Week 3: Eastside Catholic & Our Lady of Fatima & St. Mary Anacortes-Tuesday

Today  at  five am we woke up to go to the blueberry farm and Sam's farm. At the blueberry farm, we weeded and picked the blueberries and we really wanted to feel like we were relating to the struggles of the migrant workers. I picked twelve pounds of blueberries today and just to think that you're supposed to get 500 pounds of blueberries per day for 75 cents per pound I was blown away. This showed me how the migrants struggle with daily life and care for their families. At Sam
s U-pick strawberry farm, we didn't harvest, but instead weeded the strawberries. We saw Jesus at Sam's when we saw that the one potato grew a potato plant out of itself to grow other potatoes. It sacrificed its life for others like Jesus.
-Spencer, Maureen, Gio

While the farm we worked at pays 75 cents a pound, most farms pay only 32 cents.
-Agape Staff

Week 3: Eastside Catholic & Our Lady of Fatima & St. Mary Anacortes-Monday

One of today's group at Haggen

       Hello, my name is Allie Treacy (co-written by Ellery Norton.) Today, was packed full of experiences that will shape us through out the week (and probably life ;)). Some memories will last a long time, like a girl i met at the migrant camp. She came galloping up to me and hugged onto my side as if we were old friends, the she demanded "Give me a piggy ride!" She jumped on my back and ordered, "Run to the playground and jump the small white fence." i tried. The afternoon was spent with "piggy rides," swinging, and making lanyards My friend Ellery told me after we left, "At one point I was playing  soccer, me being a defender took the ball from a unusually small eight year old, To which he responded, "Why would you steel the ball from a little kid!?". My face said it all, but its okay we laughed about it later."
      Later after a quick break our group broke off and we all went tabling at different stores, there were plenty of kind people, but there were a few people who were kind of rude. However, there was one lady who really stood out to me, she listened patiently to our speech about where the food was going and who was benefiting from it and when she came out of the store she had two bags of food and baby supplies and she left, she gave us all hugs and said we inspired her for the future. We left with our carts and our hearts full!!
     Once we returned to Sacred Heart everyone helped store the food and then quickly filed inside ready for our food, as it had been a long day and all we wanted to do was eat and then fall right asleep!!!
   

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

Week 3: Eastside Catholic & Our Lady of Fatima & St. Mary Anacortes - Sunday

Hi, My name is Micah Apple, yes, apple like the fruit, yes your apple/fruit joke was hilarious.  Today we arrived at agape and delivered the donations we had collected and headed into the church.  First we played some games, like: "get in a line in birthday order without talking" THAT was interesting.  after that we played some get to know you games we listened to the same bible verse three times and the third time we had to put ourselves in the verse.  I was a bystander as Jesus got baptized and it honestly helped me see it in a different way.  I saw Jesus as a person and not some imaginary being. Today was fun, but uneventful. -Micah 

Hello. My name is Ellery Lorraine, well technically Ellery Norton. Me  along with eight other children and four teachers, we boarded a miniature bus with mediocre air conditioning and 90 degrees as the temperature.. Me being an eight grader i boarded the bus with three seventh grade boys i did not know. As we got on i-90 with Anne-Marie 2002 blowing from the speakers and a chaperone dancing, we quickly became aquanticis which, the hope is to blossom into friends throughout the week. Then me and another girl, attempted to avoid bonding opportunnities with other kids, however we got stuck making a motion and are name in front of the group. However, these"bonding situations ended up being, well fun. Then started the reflections,m we first were read the bible verse, Peter 4:10. We found what this meant to us. To Nolan Wright an eight grader at Eastside Catholic said, "I had time to reflect on my two giving handsI am going to use this week. I will try to be an example, and follow the example of St. Francis my schools Saint, and the camps Saint, St. Clare". Today was the intro to the week and it seems that is looks pretty great. Thanks for reading to the end. -Ellery Lorrainre

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

This morning we ate the most delicious blue berry bagles then started to pray the divine mercy chaplet, then went to mass at Assumption. We came back and ate a homemade lunch of chicken, beans, and rice. Not long after we left to go to the pool and spent time at the pool until 2:00pm. Later we went straight to the Sunrise Camp to play and set up a  BBQ with the families. After a fun filled day we had closing prayer and ice cream.

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

 Today was a very special day, we had our food bank. We got to serve many families from different camps and were able to make a difference. We had fruit, produce, higene items and much more. Today was my favorite day. we got to see all the work we've put in this week finally pay off. being able to see the joy in all the migrant workers faces was estatic and very effectual. it was a satisfying feeling when we got everything put away after the food bank and seeing how much food was given out. we served 111 families today! we have collected all donations and put a lot of hard work we have put all our sweat, and tears but it was totally worth it and I am happy to say that agape has been a very meaningful experience.

Thank you for all your donations and support! Our group served 111 families this week!

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

Week 2: Sacred Heart Bellingham, Mary Queen of Peace - Monday

. Today i was given the wonderful opportunity to hang out with some of the farm workers children. I also went to Haggens to talk to people to donate food for the farmworker kids, i had a lot of fun and got to learn a lot about other people and the things that i can do to help and improve the world. -Tumi

Thank you for your donations today! Check back here on Thursday to see how many families we were able to serve with your help!

Today's Group At Haggan

Week 2: Sacred Heart Bellingham, Assumption, and Mary Queen of Peace - Sunday

Today we learned about the meaning of Agape, which is a Greek word that means love. We discussed the Fear of the Lord and the awe with which we view Jesus and God. We got into small groups to learn about each other and created group names and chants to present.

As a large group, we shared our gifts bestowed upon us by God and also what we each desire to improve on through our service to others. 

-Matthias and John