Tuesday was an interesting day. As I reached the hogar,
feeling quite overwhelmed with everything going on this week, I wasn’t sure
what to get to first. Since it was Giacomo’s last day here we took some
pictures with the boys which you will see below. At 1130 I went to the convent
for rosary and liturgy of the hours with the sisters and I find a very
different scene. Giacomo is working with some wood and coals trying to get a
fire going and the house was decorated, the chapel as well and a large table
was pulled out to the general living space. It was Hermana Angelina’s Birthday!
I felt so bad I didn’t know about this before and could have brought something
but soon I was BBQ while Giacomo tried to keep the fire going and the rain
started and stopped! Angelina enjoyed all this taking many pictures of us. Two
sisters came to visit from another house and we sat down for lunch with many Brazilian
dishes and the pork and beef and sausages from the grill. The sisters also
pulled out a bottle of wine which gave lots of laughs throughout the meal. The
visiting sisters took us to the center where they work at for a tour of the
grounds. It is an adolescent mothers house where they live with there children
or just before birth. They are all minors and most are rape victims. I didn’t take
pictures here for the protection but it was a moving experience. Girls young as
thirteen, that didn’t have to resort to other methods and are getting educated
and professional help there, they have a sewing machine filled room and a
bakery that they send bread out of every week. It is a blessing. We later went shopping for
Giacomo’s souvenirs and Sister’s birthday present. All in all it was a great
day and lifted my spirits considerably. It seems as the sisters are soon
becoming great friends of mine. I can speak freely with them and they are so
funny and welcoming. They’re my girlfriends that just happen to have to fight
the constant Santa Cruz winds that won’t leave their habits alone :). My
constant blessing. Enjoy the pics!
Giacomo aka Santiago with Rolando, Jandre and I
Decorated Chapel
Hna Maria at the table Hna Angelina laughing and Hna Claudia on the right
The Feast
Us Hard at work
At our celebration meal
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