Week 6: St. Andrew's- Tuesday

Hello friends and family,

Today we woke up around 5:15 to make it feel like we were actually migrant farm workers. We worked in the fields for about three hours but we did a lot. We were moving the weeds out from where the strawberries were. Some of us picked potatoes and the rest of us were weeding. There were a lot of points where we would feel like it was super hard. For some maybe even one of the hardest things they’d had to do outside. It took a lot of resistance not to eat the strawberries which were big, red and juicy; however farmer Sam took pity on us and let us eat a strawberry or two. We learned a lot about how hard the farm workers worked and then after this we learned just how much they would make for the work we did. This in turn was shown when we went to Grocery Outlet to buy dinner with the money that we made for that meal. $1.25 each. We were put into families with 3 – 4 people most people bought noodles and sauce, one group even bought eggs and chimichangas. We were given the refrigerator and the ability to use salt and pepper and the utensils in the kitchen so it was pretty fun. The cooking part was especially fun, even when about five of us kicked the rest out of the kitchen.  After dinner we went to many different migrant camps to pass out flyers to the families that lived there to let them know about the food bank that is happening tomorrow. Overall the day went pretty well and we ended on a good note at the health fair at Sunrise Migrant Worker Camp. Yesterday we went to Sunrise Migrant camp and played with the kids. We played a couple of field games with them and some of us did crafts. I have been playing with this little girl, she and I have been doing craft together, and we watched the circus together she sat in my lap. While playing with her I’m actually using a little of my Spanish.

              

  Molly & Miriam