What was every day life like in the missions

Training all day for the men, Tapestry and gardening for the women.

In the very early days, all of the missions struggled to get established. San Juan Capistrano's beginning was interrupted for a year when Indians attacked and burned the San Diego Mission, and work on the new mission was suspended. When the missionaries returned they gradually developed the mission by recruiting and training neophytes, beginning to plant in the fields and build structures, the first of which was a chapel. Because the mission was in a fertile valley blessed with a moderate climate the mission soon flourished.

Daily life in this small self-contained community was quite busy and regimented.