight trip! Today was a very exciting, packed day! We left for Chichén Itzá at around […]
Monday was a great day for our group! We spent the day learning about the various programs of the Mission of Friendship. In the morning, we visited the daycare and played with the kids. There were lots of bubbles and we even tried hopscotch! We learned that the daycare serves families who cannot afford regular […]
On Thursday, we woke up to make a big breakfast including eggs, toast, and egg sandwiches. After breakfast we went across the street to work on some service at the mission house. We painted the walls surrounding the house. After this we went and made a lunch which included BLTs and other ham sandwiches. After […]
Today we woke up to the rising sun at 8:00 am on hammocks. We had breakfast with father Felix. We ate pancakes, eggs, fruit, chilaquiles, and sweet Mexican bread. After breakfast we took a tour of the convent and the church next to it. We even got to climb onto the roof and see some […]
This morning we woke up around 7 o’clock and had breakfast. We traveled to Chichen Itza and arrived around 10:30-11. We got a tour guide who walked around, showed us and told us the history on the area. Between the areas of royalty (ex. governor), the buildings echo to allow conversations between each other. In […]
After nearly 15 hours of travel we finally made it to Merida, Mexico!! Once we arrived, we were warmly greeted by Katia and Jose. We got changed into some better clothing for the heat and were on our way. Once we arrived at Casa Blanca we met Trisha and she gave us a tour of […]