Puerto Rico: Day 2

Hola!

We have officially finished our first day of work in Puerto Rico! For our first day we woke up bright and early at 730 to get ready for breakfast at 8. Although some of us woke up at 7 to do some strength training by the pool with our very own Jon Strand. For breakfast we had oatmeal, scrambled eggs, and some meat! We headed over to do some morning worship and we meditated over the phrase “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want” after worship we put on plenty of sunscreen and bug spray and hit the road to our first 2 houses. While some of our adults left to Home Depot to grab supplies, all youth played some fun indoor games for a while before eating our lunch that we prepared before breakfast. We split up into 2 groups and worked on two separate houses, one house needed a little bit of scraping and a lot of paint, and our second house needed more scraping some different colors of paint! We worked until around 4 pm and cleaned up. We realized that some of the youth forgot some items from home so we stopped at cvs where we grabbed snacks, drinks, and other needed items. After Walgreens we headed back to our current home, Cristo de Redentor, and we all took a much needed break before dinner. For dinner we had pasta, bread with olive oil, and salad, and some pineapple for dessert.

We went to the pool after dinner to explore the outdoors a little and we found and cracked open a coconut! Some of us drank some coconut water and tried the meat. After our first great day, some of the youth played a fun round of uno before calling it a night and heading to bed. We are so grateful to be blessed with the opportunity to help those in need and we can’t wait to continue our worship here In Puerto Rico! We’ll see you tomorrow.

¡Adios! – Gilly