Hi my name is Mark, and I’m a Senior biology major graduating this year. Today we started off with a presentation about the Mission of Friendship and reflected on how to assist the mission moving forward. Following this, we went to one of the mission’s programs, a day care, where we painted, cleaned up construction […]
Hi! My name is Elisabeth Gural and I am a junior Physician Assistant major! Today was the first day of our trip. We left the Gannon Arch around 1:30am. It was a super long travel day, but we finally got to Merida around 3:00 in the afternoon! We met with our partners at the Mission […]
Hello! My name is Mariella Dzubinski and I am a senior nursing major. On Tuesday, we traveled to the Santa Barbara Cenotes, which was about an hour and half from Merida. At this location, there were four different cenotes that we visited. Each individual cenote had clear blue water and were unique. We enjoyed swimming […]
Hi! My name is Rebecca Vober, I am a junior PA major. Today we walked through a museum and then to mass in the cathedral. After mass, we explored the market, then lunch in the area with our hosts. We cooked our own dinner, and then walked to a festival, where we met up with […]
Hi, I’m Jess and I’m a sophomore environmental engineering major. On Monday we went on a tour of the daycare, medical dispensary, mission office, and the after-school program for girls. We learned about the differences between practices in the United States and Mexico in child and health care. We also had the opportunity to eat […]
We started our day with a quick breakfast at casa blanca and headed to downtown Merida. We split into groups and everyone shopped for around an hour. Many people got frappes, cookbooks and even vanilla! We then made our way back to casa blanca to pick up David and a couple of items we left […]
After a very good night’s sleep back at Casa Blanca, we started our day off with two simple maintenance projects for the mission: painting both a fence, and the protector at Casa. While painting, a few of us learned a really good lesson regarding sunscreen application! During our second project, we split into groups, one […]
¡Buenos Dias from Uayma! After a chilly night of sleep in hammocks at Santo Domingo Church, we had a wonderful breakfast of eggs, fruit, chilaquiles, pastries, and pancakes with Father Felix! After breakfast we took a tour of the church and learned about the history of its structure and the renovations made after the roof […]
Today we had an early start as we began our overnight journey to visit Uayma and Chichen Itza. The 3-hour car ride was filled with good naps, good books, and great snacks. The weather was amazing for visiting Chichen Itza. The overcast kept us cool all day long and the rain at the end of […]
We had breakfast around 8:30 which included mango and chips and salsa. After breakfast we started our third day with a reflection about gratitude, ending the reflection with the following quote: “what if you woke up tomorrow with only the things you took time to thank God for today” – Ruth Logan Heme. Then we […]
