tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73195261254061207462024-03-13T06:21:53.122-07:00Our Pilgrimage To EcuadorEvery other year, youth from two parishes make a pilgrimage to Ecuador. This is our story...The Power of Kindnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177858100147217139noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-41872394514624604202018-07-03T15:11:00.000-07:002018-07-03T15:13:12.888-07:00To Mix and Minga, by Brendan P. Smith<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we went to a Minga. The word Minga comes from the language of Quechua which basically means a work day. Around here, a Minga usually involves many local families coming together to help at a working project at someone’s house. Even though we are not a local family, we helped out Angel’s family today. We helped enlarge the area of Angel’s property so that he would be able to expand his house. Their house was very nice for the area that it was in. We had to do a lot of digging up dirt and moving dirt in order to make space. The work was really hard and strenuous. I never knew how heavy dirt could be.<br /><br /> When we got back to The Working Boys Center after a hard morning of work, we had a lot of time until our next activity. I decided to take some time to write in my journal about the day. When I was summarizing the day in my journal I realized that the house we went to the Minga at used to be just a hill. In order to have the nice house they have today, they had to dig a large hole into the hill while also building an actual house by hand. The work we did today was a very small percentage of what the family has to do to make a house. Today’s Minga made me realize that having a nice house in this area takes a very a large amount of time and work. I realized that I had to do nothing in order to have the nice house I live in today. For this family, they had to spend their valuable time, which they could be using to make money to support themselves, in order to have a house that could support a seven person family. I think taking out the trash is an annoying thing to do at my house but for this family and most of the families in this area, they have to work very hard to build their house by hand. After doing a few hours of what this family does on a daily basis, I became more thankful for my house. I have a very big house where I can just relax all day. For this family, like most of the families in this area, they live in a small house where they have to worry about simple things that I don’t even have to think about. Angel’s family had a leaky roof, which I would never have to worry about. This trip has truly been amazing because every day I become more thankful for the wonderful life I have. </span>The Power of Kindnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177858100147217139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-12863264310237533632018-07-01T13:45:00.000-07:002018-07-03T14:54:32.069-07:00Inti Raymi Festival and Otavalo<style type="text/css">
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Yesterday, all the groups (Xavier from Phoenix, Fordham from the Bronx, St. Peter's Prep from New Jersey and us) went on the CMT bus for a day trip to Otavalo. <span style="color: #454545;"> </span>On the way, we stopped at a scenic spot for photos. In the distance, we could see the hot houses where the flowers are grown. Ecuador is famous for the roses that they export all over the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the way, we stopped at a gas station/rest stop for bizcochos y queso, an Ecuadorian snack. Bizcochos are biscuit-like cookies that you eat with cheese that is like fresh string cheese.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Following the rest stop and snack, we headed towards the Laguna de Cuicocha which is past Otavalo and through the town of Cotacachi. Laguna de Cuicocha is a volcanic lake. In year's past, we've gone and taken a boat ride to the center of the lake, where the boat stops and the guide points out the volcanic gases that bubble to the surface. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">As we entered Cotacachi, we happened upon a group of men marching through the streets with distinctive hats, fur chaps, and whips. We tried to by-pass the group, but every street we turned down, there was another group. The streets are narrow and some were blocked off, so transversing this area in the large bus was challenging for Osvaldo. There was a large police presence. They were there to protect the celebrants and divert traffic as needed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> We finally decided to skip the Laguna and go on to Otavalo. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue";">“An annual fiesta of San Juan, San Pedro, y San Pablo (also known as </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inti_Raymi" style="font-family: "helvetica neue";"><span class="s1">Inti Raymi</span></a><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue";">, or the "Sun Festival" in Kichwa) in late June is celebrated in the city, with many different ceremonies and the main event, known as "taking of the plaza", during which the groups of dancers from different communities circle the biggest town square, site of the Municipality and the town Cathedral, several times. Children, men and women have different days assigned to perform the dance. Men's day sometimes degenerates into altercations between various indigenous communities in the area, and is often seen as once a year opportunity for "settling scores", while women's occasional fights are playful and not intended to harm. The indigenous communities, mestizo majority population and the group of expats co-exist uneventfully throughout the rest of the year. The ritual is a temporary enactment of social upheaval via the symbolic storming of the city, remembering ancient rivalries - so ancient, that in fact nobody can tell how exactly did they start.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Distinctive black leather hats for the fiesta are worn by some male participants during the ceremonies and the parade. The <i>San Juan hats</i> have greatly exaggerated, stiff and circular flat brims that extend over the shoulders and crowns that are high, square, and pointed, bearing many types of symbols. Perhaps intentionally, the design also serves to protect wearers from the rocks. Sometimes intervention by police is required if the participants become too rowdy. In the last years the safety of the participants and onlookers greatly improved, due to the careful scheduling and monitoring of the arrival of dancers from different communities to town.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At Otavalo, a lady Marlena who is a friend of the CMT met us at the bus. She and her family sell products at a discount to the groups from the CMT. We followed her to her area and made our purchases. She even offered to take all of our stuff back to the bus for us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is Maria buying Tom's panama hat - a must each year. For reflection, we did "show and tell" where the kids showed us and each other all that they had bought and who they made the purchases for. It was fun!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-54167693151052660702018-06-29T09:11:00.000-07:002018-06-29T09:11:12.992-07:00Contributing to the Family Home, by Maria Cornell<br />
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The Foundation Padre Damien, known to us as Casa Damien, is
a beautiful home for the thirty full time resident inpatients and two hundred
out patients who may from time to time have an extended stay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent our first couple of days catching up
with old friends and acquainting ourselves with the newer residents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any Norte Americano who is a friend of Sr.
