So, this weekend we had an amazing opportunity to get to know our fellow volunteers and the community that helps support us while we are here. As most of you know we are participating in a volunteer program (Border Servant Corps) that is based out of Las Cruces and funded by the Peace Lutheran Church. BSC is a small organization and up until this year only had two houses of volunteers - one in El Paso and one in Las Cruces. This year they have expanded and opened a second house in Las Cruces (our house). In total there are 18 volunteers and each of us work in different NGO's in the area that need support but can't afford a full-time employee.
We get together as an entire BSC community twice a month either here in Las Cruces or in El Paso, which is just 45 minutes south of us. In addition to this we also do activities just as a house or as a city. For example this past weekend the Las Cruces houses were invited by members of the church to participate in a 1920's themed progressive dinner. It was a blast. I spend the day with Amy thrift store shopping to find appropriate 1920's attire and then we went from house to house eating a different course at each stop. I was lucky and found a fancy flapperish dress and of course Tucker decided he wanted to be a bumb - great depression stye.
As you can imagine he pulled it off well.
We get together as an entire BSC community twice a month either here in Las Cruces or in El Paso, which is just 45 minutes south of us. In addition to this we also do activities just as a house or as a city. For example this past weekend the Las Cruces houses were invited by members of the church to participate in a 1920's themed progressive dinner. It was a blast. I spend the day with Amy thrift store shopping to find appropriate 1920's attire and then we went from house to house eating a different course at each stop. I was lucky and found a fancy flapperish dress and of course Tucker decided he wanted to be a bumb - great depression stye.
As you can imagine he pulled it off well. 
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