Free Day #2

Hello from Stephanie and Taylor!! Today was a very smooth day.  At first, we were nervous about being leaders of the day because we thought we weren’t going to have things under control.  However, after studying the schedule, we realized that we were...

Environment Day

Today, we learned the value of preserving our environment with an organization called The Guardians of the Water.  The Guardians of the Water are a group of middle school and high school students who dedicate their time to cleaning up the community and advocating for...

Free Day #1

Today we had a free day and we were allowed to wake up anytime up to 9:30am.  Yay!  Breakfast was a serve-yourself-style buffet which I liked a lot.  We also had our first opportunity to do laundry and call home which had us all pretty excited. ...

Working Like a Local Day

Hola Familias, Today we had a long day experiencing what it’s like to work in a cucumber greenhouse and cucumber processing plant. In the morning we met with Alberto Quezada who owns a handful of greenhouses and he introduced us to some of his workers and...

Living Like a Local Day

Dear families, Living like a local was both physically and mentally stressful. The night before our day, we turned off all electricity and running water. The majority of the delegation has never experienced what life without these two things is like. So to say the...