Sudzal

This past Friday-Saturday we were given the opportunity to visit a pueblo. A pueblo can be just about anything from what i have heard, but it is a small town in Mexico to generalize it. Chelsey, Sarah and I traveled to the small town of Sudzal. We traveled with a seminarista (seminarian) and stayed with a family, just to see what life is like in a different part of Mexico. Generally pueblos are poorer than cities and it was very interesting to see life there.
The family we stayed with had a huge house, but with little furniture. We slept in our hammocks in one huge room that only had a bed in it, but it fit our hammocks quite nicely. The family owned a Panaderia, and we woke up really early Saturday Morning to see how the pan was made. It was very interesting because everything was made by hand. Now we have eaten our fair share of pan dulce but have never seen how it is made, and the way they make so many different varieties with such subtle differences is amazing. The oven they had was a huge oven made from one big stone. The dad told us that it was not made of cement because cement cannot handle the heat, so it was made out of pure stone. Kind of like the ruins we have seen. It was really interesting.
Also in Sudzal we hung out with some of the Youth. There was not much to do there becuase it is really small so we played a lot of basketball and on the playground. It was interesting to talk with the youth because life is different there. There is only one high school and not many opportunities to go to College, only those who have a bit more money can go to college. I cannot imagine how life would be if I could not go to college!
The one other thing that was very interesting to me was that the dad of the family we stayed with worked for the wrangler company. One of the companies who has moved their factories to Mexico for cheap labor. He told us the owner only spoke in English and they had to have translators to communicate with him. He was also very aware of why the company had moved to mexico, because of the cheap labor, he told us straight up it was for the cheap hand. But it was also work he needed, so it is a very strange situation. I do not know anything more about it, but after meeting someone who worked in one of the factories, the issue is all the more real.

That is all I got for now, only four weeks till I return to the United States, and it is hard to believe how fast the time has flown ( although sometimes it feels like it is moving very slowly!) But we are taking advantage of every opportunity left to us!