Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Week 5: St. Anthony's and St. Theresa's-Tuesday


Migrant Immersion Day! The day of the week where we are supposed to live like the migrant farm workers. So first, we had to wake up at 5:00 AM, which is 2 hours and 15 minutes earlier than when we would usually wake up in the week. And then the usual breakfast/Reflection, and then we were off to the blueberry farm. The people there we so nice; they pay their clients double than the usual and let us try the six varieties of blueberries they had. Our group got to pick blueberries and pick out sticks and weeds out of the ground. After that were the showers at the YMCA (our first shower of the week). And because we had to live our day like migrants, we were paid with our wages and after combining with other groups, we spent our $20 at the grocery store to make fried rice, having to gather our ingredients in 10 minutes (the fried rice was okay, for the record). Then we went back to the camp, where we were reunited with the cute children we got to play with (shout out to Daniella, who I will never forget). Then the nightly Reflection, and here I am. This Tuesday of Agape is one I'll always remember. 
- Vincent

Today was Migrant Immersion Day where we had to live in the shoes of migrant workers. We started the day at 5:00! Then we drove ourselves to an organic vegetable farm. At first I thought pulling weeds out of the floor would be easy but it was very difficult. Now I have a deeper understanding of what migrant workers have to go through each day of their lives. One statistic that shocked me today was when my mom explained how Mark Zuckerberg makes more money in 4 hours than some migrant workers in a whole year. This struck me because I imagined myself working for hours just to get paid so little. After the farm we took a quick shower at the YMCA then went to Grocery Outlet to shop like migrant workers. Each person only got $1.50 to spend to buy a meal. Most groups ended up grouping up and made a lot of food with more money. After making our meals we went back to sunrise to read and play with the children. Overall today was a great day filled with action.
-Connor







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