Day 6 – Friday – Off to the market

After the emotional roller coaster of saying Adios to our families yesterday, today was light day of fun as a team. We traveled to a street market in a smaller town called Progresso. There we picked up some souvenirs for friends and family back home. While we were offered all sorts of things, we all picked up a few treasures – the most popular were small guitars that the kids bought.

After a brief lunch, we traveled to an orphanage outside of Reynosa.

While it has the title of orphanage, it is closer to a halfway house for kids who are in high risk situations – parents in prison, violent areas, or where their own behavior puts them at risk.


The facility has around forty children, most of them boys.


We played some spirited games of soccer and said goodbye again.

After frisking our team to make sure no family was bringing any extra kids home with them, we headed back to Texas.


Tomorrow we will be up early to travel back to Vermont. This has been a great opportunity. We hope that you will join us next year!

God’s Blessings-
-MJ