Cheryl and Ashley serving up the food onto plates At El Refugio Our crew at Padre Chava! Tacos!!
Falling behind on the blog posts, but we will catch you up to speed! The day after the house build we participated in more local outreach in the community. Wednesday was a particularly heavy day for everyone. We started early in the morning and drove to downtown Tijuana to serve at a food shelter called Padre Chava. When we first arrived we sat in on a catholic mass for the volunteers, shortly after that we were given roles and put to work. On average they serve 700-1000 people from 8-10:30. The system they had was incredible and, everything was fast paced and well run. We had place setting placers, table cleaners, coffee pourers, food runners, scoopers, cup dryers, plate counters, etc! So many people involved; including our group. It was fun, but also kind of stressful. The joy of the volunteers was contagious; it was so cool to see how many people (young and old) were serving and having a great time doing it. After that we had lunch at Taco Nazo. Per usual the tacos in Mexico ar