Monday, October 02, 2006

El Salvador: Sleepless in Salvador

Log 4

This morning I got up with not much sleep under my belt but we made it to the cathedral on time. Turns out that Molly was sick - she was suffering from a migraine-and had been dropped off at the cathedral. The group split up to experience different parishes around the diocese. John went to one parish and Daniel went to two parishes and I was at the Cathedral. All three of us presided at the mass in Spanish. It was a great service but Molly spent her time in the bathroom. I was happy that I didnt chop up the Spanish too badly.

After the service we went back to the hotel for a 2 hour siesta. I had a great lunch and then took a 45 minute nap. We left the hotel at 2:30 to go to the patron feast of St Michael at a church 30 minutes outside of San Salvador. It was HOT there!

Met up with the archbishop and enjoyed the service. When the bishop baptized a baby boy- He threw lots of water on the 3 year old and scared him so badly he was screaming. He said that when a baby is born a baby cries so when a baby is baptized the baby is ok to cry becase it is part of new life! I had the chance to speak to the crowd along with John and Daniel.

After the service the kids went after the pinata- A Winnie the Poo one - looked like Winnie had broken his neck! After some of us was hit by the blindfolded kids, the Poo Bear finally dropped and kids went CRAZY to get the kids. We boarded the van and headed back to San Salvador viewing a beautiful rainbow over the mountains.

This evening we met with the Archbishop at the hotel to talk about future trips and how we can all work together to further the mission in San Miguel. After the meeting was a yummy dinner in the hotel. Tomorrow is our last day where we will tour the sites having to do with the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero.