Saturday, July 25, 2015

Friday - July 24

The first house of the day... it was a little boy's birthday.

We spent most of the day visiting more poor homes with our food bag donations, saying prayers, and singing. We went to the community near the St. Ann Church and another community near their school. A notable moment was went we went to an old man's house and prayed with him. However, he insisted that there was a family down the road that needed the food more than him and did not accept it. 


The man who gave his food up for another family.

After a lunch break we walked around delivering food until about 5 PM. 

We returned for mass at St. Ann's, which was just a square. sand-filled courtyard and 3 tents. After mass a live group began playing music and our Brazilian friends tried to teach us some dances. We danced until about 9 PM. When we left, most of the people that were still there followed us out, the majority of which hadn't been dancing, but watch us. It turns out that we were the life of the party. I'm sure they were all amused by our struggles with their dances. 




1 comment:

  1. Chris, thanks for keeping the blog. Yong Suk and I enjoyed the summary of each day's events. Amazing leadership on your part to turn such adverse traveling conditions into a positive experience. I also noted the touch of irony that our girls went there to help the needed, but showed up in need themselves. Still, it looks like they all represented themselves well despite the circumstances. Regards, Pat

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