Annie’s is a friend of the residents – they love us and welcome us as they
would welcome family!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The women are very talkative, and willing to share about
their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conversely the men share
very little while they play dominoes with unbelievable strategy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hansen’s disease, a disfiguring skin disease
accompanied by debilitating nerve pain, has separated these individuals from
their relatives, they in turn have formed a family at Casa Damien. This family
loves one another by listening, supporting, playing, creating, loving, praying,
and caring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a sense of hope,
peace and joy felt by all upon entering this home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sr. Annie is the figurehead and Germania is
the administrator of Foundation Padre Damien acting as the matriarchs of the
family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are helped by Marjorie the
accountant, Edgar the facilities manager, Jenny, Lisette and Vicky who prepare
three meals a day for the family, Dr. Martinez, nurses, a weekday guard, the
male residents who guard in the evenings and on weekends, and Diego the driver
who also assists with maintenance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
boys cleaned windows, screens, tracks and ceiling fans over three days in the
men’s and women’s sections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The job was
thorough and made it possible for the sunshine to enter the rooms. Everyone
contributes to keep the family home running smoothly!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our boys and Sam immediately became part of this
family!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sabrina and I were returning
home!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have felt incredible internal
peace and joy since arriving in Ecuador and have really enjoyed living in the
moment and getting to know our boys, the residents, staff and volunteers in
Guayaquil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Reconnecting with the staff at Centro del Muchacho
Trabajador has been joyous yet bittersweet as there are many changes currently
taking place.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our boys continue to amaze me with their insights,
camaraderie, appreciation, compassion, understanding, and pure joy! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you families for entrusting your young men to our
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<span lang="EN">This morning (yesterday) we were able to sleep in, and in
that time we could also start to explore the working boys center. We made our
own breakfast and brought our dirty clothes to the laundry so they could be
cleaned. Our day truly started when we went to the graduation of the students
at the Working Boys Center. Already I could tell that this would be a different
experience that at Casa Damian, but I also knew that it would be a good
experience nonetheless. The graduation, or clausura, was chaotic and loud, but
the point got across. Personally I felt some nostalgia for my own 8th grade
graduation. After the graduation we were invited to stay for mass, but this
mass was completely different from the one that I was accustomed to back home.
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speaking, but when ever a song came on, everyone focused and started singing
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<span lang="EN">After mass we ate, picked up our laundry, and set off to do one of the
coolest things I’ve ever done in my life. We went to the equator. The bus we
took to get there was packed, and I guess that just means that the public
transportation is popular in Quito. We went to an open air indigenous museum
and got to see houses and other virtues the my bad. It shocked me how
incredibly developed the houses were. Our guide explained that they had
thermal insulation and were waterproof. I also can’t believe that they eat
guinea pigs. I find it disgusting because I once had a guinea pig, but most of
the other kids were dying to try it. Finally, we got to see the equator, and
got to try a bunch of activities that could only be done there. We tried to
walk across the equator in a straight line with our eyes closed, but it was
impossible. Overall the equator was really cool and I’m glad I got to see it.
Quito and Guayaquil are definitely two complete different places, and not just
geographically, but I can’t wait to see what’s in stored here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Today, we went to the "clausura," a ceremony to recognize those who were graduating or being promoted to the next grade. Teachers and the year-long volunteers were also honored.<br />
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This the soccer field outside of the comeador (the dining room) which is really a multi-purpose room as it houses a kitchen, dining area, ceremonies and Mass. </div>
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Here are some students receiving their diplomas.</div>
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And some teachers doing a folk dance.</div>
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After the clausura and Mass at 12:00 pm, we ate lunch together, picked up our laundry, then took a city bus to Mitad del Mundo (the middle of the world). The city bus normally drops us off right in front of Mitad, but today, it dropped us off in the pueblo of Mitad del Mundo, then the bus guy pointed in the direction of the museum. We started walking - about 1 mile, uphill, with an altitude of 9500 feet. Needless to say, I needed to rest a few times along the way. </div>
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The Mitad del Mundo museum is the touristy one. It was created by Europeans in the 1700's when they thought they found the equator - they didn't. This site is commercial and expensive, and not really on the equator. However, a several years ago, we discovered the Museo de Intiñan which is an indigenous run museum which is much more culturally sensitive. It also is the site of the "true" equator at 0'0'0'.</div>
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Here's the boys at the entrance.<br />
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We had an excellent tour guide, named Diego who had a sense of humor and shared the culture with us. </div>
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Sam straddling the northern and southern hemispheres.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-42168817307902790042018-06-28T19:07:00.001-07:002018-06-28T19:09:11.832-07:00Travel & OrientationsWednesday, June 27th we flew to Quito from Guayaquil. Germania, Nathan, Ishmael and Jocelyn came to the airport with us to help us navigate check in and baggage drop. We got to our gate with a few minutes to spare, so the boys bought some food for the flight.<br />
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The flight was totally uneventful and we were only in the air for 33 minutes.<br />
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Upon our arrival in Quito, the chaperones and some girls from Xavier High School in Phoenix were there to greet us. Osvaldo came to pick us up in the CMT (El Centro del Muchacho Trabajador - in English we call it the "Working Boys Center") bus. Incidentally, the girls from Xavier are the only girls here! There are two other groups; one from Fordham Prep and another from St. Peter's Prep. Chaperones from those groups are old friends from our previous trips, which is kinda fun.<br />
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Caitlin McGuire, the new community outreach/group coordinator was here at the volunteer house to greet us. After we unloaded the bus, we were given the keys to our rooms. Benjamin, Ryan M., Chicco, and Charlie are rooming together again, and Ryan T., and the two Brendan's are rooming together again as well.<br />
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We had a brief house orientation, then Caitlin went over our schedule with Sam, Maria and I. Later, we got a kitchen/food prep orientation, then got to make our name tags. In between, Rodolfo gave us a tour of the CMT school and the talleres (the workshops). In recent years, because of some financial difficulties, the CMT has had to close some of the technical training workshops. There used to be 7, now there are four that remain; beauty shop, sewing, auto mechanics and carpentry. It used to be that they were segregated by sex as well, but now, both boys and girls can choose any of the four programs.<br />
