¡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 […]
Today started out getting up to head to breakfast, then going to our construction sites! We split up, one half of our group helping at a house close to the Mission in San Lucas, then the other group went back to a house we worked at yesterday in a neighboring village. We were moving stones, […]
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 […]
BY: MEGAN POSER Navajo ABST day 2 Yá’át’ééh from Navajo Nation!! The day started with a 7:30 AM breakfast at the Hogan Restaurant. After we were full of energy and great food, we went over to Coalmine Canyon. Coalmine Canyon is a very sacred place for the Navajo because this is where the Long Walk […]
Hello from Arizona, Today was an eventful day. We woke up very early and headed out for a morning coffee run at our new favorite stop, Dutch Bros. Then, we headed off to the Pio Decimo Center, where we learned about their mission and values. This beautiful facility has so many amazing programs that they […]
This morning we woke up at a ripe 7 am to head over the the bibliotheca to set up dishes for breakfast. We ate and cleaned up, and then we headed over to our first service construction site. We split into two groups, but both groups were setting up foundations for a house for the […]
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 […]
My name is Julia Wonsettler, and I am currently on the L’Arche Mexico trip in Querétaro! From the moment we stepped into the L’Arche home this afternoon, we were greeted with warm welcomes and smiles from each of the core members; we were also greeted with unforeseen challenges. Because Spanish is not a language myself […]
