Week 2: Sacred Heart and Mary Queen of Peace - Tuesday

Today was migrant immersion day. We woke up at 5 am and got ready to go to the farms. Mary Queen of Peace Parish went to Bellingham Country Gardens and Sacred Heart went to Growing Veterans farm. At Bellingham Country Gardens, we weeded beans, corn, broccoli and beets from 7 am to 10 am.At Growing Veterans the farmer helping the sacred heart group explained how the farm employed and helped veterans reintegrate into the community if they struggled with P.T.S.D. After we ate lunch we took showers at the YMCA. After showering, we went to Grocery Outlet to collect our wages and buy our food with the money we earned. A family of three had $3.75, a family of four had $5.00, a family of five had $6.25. We couldn't go  over the amount of money we earned, and the food we bought was our food for the rest of the day. Overall it was a tiring day of hard work but we got to enjoy the last bit of our day hanging out with our Sunrise friends, and learning more about understanding.

- Alexa and Adria