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The boys making their name tags. Judy started a competition. We'll vote on the best one on July 3rd, then the winner will get a prize.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Immediately following the despedida, Germania asked us to help the ladies get back to their home. I walked Elvia and her mother, Manuelita back. When I returned to the men’s side, Etilo was there talking with Maria and Nathan. Maria had reminded him that we had first met him<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>years ago with his wife. He played and she sang for us. She died about 5 years ago and Sr. Annie asked him to come live at Damien House so that he wouldn't be alone. When I arrived, Etilo literally jumped up in the air. He said that Sr. Annie keeps telling him not to jump because she is worried that he will hurt himself. But he explained that he was so happy to see me. He has the most innocent and beautiful spirit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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The statue of Simón Bolivar and Jose San Martín who are credited with victory over the Spanish and gaining independence for the people of South America.<br />
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The canons at the head of Las Peñas. These protected the city from pirates during colonial times.</div>
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After walking through Las Peñas, we came upon an upscale neighborhood with hotels and restaurants called Puerto Santa Ana.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-35275204410243591912018-06-28T16:49:00.000-07:002018-06-28T16:49:19.912-07:00Contrast, by Ryan McAfee
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Contrast<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Shopping malls</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">And cane houses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Contrast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Razor sharp contrast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">It makes you think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">New cars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">And old bicycles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Bone chilling contrast.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">It makes you feel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Water for decoration</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">And water to live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Ugly, horrible contrast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">It forces you to believe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Never stop thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">That’s when problems have no solutions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Never stop feeling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">That’s when the oppressed are forgotten.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">And never stop believing,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Because that’s when the contrast becomes permanent.</span></div>
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Today, we had the unique opportunity to visit a neighborhood which is about 1 hour outside of Guayaquil called, El Rincon. There are about 300 people living in this village which has no running water, no wifi signal, no paved roads and little electricity. El Rincon, despite the primitiveness, was beautiful.</div>
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This community is connected with the Fundacion because there is a high rate of Hansen's disease patients living there. The community is made up of rice farmers. Rice is grown in stagnant water. In order to plant the rice, men stay in the water in more than knee high water. Because of their weakened immune systems due to poor nutrition and lack of rest, Hansen's disease spreads in the community rapidly. The connected between Damien House and this community is through a woman named, Teresita. She is the mother of four. She and three of her children have Hansen's disease. Once diagnosed, she became an advocate for the community and has worked with Germania and Sr. Annie to get doctors to come to the community and regular medical care for her neighbors. Women are mostly confined to their homes, but Teresita's husband has allowed her to become a leader in the community. We were welcomed by her, her children and grandchildren and neighbors. </div>
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We've never visited this community before. Above is an example of a typical home in this neighborhood. The blue drums are used for water. A water truck comes by once a week to deliver potable water which is used for bathing, cooking and cleaning. There were tons of animals - dogs, pigs, chickens, turkey's and ducks roaming freely.</div>
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This community has a small school with three classrooms. There are about 60 children who attend the school from age three to 7th level (which is about age 9). After that, if the family can afford it, the children can go to the collegio (high school), but few, if any, will go to universidad (college). The school is kept nice and clean by the families whose children attend. </div>
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After seeing the school, one of Teresita's sister-in-laws welcomed us into her home and made us empanadas. They were super yummy and different than any empanada I had every eaten. </div>
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Following our treat, the community invited our boys to the soccer field to play a game against the local jovenes (young men). Below is Maria walking with Teresita. </div>
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Upon our arrival back at the Fundacion, we had lunch - fried fish, rice, lentils and salad with patacones. Following lunch, the boys cleaned the fans in the women's and men's buildings while Maria and I helped the ladies with their sewing project.<br />
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Nathan will be returning to Philadelphia (his home town) on July 4th. Following that, he will be doing 3 mission co-op appeals for Sr. Annie. The first in Fort Wayne, Indiana, next San Diego, then in Saratoga on August 18-19. Sr. Annie will still not be able to travel so Nathan has agreed to take these dates as she had already agreed to speak in these parishes. (Carmella Huser, Brendan P.'s grandmother will also be speaking in Saratoga). I woud love for our group to visit Nathan during the weekend of August 18-19 and support Carmella! I will organize this when we get home!<br />
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Because of these speaking engagements, Nathan is planning to take these butterflies with him. The ladies asked for help making these today, so Maria and I jumped into the "sewing clatch" to help. We kept joking that the Americans were making Ecuadorian butterflies. Here's the one I made. I started another one that I hope to finish tomorrow.<br />
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Here's a selfie with Sr. Luz. She has a face and voice like an angel.<br />
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At 4:00 pm today, the Rotary Club from La Puntilla (a wealthy area right outside of Guayaquil) donated a freezer to the Damien House and came to present it formally to the Fundacion. Here they are accepting it. Germania is on the left.<br />
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For dinner tonight, we made grilled ham and cheese or turkey and cheese sandwiches at the hostel. We bought chifles (plantain chips) and yuca chips with tomate de arboles and bananas for the kids.<br />
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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Last night I took some time to reflect on the week. I remembered asking Sabrina at lunch on Saturday about why she decides to come back to Ecuador every other year instead of going to a new place each time. She told me that every single time she has gone to Ecuador she feels like she is at home. Over the last couple of days I've spent at the Damien House, I've started to understand why Sabrina feels this way. Everyone at the Damien House welcomed us into their home and made us comfortable. Whenever I walk past someone they say hola or buenos dias with a huge smile on their face. Every day I always get excited to see the patients and their beautiful smiles. I am beginning to feel at home at the Damien House. I felt at home playing dominos with Maximo. I felt at home when we had dinner with the women. The positive energy of the women at the table really made me feel joy even with the language barrier. I feel like I am at home with my second family.</span></div>
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picked us up at 8:15 am to head to the Cathedral in Guayaquil for Mass. There
is Mass on Sunday’s every hour on the hour, at 7:00 am, 8, 9, 10, etc. all the way
until 5:00 pm. We arrived about 20 minutes early so decided to visit the iguana
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The park is filled with iguanas, turtles and fish in ponds.
