Chiapas, Mexico

We got to sleep in a little bit this morning, which was nice, and then got to work repacking our suitcases. That took some time. =) After everything was packed, we went to a waterfall on our way [...]

Today was our last day of programs, and we did two of them. When we got to our first program, it was fun to see all the kids faces, cause they were filled with smiles. It was also fun to see how [...]

It seemed like surely the village would be around the next bend, but we drove on and on; first on the highway, then a side road, a dirt road, and finally something that didn’t deserve to be [...]

Today was awesome! We all got up from our adventurous hammocks (or respective beds on the floor) and did our second program in this town. There weren’t quite as many kids today as there were [...]

Today we had our first programs after our weekend of rest, both programs provided us with the largest group of kids we’ve had so far on the trip. They were programs full of laughing, [...]

Today was a travel day. We just spent 2 days relaxing, shopping, and catching up on some much needed sleep in town. Now we are ready to go and take on the last week of programs. This will be the [...]

Today we enjoyed the awesome experience of staying in a hotel. It was wonderful to stay in a nice hotel after a week of staying in local churches and other places that lacked many modern [...]

We left the ranch which served as our base camp for the past couple days at about 6:10am to head into the city where we will spend our rest days! It was quite a drive but we made it safely after [...]

Today, after finishing up some projects, we headed to an orphanage. It has two parts: the base where the girls live, and the farm where the boys live. Once we arrived at the base, we left again [...]

Our day started at 9:30 am with a nice hearty breakfast of breakfast burritos and fruit nectar.  We had a pile of rubbish from our project yesterday, so after breakfast, a young man from the [...]