Week 3: Monday

This morning at Agape, we went to the sunrise service where we played with kids of immigrant farmers. At the play area we played a name game and capture the flag. Then, we split into different groups where we made bracelets and jumped rope in one group, and in the other we played soccer. Then we went back to the Agape center and ate lunch. After lunch, we went in our car groups and went to different grocery stores to collect donations. Some were very kind and wanted to learn more and gave big donations. Others were not so kind. Some completely ignored us while others made lame excuses such as "Sorry, I don't speak English" with not a hint of another accent. This took about 3 hours, but it was worth it. In this time we learned how much some people wanted to help the immigrants. When we came back for dinner, we got a huge surprise. We were split in to groups(families) and had to make our own dinner using food we got from an imitation food bank where one of the counselors was speaking in Portuguese. This was very chaotic with everyone in the kitchen trying to get one of the few pots, pans, and burners. But we learned from this experience that this is how some people have to live every day. After dinner we played a game where we answer questions by walking to a line or not. After this activity we watch a video and learned how fortunate we are.    

                                                                                                  -Justine, Abby, and Amelia