Week 2: Mary Queen of Peace, St. Rose & Holy Disciples - Monday

Today we started off by waking up at 7:15 and came up and did a reflection for the moment followed my immigration activities and learned the difficulty of becoming a citizen. After, we went to the camps to play with the kids we did arts and crafts and other games such as soccer. After we came back to the church and went tabling to collect foods for the food bank on Wednesday and ended with our final reflection.

-Maite

While I’m unsure of what other groups did this morning my group, the ducks, woke up and made breakfast. I was tasked with cutting the bananas and I made them into a formation on the plate. Afterwards we met as a group and discussed the topic of immigration which I was only somewhat aware of. We were told to get across the room by only stepping on pads that were placed randomly around the floor. After that and several questions we were asked about what we had just learned we drove to an unspecified location and played with children which was fun, there were two main groups that everyone alternated through which was the sports area (consisting of dodgeball and soccer) and a more arts favoring group (consisting of painting, drawing and nail painting). The children seemed to miss us when we left so I can only assume they were having fun with us, then we went to a grocery store and handed out flyers for a food drive to support them and even though I was just standing around handing people pieces of paper for 1 hour and 45 minutes I had a considerable amount of fun. We came back to the Agape building and proceeded to eat dinner and learn more. This takes us to where I am now, typing the word typing. Today was a lot of fun and I hope that the other days are the same, hopefully you are reading this mom and dad.

-Colin, Holy Disciples

Thank you so much to all of donations we received today! We appreciate every single item that we receive because we know someone will put them to good use. The donations used to help our brothers and sisters in Christ is what keeps hope for some of these families so we cannot say thank you enough! Come check our blog on Thursday to see how many families we serve.

                                                                    

Week 2: Mary Queen of Peace, St. Rose & Holy Disciples- Sunday

Today was Sunday, and although there were not an abundant amount of activities, we did have time for some reflection among our small groups. In our imaginative praying, we were able to experience the greatness of gods love and mercy. In addition, we explored the concept of God and his ability to work wonders in the midst of a poor spirit. It is clear through that God has come to love and raise up the poor spirited and disbelievers. Those who are open to Gods grace and mercy will experience it in the most miraculous of experiences. -Sam, Mary Queen of Peace  

My parish group arrived around 6 pm tonight, but we still accomplished quite a bit. We did not do any work-work, but we discussed what our goals for the week are, and how we can put them into action. I find it interesting how my group leader asked our participants some of the same questions that we thought of tonight, yet some of our answers changed drastically. An example of this is why we came to Agape. At first the answer was not clear to me, and I have been pondering this up until today, when the same question was asked again. I realized that I want to spread the love of Jesus, and help others to see the humanity in everyone, no matter what large influences in the world are saying. I want to help us come together as a country and not be separated by political boundaries, but instead be brought together by God's love. - Rhiannon Davies, Holy Disciples 

  Today was Sunday, we arrived earlier here at Agape. What I learned today so far that stood out to me was Humility. Although I don't know that much about it I hope to learn more by the end of my trip here. I also would like to learn about Gods mercy and how it works through people. We also discussed our goals for the week and learned a little about what we will be doing these next four days. - Isaac Mort, St. Rose Parish

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

Hey Everyone,

The mission trip activities continued today as we filled our "Celebratrion" day with fun and spiritual events! After breakfast we kicked off the day with our regular prayer reflection then we watched a touching documentary about Migrants and their journey. As a reflection for our documentary we created a poster about the film. It included a list of what suprised us, what personal actions we could do to make the situation better, and finally what we would ask of a political representative. Then we headed to a beautiful mass at Assumption Catholic Church where we listened to a great Homily. Next we headed to the community pool for some fun and games, and in my case reading. Then we headed to Sunrise camp where we played and interacted with the children and families there. We also had a delicious dinner (BBQ) and some popcicles combined with more playing. Then we headed back to the parish hall for our nightly reflections and our surprise ice cream party/talent show! Me and my fellow Agape-ers are sad to be leaving tomorrow morning, however are grateful for the new bonds we made, the new insight we gained, and the opportunity to strengthen our relationships with God!


                                                                                                                                  Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                  Charlotte and Maria

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

Hello,  we helped serve the migrant community at a food bank today. We learned how to communicate in Spanish with many of the people there. We also went to adoration to center ourselves before going to the foodbank.

Today we went to adoration first thing in the morning. Then we went to and had a food bank for the migrant workers. There was also one guy laughing at people not speaking Spanish very well. But he was nice about it and he understood they were trying.

-Agape Youth

Today we served 232 families! This is a new record for Agape! Thank you all for your wonderful support and donations. We could not have done this without you!

 - Agape Staff

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

Hello friends and family,

         Today we worked at the farms, made our own dinner, and went to the migrant camps. We went to two different farms; Growing Veterans and Bellingham Country Gardens. We were given little money to go buy food at the Grocery Outlet also today we were trying live in solidarity. We had three hours to prepare the meal and had to buy all the ingredients. After dinner, we went to several migrant camps to tell them we were doing a food bank on Wednesday. We then went to Sunrise Camp to play with the kids. The day was long and very exciting.

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

We started the day by participating in immagration activities where we learned about the realities of migration. We learned that immigration is less of a choice than we think. Later in the day we went to a migrant camp called Sunrise camps. Here we did arts and crafts with the little kids and played a competitive game of dodgeball with the older kids. We learned they can throw the ball really hard. Next we went to local grocery stores and tabled. This means we asked for donations for the food bank that we are holding on Wednesday. Throughout the day we had reflections about immigration which opened our eyes on how much of a challenge it is to become a citizen and the other struggles they have to face spiritually. -Agape Youth


Thank you so much for your donations today! The foodbank would not be possible without the support of your donations. Check back here on Thursday to see how many families we were able to serve with your help! -Agape Staff

Week 1: Sacred Heart Enumclaw & St. Louise Sunday

Hey Loved Ones,

Today the Sacred Heart Church youth group met up with the St. Louise youth group at the St. Louise parish. In our assigned carpool groups we drove to Boulevard Park where we had a relaxing afternoon getting to know each other and bonding. After a delicious pizza dinner we all headed to the Sacred Heart Bellingham parish. There, we met our amazing and fun Agape leaders who led us in enlightening spiritual activities including : prayer reflection, name games, and other fun games like "The Human Knot"! Then we separated into smaller reflection groups where we discussed our Agape mission and the scripture we had just read. We ended the day with some yummy chips, salsa, and water! Me and my fellow Agape-ers are excited for the coming activities in the week, and are ready to grow in our faith with God and learn more about migrant workers.

                                                                                            Sincerely, Sean and Maria

Meet the Agape Staff!!

Hey all!

The Agape Service Project is back and ready to get this show on the road! Our staff has been working really hard this week getting everything prepped for our first group that arrives today. Our theme this summer is The Beatitudes and our bible verse is “But our citizenship is in heaven and from it we also await a savior the Lord Jesus Christ" Philippians 3:20. We also focus on one Catholic figure for the summer. This summer we have Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who we will be asking to pray for us!

This last week we have been updating documents, we visited the food bank location, we went to Sunrise to say hi to the kids, and so much more. We are SO EXCITED for you to arrive!

Love,

The Agape Staff

Melina (Director), Emily (Coordinator), Ellen (Assistant Coordinator), Juan (Assistant Coordinator), and Kendra (Assistant Coordinator)


P.S. Check back here starting Sunday night for updates from the kids!