San Lucas Day 5 and 6

We skipped dinner at the mission to have Pizza!  We had to order it Gringo style...to make sure they cooked the crust all the way through.

Rita and Justin...from Oak Grove...sanding spoons that the local people hand carved with machettes.

Electrician´s nightmare!

Today (Sunday) we took a boat ride on Lake Atitlan over to Santiago.

  Church in Santiago...the service was so full people were out on the steps.  This is also where Fr Stan Rother was murdered.

Rita going to catch a ride in the Tuc Tuc (taxi) back to the mission.  This is the noise our families have been hearing on the phone.

We had a chance to travel to fincas with Fr John Goggin where we participated in mass...one of the highlights of the trip.

Lesson of the day:  Church is a huge part of the peoples´ lives here in Guatemala.  At all of the churches we have been to...the San Lucas Parish, the finca parish, and Santiago every one shows great reverance during worship.  People come to packed services and are willing to either sit or stand in the aisle, they kneel on the cement floor and sing with no words in front of them.  It has been surprising to us how familiar the mass is even when we can´t understand the words that are being spoken.  Another somos uno moment realizing we are all one .  Conintued peace and blessings to you all.