Sunday began very well. After a 45 min bus ride from Santiago to Batey Libertad, our group stepped off the bus into a society that was completely taboo to what some of us had ever seen. We saw extreme poverty, but yet still a strong since of community, something we dont normally see in such a large society. As the children began to open up to us and vise versa, our group was able to relax and begin to absorb the culture on a higher level than before. We were introduced to our host families, allowing us to further intergrate within the batey. The host families children are past the shock of us being new to their community and allow us to observe their normal, daily interactions. We see fights between siblings and fathers feeding their childen piña (pinneapple). We are no longer guests, and are like trees that watch and interact when invited and neccesary and through this embodyment, we were able to fully migrate into this unique society that the dominicans and haitians in the batey call home.