After having gone to the cenotes on Tuesday, I wasn’t quite sure what would top such a cool day but Wednesday would bring more unique experiences and will be a day that stands out to me for the rest of my life. To begin the day we walked through the local markets that were very […]
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 […]
Hi! I’m Julie, and I’m having a wonderful time with the rest of my group here in Tucson! Today, we left bright and early to spend the first part of our day with some preschool students at the Pio Decimo Center! After getting some quality playtime and helping the teachers with some tasks, we headed […]
Hello everyone! I’m Kaif Syed, one of the participants on the Ruskin ABST. Our day started with some homemade breakfast, and then we headed to our second community partner for this trip – Beth El Farm Workers Ministry. Upon arrival, we were welcomed and signed in by Shelly, the administrative assistant and thrift store manager […]
We started day four of our ABST trip to L’Arche Ontario with breakfast at the Sherman house. During this time we discussed a quick question and quote of the day. After breakfast we made our way to the Inclusion Cafe, a community coffeehouse where people with and without intellectual disabilities work together. We learned more […]
Hello. I’m Hiyori from Japan. I am an exchange student majoring in Psychology at Gannon and I am participating in the Arizona ABST! We left our house at 7:45am and headed to the Pio Decimo center. It was cloudy but warmer than yesterday. We worked on painting that we had left over from yesterday. While […]
Hello this is Kiara one of the leaders! Today we started our first day of service with Enterprsing Latinas! This is an organization that works to help latina women get there lives going! They are based in Wimauma, Florida and 80% of this region consists of hispanic population. We got to meet such wonderful people […]
