Today's a break from our normal weekday routine. First, it's market day in the nearby larger city of Tecpan, and some of our group take the chicken bus there to shop and see the sights. Then some go to San Jose Poaquil to see the weaving done by the widows' cooperative there, and buy some from their one-room version of a factory outlet.
Lunch is sliced beef, grilled (in Spanish carne). Not tender, but ultimately chewable.
After lunch we and some of the orphanage kids ride several miles to the outlying chapel at Choantonio for a communion service. Here's a bit of the entrance hymn.
At the conclusion of the service, we present them with a framed print of their patron, St. Anthony.
During fellowship outside, I took what turned out to be one of those brochure "Think of the children!" shots.
Won't you help?
On the ride back, we pass the orphanage kids' school and they start a chant which seems to literally mean "Yay, school!"
Back at the orphanage, we learn that young Ernesto's outpatient surgery for "lazy eye" was a success, and we see him back playing with the other boys.
One of the nuns in our group had to leave for some other commitments in Guatemala, and her place is taken by a fellow who happened to be in Central America on business. He's in the diaconal program in Milwaukee, where our leader had met him.
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