Week 1: St. Louise and Sacred Heart Enumclaw - Thursday

we woke up,ate and went to church to have mass. Then we came back to sacred heart to grab our things to go shower at a local pool and swim too, it was fun and  shower took a least 10 minutes. after that we went to sunrise camp and had a Barbecue with the family and kids there. we played for 4 hours and 30 minutes and had to say our last goodbye to our friends and buddies. we learned that not every family is the same and that they suffer a lot to be with their families and work every hard. we learned that god will be with them always and love them no matter what.  (Alondra and Timothy 2018).

Week 1: St. Louise and Sacred Heart Enumclaw - Wednesday

Today we completed the Gift of Piety. First thing in the morning we woke up, got dressed, and ate cereal and yogurt for breakfast. We went to worship out God after breakfast at the local Church. We sang songs and prayed to Jesus. We left the Church and loaded the truck full of donations. It took a while but soon enough we finished. We got in out cars and we drove off. We got to the Church and set up the tables and food. People started to show up and we practiced our Spanish one last time and we opened our food bank. We all had many fun and exiting experiences. All adults and kids were very grateful. In the middle we took a Popsicle break and people stopped coming through the food bank line. It slowly came to an end so we put everything away. It was fun because at the end we got to climb up onto the skate park ramps. We walked back to our adult leaders cars and drove back to Sacred Heart. We ate tacos for dinner, they were my favorite in my opinion. We reflected on the day and here we are now. 

We served 140 families today at the food bank! Thank you for all your support and donations!

Week 1: St. Louise and Sacred Heart Enumclaw - Tuesday

Today we experienced the life of a migrant worker. We woke up at five a.m to get ready for the day, and split into two different groups to go to two different farms. We weeded for three hours, then went to the YMCA to shower and tidy up. After that, we went to the grocery store and split into "families". We then used our day's wages to buy meals for our individual families. We only had around six dollars or less to spend and had ten minutes to decide what we wanted to eat for dinner. When we got back, we had some down time and each family cooked their dinners. Any leftovers were stored for after we came back from playing with the migrant farmers' children. Before we went to Sunset, we went to other camps and told the people, "hola, hay un banco de comida manana" which in English says, "hello, there is a food bank tomorrow." Then we headed off to Sunset to play with the children for a while. They were so happy to see us again and painted our faces and played dodge ball. When we came back, we had reflection and finished our leftover food.

Week 1: St. Louise and Sacred Heart Enumclaw - Monday

Monday=Funday! Today we started off the day with a substantial breakfast. We had opening circle and learned about St Claire of Assisi and focused on the gift of knowledge. Next, we did a puzzle activity to gain a deeper understanding about fairness and using the gift of knowledge. There were 6 groups, each with a different scenario ranging from a Swedish ski trip to paying off debt as a migrant worker. Everyone got a ribbon, and if someone pulled an end of the ribbon and the ribbon went undone, it was theirs. You couldn't get other people's ribbons until the puzzle was completed. Group number six had the hardest puzzle with over half the pieces missing and were therefore not able to complete the puzzle and couldn't pay off the debt of the family. However, they had more group members to demonstrate how many people in our world experience that scenario or something similar. Group number one completed their 24 piece puzzle within minutes. They made a million dollars a year and if the puzzle was completed, they would get a ski trip to Sweden. They then proceeded to take everyone else's ribbons. It was unfair, but we used the gift of knowledge to attempt or complete the puzzle. We then had lunch after doing a fun name game and team building exercise. We visited Sunrise (the migrant worker camp) and played with the children for 2 hours, then collected donations at stores to use in the food bank. Today was one to remember.
-Agape Youth


Thank you for all of our donations today! Check back here on Thursday to see how many families we were able to serve with your help.
-Agape Staff

Week 1: St. Louise and Sacred Heart Enumclaw - Sunday

At the beginning of the day, the St. Louise group went to the 11:00 mass and got blessed by Father Gary. Then we went to the parish hall and sorted all the donations, put them into bags, and loaded them into cars. We ate lunch in the hub and then sorted into cars and drove to the park. Ewa bought pizza for dinner that we ate at the park then we drove to Sacred Heart and unloaded all our gear. We then introduced ourselves and had a silent reflection. We answered a few questions and then got our Agape shirts and ate cake.