They hang out in the trees so you have to be careful that they don’t fall on
you or poop on you. The boys took to calling this “the splash zone” and avoided
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Mass was lovely. Of course it was entirely in Spanish, but
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">d a bit to see some of the statues and shrines that were present.
They have a beautiful area dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint
of the Americans and St. Narisa and St. James (Santiago), the patron of
Guayaquil. We didn’t have much time since the next Mass was about to begin so left.
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Diego was waiting in the van for us. He dropped us off at
the Hostal so that we could change into work clothes. Then we walked back to
the Foundation for our work project. Today, the boys are cleaning all the
screens and windows of the men’s section with Diego and Charlie (the
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">While we were playing, Nathan asked Maria and I to help the
women (Lisette and Jenny) in the kitchen making salad for lunch. They had made
puree de papas (mashed potatoes) and pollo rostado (roast chicken) for lunch
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">When everyone had finished eating, Germania told us her
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Today was a work day. It started out with us walking to Casa
Damien this morning at 8:30 am following our breakfast of corn flakes, papaya
and yoghurt (which is all eaten together in a cereal bowl). Upon arrival,
Nathan gathered Edgar and his son, Charlie to lead us in our projects. Edgar
and Charlie work at Damien House at maintenance staff. The boys along with Sam
were paired up to take down screens and windows from the women’s house and
clean them and put them back. We asked Germania and Edgar to give a
demonstration. That was met with strange looks as they assumed that our boys
would know what to do, however, in my experience, the folks in Ecuador do
things differently than we would back home and I’d rather they be shown the way
that was expected rather than have they do it incorrectly!<br />
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Edgar giving the boys a tutorial.<br />
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Let the cleaning begin. (They wore masks because the windows were really dirty and dusty).<br />
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While this was happening, Maria and I were pulling weeds and
cleaning up the plants in the garden area. They have many tropical plants in
pots down an aisle between two buildings. It was good work for us, even though
I had an allergic reaction to the lemon grass plant which resulted in red
scratch marks all over my arms. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Yesterday, Ester had volunteered to cook dinner for us, so
it was decided that today she would fulfill that promise! She, Maria Elena and
Sr. Luz spent a few minutes deciding on the menu and while the boys had a snack
of empanadas, said ladies along with Maria and I walked to the supermarket
across the street and bought the ingredients for chuletas (pork chops –
marinated in olive oil, garlic, oregano, cumin, water, sautéed onions), menestra
(a stew of red beans), ensalada (salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, yellow
peppers) and patacones (plantains) and an avocado the size of a softball. We
also bought the ladies a table top charcoal grill in order to cook the pork
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We had lunch – arroz con pollo, menestra and arroz blanca
with queso. The boys were so tired by this time that we decided to let them
rest a little in the dining room. While some were sleeping Brendan P. asked me
questions like; Why do I keep coming back to Ecuador? Why do I want to bring
kids here? Do I ever plan to live here? Things like that. I’m happy to share
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Following the little siesta, the boys continued cleaning
windows, we continued gardening. At about 4:00 pm, Maria and I walked back to
the hostal to shower before dinner then walked back. When we got back, the boys
were finished with their project, so Sam and Nathan walked back with them to
shower. When they returned, dinner was just about finished, but we took about 15
minutes to reflect upon the qualities of a friend, then we related those to
Jesus.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Abel getting the coals going for our dinner. Ester wanted to set this grill in the kitchen, inside the house (this is totally normal in Ecuador), but made Maria and I really uncomfortable. After I explained to her that in the U.S. we would never cook over fire in the house, she allowed us to move the fire outside. </div>
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Dinner was served. While everyone was eating, Nathan
commented that our group was the first that the ladies had ever cooked for in
this way. It was a great honor to be welcomed into their home as family. I told
the boys that since they cooked, we needed to clean. Ryan T., Chicco and
Brendan E. washed dishes, Benjamin, Brendan P., Ryan, and Charlie dried the
dishes. As we were returning all the dishes to the main kitchen, Benjamin,
Chicco and Brendan E. and I had made the first trip. Benjamin said to me, “Is
it really true that they had never cooked for another group before?” “Yes, that’s
what Nathan said” I said. Then, he replied, “wow, it is really a great honor
that this happened. I told you that we were your best group, Sabrina!” <o:p></o:p><br />
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Abrazos and besitos (hugs and kisses) to the ladies,
especially Sr. Luz, Ester, and Maria Elena, plus Germania, Abel and Jocelyn. Duermes
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Today was very difficult for me. Even though this is my fifth trip to Ecuador, I saw and realized things today that I hadn't before. </div>
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We began the day by walking to the foundation at 8:30am. Once we arrived, we divided the group into two - Brendan P. & E., Ryan Truby, Chicco and Sam went to play dominos with the men, while Maria and I were plus Ryan, Benjamin and Charlie played Chinese checkers with the women. Nathan translated for us, while Jocelynn, Abel’s sister translated for the others.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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We played Chinese checkers with Ester, Leonora, and Elvia. Ester is a pro, she can spot a good move a mile away. Elvia is developmentally disabled plus her right hand is pretty disfigured as a result of Hansen’s. Nathan reminded us that playing didn’t have to be "by the rules” it was just as important that she be playing and that the movement of her hands was therapy in and of itself. Leonora had difficulties seeing the colors of the marbles, also playing by the rules, but fun was had by all the women especially Ester who had a hard time pronouncing “Ryan.” It was much easier for her to say “Brian” so since he was playing with green marbles, we gave him the nickname “verde.” The extraordinary care that was shown to the women, especially Elvia and Leonora was Christ-like. Elvia "won" the game after she had placed all her marbles "home." Woohoo! You should have seen her face light up!</div>
