We woke up early to go on a pilgrimage hike. We are going to Quezailica to visit Santa Rosa, a black Christ El Senor de Buen Fin, that was brought by the Spaniards in 16th century. People go there to ask for miracles. In return , pilgrims get a ribbon. After a 4 hour hike, we arrived at the village where there was a big festival in the church plaza. It reminds me of the night market with swarms of people. The locals stared at us as if they have never seen white p...

We arrived safely in San Pedro Sula. On the flight, we were surprised to see the 80% of the flight was filled with volunteers. There were at least 4 or 5 organizations on mission trips. We met up with the rest of the team and got ready for another 3 hour ride to Santa Rosa de Copan. The driver loaded the luggages on top of them and covered them with a green sheet. The guide told us the minimum wage was recently raised to $320 a month. This unfortunately has led ...