Week 6: St. Catherine's and St. Joseph's - Thursday

Today we celebrated our accomplishment of serving others in the migrant community. This morning we went to mass at Assumption church and prayed for all the migrant workers. we had fun swimming and celebrating putting ourselves in others foot steps for the week. one last time we helped the kids at sunrise migrant camp by putting on a barbecue and hanging out with our new friends. we played with them and made them feel welcome in our lives.we savored our time with the kids because we knew that some of them were moving away and might never being be coming back, we might not see them again. Saying goodbye was hard we were all sad to leave our friends, but we hope to keep a connection with them. We headed back to Sacred Heart and had our final reflections, and the Agape Staff surprised us with a fun a treat and a dace Party. Agape has been a great learning experience for us all and we will continue to live out what we learned into our everyday lives.

Alexa Mauad and Abbey Koory

Week 6: St. Catherine's and St. Joseph's - Wednesday

Today was food bank day, and it was an amazing adventure. The day started off with going to adoration at church at Sacred Heart. It was a great beginning to spreading God's message throughout the day. At the food bank we served  98 families and gave out food, toys, and school supplies. It was so inspiring to see how thankful everyone was to us and their acceptance for allowing our help. It warmed our hearts to see how many lives we were able to reach out and help. I got the responsibility to carry food to people's cars, to be in charge of the tortilla station, make pencil pouches, and to serve God and the families. Agape gave me the opportunity to give back to the community that has given so much.

~Sarah Greeley, Mary Farewell, Tess McMillen


Today we went to adoration, and mass. When I first walked in I was in awe to see the gorgeous church the walls and pews where painted in color. For the stain glass was shining it's amazing light, and colors. when you looked at the stain glass all you could see was Jesus' kind smiling face stairing down on his childern (you), with four angles staring in awe. The colors where of every color soronding the main pice. When the priest came in the crowd blew up in psalm, sing praise to our lord Jesus christ. After mass we headed over to the food bank area to set up. When we arived we saw the egar faces of the crowd waiting for school suplise. The children glowing with joy when they saw us arrive. After an two and a half hors of prepareing for happy families we opened the line for them. They rushed in with happy and excited faces. Each person at every stand greted them with a kind loving smile. Each person leaving with abright face. In the school suplies and  toy sectiuon where I worked. The children in line where so excited to be getting a back pack. As soon as we begun children streamed in each with a smile. every person working there welcomed them with a kind and loving smile. Every child  came with a grin but left with athe most joyful smile that youd ever seen warming your heart. After the the food bank closed we all left with much more than when we came . We left with nothing in our hands but in our hearts.

       
      By Alinea Topacio

                                                                         Thank you for your time have a nice day!-alinea

Week 6: St. Catherine's and St. Joseph's - Tuesday

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not even close to being a morning person, so when I had to wake up at 4:45 this morning, I wasn't happy. But then we ate breakfast and loaded into our cars and buses and made our way to the three farms we would be working at. We helped weed strawberry plants and bag herbs for the migrant community. I also learned that a lot of workers are in the fields from 8:00 in the morning to 10:00 at night. This made me realize how lucky I am that this isn't my daily routine, and that I get to have fun instead of working my entire day. I also felt lucky that I got to experience this, because it made me feel like I could understand what they go through better than I could yesterday.

-Allie Pettijohn     

Today we took on the role of being a worker in the fields. It was a very moving day not only to see what they do but to feel it. Fingers were sore only an hour in and backs were aching from the start. This made me have so much more sympathy for the workers now that I know what an everyday life is like. I am very happy that Agape gave me this chance. 

-Kathryn Gibbons