My name is Angela Porretta. I am a nursing student in my junior year at Benedictine College. This is my second year on this mission trip to El Salvador with CFCA, and I am thrilled to be back. Here is a quick update of the first full day of our trip.
This morning, everyone joined for breakfast at 7:15. It was a fantastic breakfast and everyone was much more lively and talkative after a good night's sleep and being even better acquainted after our flights and car trip here together. We left for Sunday Mass at 8:30 with the community. It was a beautiful little church and the community was so very welcoming and friendly. Fr. Justin concelebrated mass with the parish priest. Following mass, all the students mingled with the parishioners and were able to practice their Spanish in conversation, particularly with all the children who were thrilled to see us and full of questions.
Following this, we traveled to the community where we will be working this week to meet the families and see the areas were were to be building the houses. The community welcomed us with open arms. There are many children in this village, so all the students are eagerly looking forward to playing with them throughout the week.
After this, we headed back to the CFCA headquarters for a tasty lunch (they feed us very well), and now we are off to go visit some Mayan temple ruins for fun for the afternoon.
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