Youth Voices: My Eighth Week at CIMMYT!

08/10/2024: Today there was a charity event trip scheduled but it was rescheduled so I got the day off. I ate breakfast, read my Bible, went for a walk, did laundry, and worked on my presentation for Thursday. I also watched a movie and called my sister for a little bit. It's crazy to think that this will be my last Saturday here other than travel day next week. I took an evening walk around the fields before eating supper and it was so peaceful. I think that is one of the things that I will miss the most. It wasn't a very eventful day, except the fore alarm went off in the afternoon because someone was cooking too close to the fire alarm. I liked today though, especially after traveling so much last week, it was so nice to have a break!

08/11/2024: For my last Sunday here at CIMMYT I went to Mexico City! I think that will be my last trip away from CIMMYT other than leaving on Saturday. I read my bible and did my devotional and then headed to the city with a co-worker at 10:00 AM. We went to a pizza restaurant for breakfast and I ate a fruit bowl with yogurt and granola and got a mocha. Then we went to a park and visited some of the markets there to buy gifts for my family. We also toured the house of maize which is located inside the park. It was such a big park that we spent hours walking on the different paths and exploring the different businesses inside of it. Afterwards we went to a bakery and tried a few different pastries and also went to an ice cream shop and tried gelato. I got cookies and cream gelato and it was so good. I also went to the Church of Guadalajara which is the most important and biggest church in Mexico. Since it was Sunday there was a service that I got to watch which was such a cool experience. We ended the day by getting sushi at a restaurant called Moshi Moshi which was also so good, I got an Avocado Roll. Then we drove back home and I was able to get to bed at a good time for work the next day. It was such a good day and an amazing way to end my last weekend here in Mexico. I'm so excited to see what this next week of work will bring me and I'm so excited to get to see my family again!

08/12/2024, 08/13/2024, 08/14/2024, 08/15/2024, 08/16/2024: I spent a lot of my time in the office writing and doing germination testing this week. My supervisor Alberto and my other supervisor Cristian are both on work trips this week so they didn't have any additional work for me other than the manuals and reports they asked me to write. I had to write a manual for the accelerated aging process, for the lab scanalyzer, and write three different reports. I'll definitely be sick of writing once this week is over. On Tuesday, I spent the whole day working on accelerated aging and germination testing one last time...[CONTINUE READING]