Two years ago, in April of 2016, it was the tail end of a service trip I took with Operation Smile in the city of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Over the course of the previous 10 days I had served as a student volunteer, my job being to prepare children before children before their surgeries for cleft lip and pallets by playing games and taking their mind off of what was to come. I enjoyed every minute of the time I spent with these children and their families and I thought that nothing could be more eventful than those past few days. I was very wrong.

It was one of the last days of the trip and things were dying down as the mission was nearing its end. With a little free time on our hands, my mission partner, sponsor, and I decided to explore this cemetery located right next to the hospital we had volunteered out. It was a 'must-see' according the other volunteers who ventured out to see it in previous days.