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Maria played jacks with Mercedes and Sr. Luz while Blanca looked on. Sr. Luz was giddy as she was trying to get Mercedes to play and exercise her hands and motor skills. Again, it was more important to <i>play</i> rather than <i>play right.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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While eating, Fr. Marcel shared that he had first visited the foundation when he was in high school, about 25 years ago. Also during high school, they showed him a film about Padre Damien of Molokai and he decided to become a priest of the order of the Sacred Heart, the same congregation that Fr. Damien belonged<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to. Five years ago, Sr. Annie asked him to say Mass at the Fundación Padre Damien. Immediately following that Mass, Blanca (who is now near death), convinced him to come every week to say Mass. That was five years ago and he's been coming every week.</div>
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When we returned, we got in the van to go to Nuevo Mundo. Nuevo Mundo is a unique school. Here's a brief description of the model. In the morning program families pay tuition - $500 per month. The program offer the International Baccalaureate program (like what's offered at Sequoia High School). Then, there is an afternoon program which is for economically disadvantaged. Families pay $19.71 per month for the afternoon program. </div>
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While there we met Pat McTeague who had founded the school with Sonia. Pat had been a BVM but had left the order. She and Annie had lived together for 9 years but decided that they get along better not living together. They all this split their "divorce." Pat gave the boys an awesome “pep talk” to inspire them to follow God’s path for them (but, to become teachers). In one day, they were inspired to be either priests or teachers, we’ll see what happens.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Education is the only thing that can change lives. </div>
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At Nuevo Mundo, Abel lead us on a tour. We visited Jocelyn’s class and paired up with her classmates so that they could practice their English with us.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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We saw Abel and Germania’s homes and a man fishing in a garbage filled canal, with another man a minute away selling those same fish at a make shift market on the side of the road. We also saw a dog, dead and bloated on the side of the road with legs stretched to heaven. How does a world become so divided between the haves and have nots? How can this extreme poverty be allowed to continue? How can we work to alleviate this? As Pat says, “education is the only thing that leads one out of the cycle of poverty.” </div>
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hung out with the patients at Casa Damien and went to mass in their chapel, we
all got in the Casa Damien van and drove to Samborondón. We could already tell
that </span>Samborondón<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> was a unique and gorgeous place before we even entered the
town. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once in the town we saw gated
communities lining the right side of the town, a mall that looked as if only
the best could enter, fast food restaurants that were surprisingly fancy (it
was weird to see a McDonalds that looked like a high-end restaurant), and parks
and fields that were turfed and kept clean. As we drove in to </span>Samborondón<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> there
were large water fountains with beautiful statues that were bright and
glistening in the sun. We visited a school called<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Nuevo Mundo </span>that makes Woodside High school look as if
it needs new classrooms and buildings. At the school we talked to the kids who
attend Nuevo Mundo. The kids we talked to were in tenth grade and if they performed
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>exceptionally well on their exams they
would move on to high school and into the morning classes. If a child does not
place in the top portion of their class scoring wise, then they cannot move
onto high school at Nuevo Mundo. The kids who cannot move on to high school
have the option to attend high school at a public school. The primary classes (elementary
and middle school) were held in the afternoon and obviously called the afternoon
classes. We split off into groups with two people from our group and five kids
from the classroom sitting in a circle and just talking. We all learned what
they like to do, and they learned what we like and activities we enjoy doing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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an absolute trip, I do not think anyone expected the town to look like that based
on what we were told about Ecuadorian towns not being as modern or updated as
towns or cities in the United States. Seeing </span>Samborondón<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> first made Durán a
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no access to running water, buildings are broken down and old, there a stray
dogs and cats running everywhere, tons of garbage in the canal, no fast food or
any fancy restaurants. Some people cannot even afford a home in </span>Durán<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, so they
live in shacks made out of bamboo, and planks of wood. To get water, a water
truck goes around delivering barrels of water to people who then put it on top
of their roofs and attach it to a pipe where the water would flow through when
needed. The parks were broken down, dirty, and there was hardly any plants or
greens anywhere. </span>Durán<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> had the fields of rice plants, that were usually swamps
during the rainy season, but there was garbage just lying on the side of the
fields that would mix in with the fields come the rainy season. There was one
school in Durán which is a preschool. That preschool holds about fifty
children, and it feeds into Nuevo Mundo. We were told that the preschool was
built because the parents could not afford to have child care so the toddlers
and young children were home alone by themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="color: black;">As you can tell </span><span style="color: black;">Samborondón</span><span style="color: black;"> and Durán are such
