Tuesday...

We arrived at Santa Elena Primary School this morning ready to celebrate mass. I will post some pics from that 1000+ attended service. Most kids aren't Catholic but still participate by singing and listening respectfully. Should have started at 9 and in reality it was 9:45 when we started the first song. The kids sat respectful for that long waiting.

The students each bring out their chairs or benches.  They carry them from the 2nd floor (which is only reached from very steep stairs).  It is so amazing!  The kids sat there with no electronics and not once did I hear, "I'm bored" or "When will it start"....  Not sure I did that well, myself!  :)

Can't begin to explain how much more smooth today went then yesterday!  Again the VBS team did an outstanding job!  We had some fun middle school aged kids and accomplished all we set out to do! I truly can't say enough about everyone pulling together to get it done. Our afternoons have not gone as planned and we haven't been able to get Barb's awesome prayer service to fit which is disappointing. It is such a great one and hopefully we'll get to use it some day!

The seminary maintenance crew sure has spruced up the place. Each day we go for lunch new things have been done! The roof is coming along really well, thanks to a local man we hire to do the work. It is such a blessing to employ the local people to complete projects so that we aren't just swooping in and "saving the day". Plus they've created such a great report and made some great connections for future possibilities.

Tonight's session was about our own spiritual journey and we mapped it out on a time line. Very insightful activity and if you truly put your heart into the activity it sure can be eye-opening! Fr. Leo brought the seminarians and 2 visiting U.S. Seminarians to meet us tonight after our session. I love our relationship with the seminary!