Que lo que (what’s up!!!) familia y amigos! Jackie Ngo, Vivian Liu, and Raana Naghieh here today as your Leaders of the Day (-:
Today was Working Like a Local/Global Business Day, which meant a 5:30 AM wake up call for us. We drove to a local greenhouse where we helped local Haitian laborers prepare the earth for the upcoming Persian cucumber season (yum!). As break rolled around, we met Weasley, a Haitian laborer, who told us about his life and dreams.
Regardless of the varying jobs we were assigned and how much sweat was shed, the experience in its entirety was eye opening. It really dawned upon us that what we held as an opportunity to live in the shoes of these laborers, was the everyday reality for millions. Farmers are the backbones of our societies and all of us should live on respecting and truly appreciating their hard work.
We arrived back at the hotel, showered, ate, and drove in a bus to World Agro Marketing, a Persian cucumber packing company. The three of us can definitely agree that the highlight of the tour was the cucumber lazy river and the vigorous paddling we got to witness. In all seriousness, we learned to appreciate all the hard work that goes into providing food for U.S. consumption.
We’re most proud of how we were able to work as a collective unit and finished all our labor quickly. Being LDD was challenging, but extremely rewarding!
Lots of love those at home, especially to our family and friends. We miss you all!
Jackie, Raana, Vivian <3
Wow, what a powerful experience at a young age! Expanding your horizons when walking in the locals shoes. Keep up the wonderful experience.
Raana what an amazing experience!! Did you get to eat some of the yummy cucumbers:-)
Enjoy and have fun. Love you
The experiences that you all have been having everyday now are truly priceless. Seeing the real world with your own eyes and touching many lives with your own hearts are absolutely amazing. We’re so proud of you!
Love you Jackie,
Your family 🙂
Juvin! We miss you. Awesome experience! As a parent, I know all of us are proud of everyone. Keep it up and be safe.
Please keep the post coming. The 7-17 Constanza blog is the BEST blog of 2018!
By the time the trip is over there will be over 40 posts.
Thank you Amanda, Laura, and Leona for keeping up with the Blogs and the kids safe.
Hey Vince, it is good to see you enjoy, but always remember safety first, can’t wait to see you soon.
Love you,
Dad, Mom, and Erinna
Jackie! I’m so proud!!! I hope you’re having an amazing experience I can’t wait to see you soon <3
Wow Roonoo!! That sounds great. I believe, I’m not too sure what a CAP is, but since it’s July 31 and i’m just now rereading all of these blogposts, I’m pretty far behind. I wanted to find yours to see what writing techniques were used in your blog post, but I’m pretty sure Anne Parris would be upset. No irony, no syntax, no NOTHING. I’m outraged. But I also miss you, Lexi and Chloe are boring and never text me 🙁
XO,
mak
hi vivian !! i really miss you and i hope you are having fun !! eat lots of cucumbers for me and i hope you have some ketchup to eat with them !! i love you
-christina :-))