St. John's Episcopal - New Mexico - 2013

“Quowhatzena” from New Mexico!  That’s how the Pueblo greeting sounds but there is no written language so we are guessing about its spelling.  Yesterday we went on a hike to the Tent Mountains.  It had exotic sites to see.  On the way up the path we found “Apache Tears”.  These are rocks that look like glass.  These stones are native to their land.  Along the way we saw cacti, caves, mountains and  some cliffs that looked layered.  When you look through the pictures that we uploaded you will see rock formations that look like castles.  In one picture you will see Taylor looking up through something like a chimney.  We made it most of the way up the mountain but we had to turn around to get to the Cochiti School on time.

At the school we began work on our service projects with the Cochiti students.  We are working on a large map and a hundreds chart that fill up most of a big tennis court area.  We are also putting some lawn furniture together for a study garden outside of the school.  The money we made from fund raising went to the materials to make this stuff. 

Next we are going to do a pottery class and listen to a storyteller. 

                                                                                                          

By Nia