Spanish soldiers and their families lived in adobe structures along the mission’s north and west walls, while the Lipan occupied some buildings and camped outside the compound. For the Lipan, the mission was a temporary refuge or a place to acquire food when available, and they came and went throughout the year to hunt bison or harvest prickly pear cacti. While there, they were expected to follow a strict routine of daily mass, religious instruction, chores, field labor, and vocational training. To support these efforts, the Spanish brought Christianized Tlaxcalan groups from Mexico to serve as examples to the Lipan. Efforts to convert the Lipan were hindered by their refusal to live permanently at the mission. The Tlaxcalan converts worked in the fields and helped build the acequias used to water mission crops, and their labor was vital to daily operations because the Lipan were reluctant to settle at San Lorenzo. Food shortages were common, and the missionaries struggled to feed the mission population. Archival and archaeological evidence shows that sheep, goats, cattle, chickens, and pigs were brought to the mission, while local game such as deer, rabbits, freshwater fish, and birds supplemented the diet and were likely obtained by the Lipan. Old World spices, sugar, and chocolate were purchased in Mexico, and corn, squash, and melons were also planted with some success.