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Immersion Experience: Tijuana
Project day
Pick-axes, rakes, brooms, weeds, chickens on a windy day, followed by soccer, volleyball and a birthday celebration!
Hello Immersion friends, and family! It is Sadie, Cooper, Fisher, and Mason giving you a Tijuana immersion update (Class of ’26). We started off this amazing morning at 7AM sharp, with Mr. Boberschmidt the “Hola” alarm telling us to wake up!!! We then proceeded to eat potatoes, chorizo and of course tortillas hehe! Today, manual labor was on the menu, so that’s what we did all day. The orphanage holds many layers starting from the second floor with the garden and treehouse to the lower field that was infested with weeds.
A couple of our strong soldiers took on the snail and rust infested alley. Having to whip out their old masks from COVID they were able to make it squeaky clean. There were also 3 trees that had to be trimmed back HEAVILY, and their debris needed to be moved to the compost zone. The orphanage is having an inspection tomorrow (which they will pass with flying colors) so it was important for us to stay on task!
We would like to shout out the Baja Boys and Girls. Specifically, Jackson, Cooper, Drew, Maddie, Jane and Chelsea. They worked hard digging weeds that have been the “root” of the problem for so many years. Clearing out the whole area to make it now ready to plant fresh produce for the amazing people that live here. After a couple hours of trying to figure out the correct form to use a pickaxe, it was time for lunch. Today, it was PB&Js with tajin covered apples. The peanut butter was especially delicious, and the tajin tickled all my tastebuds!
After lunch, everybody finished their tasks. Now it was time to put those reef flipflops in sports mode as we took on the orphanage soccer squad. Now with little training these boys are mighty beating the J-Schnell soccer state champ!! After breaking his ankles several times and putting THE Fisher Cox on the ground the orphanage boys came out victorious in the game. The girls partook in some chalk and volleyball also with the other kids. The orphanage has many tricks up its sleeve housing almost a dozen chickens! The kids showed us how to hold them too which was a real connection moment. Even though we all spoke little Spanish it showed the connection you can have with few words <3
The long day left us famished and so we indulged in some Little Cesars (authentic American food lol) and buttered noodles. We of course couldn’t miss the opportunity for a fiesta!! So, we brought out Cam’s birthday cake for the big 18th. Finally legal! Continuing the fiesta upstairs as we had thoughtful reflection and prayer about our day. Overall, the connection we were able to have with the kids and the transformation in cleanliness of the orphanage was the highlight of our day!
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