Day 2 (Sunday)

Today was another cool experience in terms of serving and learning more about the different aspects of El Pozo De Vida. To start of the day, the 5 guys on the team including me woke up at 7:45AM to help set up their church service at a local school. From about 8 - 9AM, many of us carried heavy equipment to prepare for the 11AM church service. Something that stood out was talking and meeting new people while doing the labor work. Everyone had positive vibes without complaint and it made the experience that much more enjoyable. After both the 11AM service, some of us helped out in the children's ministry while the 12:30 service went on. It was fun singing and dancing with the kids who were full of energy. Here's a picture of the amazing service inside the auditorium!

After church, our team headed back to Benny and Janice's place where we were able to relax and have lunch. For our meal, we brought a HUGE marinated chicken that was super tasty. Along with the salsa and guacamole (both were pretty spicy, everything here is so spicy haha), we enjoyed a nice meal at around 3PM.

Side Note: Meal times in Mexico are very odd... Lunch seems to be around 2-3 while dinner is at 8-9.

After a quick rest, our team headed to out to visit another part of the ministry. This time, we went to a place called "Casa Transitorio", which directly translates to Transition Home. This place houses girls over the age of 18 that are moving on from the "The Well" (the place we will be visiting the next few days!). Here, we talked to some of the girls over dinner (we got some Little Caesars haha) and learned a lot about what goes on in the daily life in the transition home. After a few hours, we finally headed back home and got some well needed rest after a day of hard work.

Reflection:
Today's highlight was hearing about the different stories of the transition home. It's cool to see how the girls are put into the real world and while not being totally on their own, they finally get to see how to live life independently. Another highlight was meeting members of the church in the morning and seeing how genuine they are and friendly they are to newcomers! I hope to see some of them throughout the week!