different places even though they were only separated by a bridge. To me it
made no sense in how </span><span style="color: black;">Samborondón</span><span style="color: black;"> has water running through their fancy statues,
and in Durán people don’t even have access to running water from pipes. This
all reminded me of a book called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Hunger Games</i> written by <span style="background: white;">Suzanne Collins. In </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hunger Games </i>there are two separate classes; the rich and the poor. The rich are separated from the poor with a wall around their
city and they only live in luxury. The poor have to struggle to survive and
make a living, while living in worse conditions and farming food for the rich. There
are similarities between the book and the two towns and it blows my mind because
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hunger Games </i>is supposed to be a
dystopia, the worst case scenario where the world takes a turn for the worst. Seeing
this confused me on why </span><span style="color: black;">Samborondón </span><span style="color: black;">just didn’t help out Durán, because they
had much more and look as if they could give to Durán to improve people’s
lives. Today really changed my and I think all of our perspectives on how good
some people have it and how little others have and that we can all do something
no matter how big or small to help out others who are not nearly as fortunate as
us.</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Today was the second day of our pilgrimage in Ecuador. We woke up bright and early to the same breakfast as always, eggs and toast. Then we headed to Casa Damien and met up with the patients. I went to the men’s area and was confused when I saw no one playing dominoes. Once I said the singular word “Domino” all the men got up and fetched their buckets. After playing (and winning) both rounds of dominoes we headed to mass. One of the patients plays the accordion and led the music in today’s mass. Everyone was given a maraca or tambourine to play along with him. It was the most fun I have had at mass in my life. After mass we went to the kitchen and ate a delicious traditional Ecuadorian meal prepared by the staff at Casa Damien. Once lunch was over we got on the bus and went to Nuevo Mundo (new world) school. We got a tour of the beautiful campus and met Pat the woman behind it all. The goal of the school is to give a quality education to kids who normally wouldn’t receive one. We broke up into small groups and talked to the kids to practice their English. Nuevo Mundo is located in a city called Samborondón which is one of the wealthiest places in all of Ecuador. Every house was a mansion and was located on a gated community with many armed guards at the gates. It felt as if we were driving through Miami or Palm Springs. I saw the most architecturally beautiful Wendy’s and McDonalds I have ever laid my eyes upon. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_582857692" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">15 minutes later</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">we arrived in Durán, which was in stark contrast. Fifteen minuets separated people who use water as a decoration from people who would kill for a bottle. The expensive houses were made out of concrete but were rarely finished. Other houses were made out of Sugar cane or scrap metal. The canals were filled with trash and the streets were littered with stray dogs and cats. Many kids ran around without parents but very few parents were without kids. The conditions that these people live in seem unbearable to me. I don’t know how they do it and continue to be some of the nicest most hopeful people I have ever met.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-45169885511880628312018-06-21T19:11:00.000-07:002018-06-25T19:11:29.720-07:00PresenceAfter an incredibly tiring and stressful 24 hours of travel. We had an amazingly peaceful day filled with God moments and Holy Spirit filled inspiration.<br />
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A lesson learned (or re-learned) today came from Sr. Luz, an nun in the congregation of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart from Aqua de Dios in Colombia. This religious order was founded specifically for women who had Hansen's disease. Sr. Luz herself has the disease and had been treated for Hansen's off and on for years. Now she is a resident at Damien House. She reminded us all that as spiritual people, we shift our thinking from what we want for our lives to what God wants us to do with our lives. How do we show love to all we meet? Hoe do we remain present to all God wants of us? How do we remember to let God speak through us? I believe it is in being present to the moment. As Fr. Boyle says, "we miss so much 'now' because we are rushing to the 'next.'" This "being present to the moment is a constant mantra on this trip. Fr. Boyle reminds us that God doesn't want anything <i>from</i> us, only <i>for</i> us. So he wants us to experience all that we've been given, to have radical encounters with people who are different from us, and even with people we encounter on a daily basis.<br />
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Our day today consisted of a tour of Damien House, unpacking and sorting the donations that were so generously given by St. Matthias parishioners and the families of the young men on the trip, playing dominos with the men, eating lunch and connecting with old friends.<br />
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Jenny, Lisette and Vicky.<br />
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Nathan and Germania.</div>
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The boys packing and sorting again.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-84669072860132638872018-06-21T18:47:00.002-07:002018-06-21T18:47:54.456-07:00Our First Day at Casa Damien, by Charlie Gillet<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">
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Today (6/21/18) was our first full day in Guayaquil. After breakfast, we walked to Casa Damien, a house specialized for people with Hansen’s disease, or sometimes referred to as leprosy. We entered a room with our guide, Nathan, and we all introduced ourselves to each other. Nathan told us about the effects of Hansen’s disease and about how the patients at Casa Damien contracted the disease. He also explained to us how people with Hansen’s disease have been treated and stereotyped in the past, including in stories from the Bible. These stereotypes have caused many people to have a fear of being around people with Hansen’s disease. However, the patients at Casa Damien seemed to me like regular people, and they were very friendly towards us and there was nothing about them that intimidated me. </div>
