Bienvenidas a Tepeyac, Nicaragua! It is day 5 and we’ve had a blast so far. This morning we woke up at 6:15 to attend Mass in the chapel celebrated by Father Joseph. After Mass, we went down to the lunchroom and ate amazing food. We had rice & beans, eggs, bread with jam & or peanut butter, tamarind juice, and lots of fruits including cantaloupe & watermelon. Bishop Dunne and Bishop Lynch (go friars!) washed dishes and we split into our work site groups. The first group site consisted of 10 students that rebuilt a road (Ben, Derrian, Kate, Andrea, Payton, Brady, Julia, Anne, Kyle, & Marissa) while the rest were in the second group (Seghen, Keegan, Caitlin, Holden, Brandon, Marlie, Meagan, Elizabeth, Zoe, Connor, Andrew, John, Haley, Mckenna, & Louisa) is making a kindergarten classroom. We walked to the work sites and played with the school children. Then we went to lunch and ate delicious spaghetti, rice & beans, and cachapa (a fertilized corn drink). We went back to our work groups until 4:30. We went back to the retreat center and had our free time where we caught up on our laundry, wrote in our journals, played games on the roof, and enjoyed the sunset. We ended our day with circle time where we talked about our day and where we saw Christ.
We all are doing fine but really miss you guys. Thank you for the thoughts and prayers.
This journey has been a journey of a lifetime.
