Companion · Aquí Por Ti

Ten weeks of Aquí Por Ti
— a quiet countdown to July 1.

A weekly Instagram series, leading up to Junípero Serra Day. Each post is a single, restrained moment — a verse, a photograph, a quiet question — designed to invite, not insist. All posts are 1080 × 1080.

10 posts · Weekly cadence · Apr 22 → Jul 1, 2026 · ← Back to the site
Week 01 · KickoffApr 22
I.
A Song of Faith · Mallorca · MMXIII

Aquí Por Ti

A song for a young man who left his island —
and a moment of faith that changed everything.
10 weeks to July 1 @jaimeanglada
Caption — Today we begin a small journey. Ten weeks. One song. #AquiPorTi#JaimeAnglada#JuniperoSerraDay
Week 02 · VerseApr 29
II.
From the song · Verse I

Cuando la tierra
es fría,
pero tu corazón arde.

When the earth grows cold,
but your heart is burning.

Aquí Por Ti Verse I
Caption — The song begins, as all journeys do, with a feeling — a small fire that will not let you stay. #Lyrics#AquiPorTi
Week 03 · CountdownMay 6
Countdown to July 1
VIII
weeks remain
Junípero Serra Day · Jul 1
Caption — Eight weeks until we sing it again, together. #Countdown#JuniperoSerraDay
Week 04 · The StoryMay 13
IV.
How the song was born

A grain of sand,
and a question.

A handful of California sand — and a young man's first moment of faith.

Caption — In 2013, sand from a Californian shore was placed in a singer's hand. He was asked to write a song about a young man's first moment of faith. #OriginStory
Week 05 · ChorusMay 20
The Chorus

Coge mi mano.
Estoy aquí.
Por ti.

Take my hand. I am here. For you.

Caption — Three lines. The whole song, in three lines. #Chorus#AquiPorTi
Week 06 · The SongwriterMay 27
VI.
From the songwriter

“I wrote it in a fever. The song came on its own — I only had to listen.”

— Jaime Anglada · 2013
Caption — Jaime Anglada on writing the song. #JaimeAnglada#Mallorca
Week 07 · The JourneyJun 3
VII.
From an island, across the sea
Petra
Cádiz
The Atlantic
The New Land
Caption — The journey of one young man — from a small island, across an ocean, into the unknown. #Journey
Week 08 · VerseJun 10
VIII.
From the song · Bridge

Fui marinero
por ti.

I was a sailor for you.

Caption — Some things you become only because you love something more than yourself. #Bridge
Week 09 · The PerformanceJun 17
IX.
June 20, 2013 · La Seu, Mallorca

Eight hundred listeners
and a single song.

With the Simfònica de les Illes Balears.
Caption — On the night of June 20th, 2013, the song was sung in the rose-lit nave of La Seu. Watch the full performance — link in bio. #LaSeu#Mallorca
Week 10 · July 1Jul 1
✦ ✦ ✦
Junípero Serra Day · MMXXVI
VII·I

Today, the song
is sung again.

Listen · link in bio
Caption — Today is July 1. Today the song is sung again. Thank you for walking these ten weeks with us. #JuniperoSerraDay#AquiPorTi