Trip to the Hills

Last night we had a very interesting experience at mass. Father Benjamin, the new priest, invited us to go to mass with him in a Finca, (a small community in the hills). It was about 20 minutes away so we rode there in the back of a truck. As we were leaving San Lucas we saw storm clouds were rolling in and it was getting really dark.  And we did not have our rain clothes. We were in the back of a truck with an open top and it started to down pour. The driver pulled over and we got out to hide under a small tin covering. The driver had a tarp to put over the bars of the back of the truck, it looked like a covered wagon. Dave and Alex went in the pouring rain to help our driver. So once it was covered we got back in the truck and finished our way up to the church. Father was there waiting for us to start mass because we were late. The community was very happy to have us join their Mass. They applauded us twice throughout the Mass for being there. There were 30 adults and children from the community there. The rain was so loud on the tin roof that we could not even hear Father. The children ran around slipping, yelling, singing, and making lots of noise throughout the whole Mass.  All the children just stared at us like they had never seen white people before. There was also a woman that was breast feeding two of her children at the same time with her shirt totally off.  The rain was done after church. The children wanted their pictures taken and were climbing on the truck as we were leaving until we got to the gait. It was a very interesting and fun experience. 

We are leaving San Lucas this morning and on our way to Antigua for one night to have a tour and reflection with our group.  

Thanks for the continuous prayers and support from you all.

Kelsey and Kristin and Brady