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Today was the best day to end our work in Puerto Rico! In the morning we spilt into two groups as we did in the previous days. We started the morning learning about and participating in a Zen Buddhism Meditation session. Next, we broke off into two groups. The group that stayed back at theContinue reading “Day Three – Finishing the Work”

Another fantastic day in Puerto Rico! Today the two groups switched places and the group that painted the walls in the school now worked to help improve the Centro Zen Meditation Center. The group painted a roof, fence, planted pineapples and made a bench. While working today the group had some complications with bugs. WhileContinue reading “Day Two – The Work Starts to Take Shape”

Today we began our work here. Our group split in half to work at two different sites. Below are reflections from each site. What an amazing first day of work in Puerto Rico! The group that went to the school was surprised by the conditions the kids must learn in, especially since we had learnedContinue reading “Our First Full Day”

Wow today has been a crazy day! Our day started by meeting at the airport at 6am for our 8am flight. Check in went smoothly but then there was a long line at security. Our Gesher group had to be separated to go into two different lines. Sarah’s group was stuck in a slow lineContinue reading “We Have Arrived!”