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In the morning, we met the female patients and we all greeted and introduced ourselves to each other. We asked all of them about their lives and how they became a part of Casa Damien, and we heard that some of them had been living there for as long as 22 years. After lunch at Casa Damien, we introduced ourselves to the male patients. They gladly welcomed us and we played many rounds of dominoes with them. I was glad to see that all of the patients were very joyful and grateful to be able to live in Casa Damien, as many of them had much worse living conditions before they came to Casa Damien. It was clear that Casa Damien changed the lives of the patients there for the better, and I am glad that we will be able to help and spend time with the patients.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-91004939329497724642018-06-21T18:46:00.001-07:002018-06-21T18:46:56.851-07:00The Journey Here, by Benjamin Schembri
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We left on Tuesday June 19th. The plane was from American airlines. The plane departed San Francisco at 10:35pm. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>time on the plane was good watching movies and sleeping even though I only slept 2 hours. Before I knew it we were already in New York. We had a 4 hour lay over which was nice because we could sleep at the airport. I think I was the only one who slept but everyone seemed like they were having a good time. Next thing we knew we were on the plane to Miami. This flight was only a 2 hour flight which you would think is a relief but after the first hour and a half I started to get air sick. Luckily we were close to the ground and we landed. I was so relived that we made it to Miami! We had a 2 hour lay over. It was okay but we had to travel across the air port so It was more like a 1 hour layover. We got on the plane and while I was walking down the aisles I looked over at the seats and found out there were no tv’s!!! I was so looking forward to finishing my movie. So then I started to talk to the people on the sides of me. The person on the left of me was coming from Switzerland and he said he was in a gap year in college and he was coming to Ecuador for 2 months to learn Spanish. The person to the right of me was an Ecuadorian. I was talking to him about why he is coming to Ecuador and he said that he was coming back to his family, and couldn’t wait to see his family. While we were flying over he was pointing out every city. Then finally we made it to the Guayaquil airport. We went though customs. When we got out of customs we met Nathan and Germania. They took us to the hostel and we got<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to our rooms then went to bed.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>The next day we had to get out of bed at 8:00am and head down to breakfast. We had eggs, ham and toast it was a very small portion. Nathan came to take us to Damien house. We walked there and It was just around the corner. When we got their we went through the gate and went to the art room. We all got chairs out and learned da few things about Nathan, he started to talk to us about leprosy that it was not contagious and we should refer to it as Hansens disease. Then we went to the women living quarters to talk to them. First thing we did with them is introduce ourselves to them. It was hard speaking in Spanish but we all were able to pronounce it. While<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the women were introducing then selves to us Nathan would translate. All the ladies were very nice they explained were they lived in the parts of Ecuador. They showed us their living quarters. The next thing we did was have lunch. The lunch was rice with beans mixed in ,beef ,fried plantains, and some cheese. After lunch, we went to the mens place and played dominos with them for an hour and a half. The guy I was playing with was 97. I had a great time playing with them. After that we went to the supermarket to get food. We got food but most of the food their was cheap and different. Then we came to the hostel and ate dinner. After dinner Charlie and I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>went to typing and all the other boys<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>were playing phase 10 with Maria. The end. Love you mom and dad and family.</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-15882209184238293842018-06-21T07:04:00.002-07:002018-06-21T07:04:48.117-07:00Breakfast This morning, we had breakfast at Hostel Quil, where we are staying. As soon as I walked in Melissa greeted me with an warm <i>abrazo</i> (a hug) and said that she remembered me. Even though I haven't been here in 2 years, we are remembered. See, another reason why these are my people. Another example of radical kinship that Fr. Greg Boyle talks about in his book (see last night's post for the title).<br />
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Here's the group at breakfast! We are alive and ready to go!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-73655412988133247582018-06-21T06:56:00.001-07:002018-06-21T06:56:08.331-07:00I'm back with my people.Last Sunday, June 17th at the 10:30 am Mass, when the group was blessed, long time parishioner, Pam Tavernier said to me, "you must be so excited, you get to go back to your people!" In the moment, all I could do was smile and agree. Upon arrival, those same feelings of "home" came flooding back - the same feelings I have every time I come to Ecuador. The first trip, I experienced a flood of emotions - from gratitude, to joy, to amazement, to excitement, to anticipation, all with tears - as we rode on the bus from the airport in Quito to the Working Boys' Center. The feeling has changed slightly, because now there are relationships formed and the flood of emotions is deeper because it is mixed with an overwhelming joy at seeing friends, those who host us and treat us as guests, nay, long lost family members when we are here. That flood of emotions and tears came back full force tonight when I saw Germania and Nathan waiting at arrivals for us in Guayaquil.<br />
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Germania works with Sr. Annie at Damien House. She will eventually take over leadership of the Foundation when Annie retires. Nathan was a Rostro de Cristo volunteer and has been here for 3 years, he is currently discerning whether to stay here or return to the U.S. They will be our guides while we are here.<br />
