The first photo is was taken in downtown Arecibo on Wednesday evening. The second was Thursday evening at the beach.

Tonight, we took a walk around downtown Arecibo. This is a photo of one of the oldest buildings in Puerto Rico, a Catholic church built in 1616. Every “city” in PR has a plaza with a Catholic church and a government building.

Tony is an unassuming eloquent man serving time at Misión Bethesda. More information about this organization can be found in my previous post. Tony is in his early 30′s and had moved from the Dominican Republic a few years ago. He had only arrived at Misión Bethesda a few weeks ago, but he is already …

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Today, our group joined another for a side-project. We went to a beautiful beach area outside of Arecibo. The community wanted to improve the aesthetics of their streets, so we painted the curbs white and removed unwanted weeds and plants that were growing on the streets. It was possibly the hottest day so far, but …

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Today was the most memorable day I have had in Puerto Rico. One of the young adults at Misión Bethesda really opened up to me and told me about his life story. To me, it felt like I had earned his trust and friendship. Another man talked to me, saying that he enjoyed me being …

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