Being a part of the community

 Trash is a big problem in Mexico.  Fortunately, there is a growing population that is addressing pollution and taking steps to mitigate it.  Today, our village encouraged people to come out and clean up trash around their houses.  We took advantage of the opportunity to get out and do our part.  Here are some pictures from this morning.  Mika helped out as well but didn't get into any pictures.

We decided to focus on an empty lot just to the east of our place.  Most of our neighbors do a great job of keeping their properties clean.  But this lot has been a dumping ground for many years.

Our town is collecting the plastic lids from bottles.  There is a program that gives out money for the lids.  So we removed any lid we found before putting the plastic bottles in trash bags.

Gabriel found an old carpet halfway buried in the dirt.  He finally managed to extract it.

The city garbage truck will come by and pick up our haul.  We picked up a lot more than we had planned, which is good and sad.

Afterwards, we walked down the street and rewarded ourselves with a delicious breakfast at Yoli's place.  Funny how picking up trash this morning brought us together as a family!