Today was our Migrant Immersion Day, we began with an early morning (5:15), then set off to experience part of the life of a migrant worker in a short period of time. We arrived at a farm around 6:45 and worked about 4 hours through rain, weeding strawberries and onions, and cutting spinach. Soon after we left the farm, each group received a small amount of money that we used wisely to buy ourselves dinner at a nearby grocery store. When we got back to Sacred Heart with my group's toaster waffles and jam we had about 2 hours of downtime before we ate our small meals and set off to a migrant camp. At the first camp we visited, our group passed out flyers informing families about our upcoming food bank. The second migrant camp,  was filled with excitement as soon as we drove into view, all the kids were running to tell people that we had arrived. It seemed like everybody had a great time playing with all the kids and getting to know some of them throughout the whole night. Today was a great experience not only because we got to bond with the kids, but also because we began to understand the work of a migrant farmer.
-Dana