Day 3: Monday, 6/24

Post by: Rachel B

Today we woke up about 7:30 and had a nice big breakfast including bagels, cereal, fruit, and peanut butter, which is everybody’s new favorite. Then, we split into groups and walked house to house  to collect non-perishable foods for the food bank we will be visiting later this week. While we were out, we saw some deer who came surprisingly close to us, and some HUGE slugs which Abby and I really enjoyed. After, we came back for some sandwiches and cookies before we went to various grocery stores to collect more food from shoppers. All around, we collected so much food that we had to take several carloads of it home. When we got back to the church, we had a very interesting dinner. Everyone was in three groups all containing very different food and social statuses. There were the richest with a three course meal, the middle class with a tasty-looking soup, and the poorest with a tortilla with rice. There was frustration and confusion while we determined why this was. In the end, we realized that we needed to see how migrants live in order to better aid them. In excitement for tomorrow, we are going to bed very early, and will be rising at 5:15 to get to the farm on time.