Hi! So far today we’ve had mass at 6:30 and we’re now eating
breakfast. Yesterday we worked all day and everyone around is sore from the
hard work we put in. So far we’ve dug around 8 inches of dirt out and removed debris
from the backyard of a church and we’ve started to create a trench for the
fence. We rotated digging and scraping paint for awhile so we wouldn’t get too
tired. The people at the church brought us bananas while we were working. They
also made us really nice meal for us but Melody spilled two cups and Larson had
five servings of food. We were super tired by the end of the day and thankfully
it started raining which felt really nice. Then after everyone got back from
the sites we played a mean game of four square (and I found out I was terrible
at it) overlooking the city below us. We then had dinner and then the second
group of missionaries arrived and we found out that all the girls had to sleep
in one room. After we had dinner we played mafia (as always) and then had
circle time and we called it a day.
To my parents: thank you so much for giving me this amazing
opportunity to come on this mission trip. I love y’all so much and I’ll see you
guys soon. Also, happy early fathers day dad!
Emily Arenas
John Paul II