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When we arrived to our gate in Miami in our Ecuador Pilgrimage T-shirts, an older gentleman and his wife said, "ah, Ecuador" and proceeded to ask us what we were going to be doing in Ecuador. He said that he and his wife are from Cuenca and he urged us to visit there. Come to find out, they sat in the row with me. Their names are Jose and Zoela. So sweet and they shared so much of their lives with me. Jose spoke English about as much as I spoke Spanish which enabled us to have a conversation. They have 5 daughters, 2 sons, all of whom live in the U.S. They lived in the U.S. for a number of years, in New York, then Minneapolis. They were returning home from a vacation to visit their children and 10 grandchildren. Jose told me, "we don't have anything" when I asked about where they lived, but went on to tell me about the vegetables they grow (potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes, celery and carrots) and the animals they have (a cat, a dog, 3 cows, many chickens, guinea pig and rabbits) and how the food produced in Ecuador (like the U.S.) has many chemicals, which he doesn't agree with, hence grows his own food.<br />
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I also met Jake who is a young father of a 2 year old boy. He asked Brendan E., who was sitting in front of him, why we were wearing the t-shirts. Brendan explained to him that we were going on a mission trip. I filled in some details - and Jake expressed his passion for helping people. He later shared that he served as a logistics specialist in the US Army. He is coming home to Guayaquil to visit his father who he hadn't seen in 7 years.<br />
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During the plane rides, I read about 1/2 of Fr. Gregory Boyle's new book, "Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship." What an inspiring book! Full of stories of his ministry at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, he shares stories of "homeboys" and their search for wholeness in lives that are more broken than most of us can imagine. There are so many great nuggets of wisdom in this book. I couldn't help but think about what we are about to experience over these next several days in light of his stories. Parents, I recommend reading this book to be inspired.<br />
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These are just some of the stories that make me love this place. People who are open, willing to share, and interested in what we are up to and why we are traveling here. They share there faith, their lives and their trials with us. So for these reasons, I'm back with my people.<br />
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Sorry - I didn't get photos today, but I will tomorrow!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-22596095244324792922018-06-19T12:05:00.001-07:002018-06-19T12:08:50.205-07:00Surprise! Delayed Departure TimeWell, I woke up this morning at 3:00 am ready to get up and adam for our early morning flight to Miami from SFO to a message from American Airlines saying that our flight had been cancelled and we had been rebooked on new flights. Stepped into "notification mode" to alert families to go back to bed, stay home, don't go to the airport then, but rather at 7:30 pm tonight!<br />
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In addition to having an extra stop on our itinerary (we're now flying to JFK, then MIA and on to Guayaquil), we have more travel time and we lose a day.<br />
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When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. We'll make the best of the situation, have the day to relax, and meet at the airport tonight!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-55897983025095204932018-06-10T11:49:00.001-07:002018-06-10T11:49:35.254-07:00Our Next Pilgrimage - 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On June 19th, 2018 our next group leaves SFO bright and early for our flights to Guayaquil, Ecuador. Our group consists of Sabrina Harper (that's me!), Maria Cornell, Sam Hutkins as chaperones and seven young men, Chicco Adamo, Benjamin Schembri, Charlie Gillet, Ryan McAfee, Ryan Truby, Brendan P. Smith and Brendan E. Smith (yes, there are TWO Brendan Smith's in the group). All told, Benjamin's older brother, Noah, Charlie's older sister, Eva and Brendan P.'s grandma have done this trip before. It is such an honor that parents would trust their children with us again!<br />
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This year's trip will be different. Sr. Annie recently had two knee replacement surgeries and is recovering at the BVM motherhouse in Dubuque, Iowa. She is not able to fly until August so won't be at Damien House to accompany our group. But, we have a Rostro de Cristo volunteer there named Nathan who is planning an amazing trip for us! We'll be there from June 19-27th then head to Quito!<br />
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In Quito, we'll be staying at the Working Boys' Center (El Centro del Muchacho Trabajador). Although Madre Miguel and Padre Juan are still there, there has been some reorganization due to financial constraints, and new legislation in Ecuador concerning child labor and education. Our experience there will likely be different than what we've encountered in the past, it will still be great.<br />
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One of my biggest joys of this trip is experiencing this through the eyes of the young people. They will see things that they've never seen before. Their hearts will be stretched and their faith will be bolstered by the people of Ecuador.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18147653061704809616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-76686460473505979032016-07-08T15:13:00.002-07:002016-07-08T15:13:49.072-07:00Day 13 - Equator & Guinea PigToday, we took our time in the morning because we had a "free day" and didn't have to get up at any particular time. We planned to sleep in and go at 10:00 am. Good thing, because last night was a late night. We did our best to make sure everyone was in their rooms by 11:00 pm - pretty successful at that, however, at around 11:30 am, the girls came out of their room - screaming. I got out of bed to investigate and discovered that there was a fire burning outside the center property, on the street near a dumpster. Since it wasn't on the property, we figured that it wasn't anything to worry about. Later, the police showed up, pushed it away from the dumpster and left. No fire department response.<br />
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So, needless to say, people did not go to bed at a reasonable hour.<br />
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This morning, we also found out that one of the kids from the St. Peter's Prep group was sick, so his chaperones, Mike and Tom wanted to let him sleep in a bit this morning. When everyone was ready to go, all 22 of us jumped on the Mitad del Mundo bus and took a 25 minute ride to the museum.<br />
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There are two museums dedicated to the equator. The one we attended is called IntiNañ and is the indigenous focused museum so there are displays about things that would be found in the Amazon.<br />
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[I had started writing this on our last day in Ecuador and lost motivation! So sorry. Now, I will just pick up where I had left off].<br />
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Here's the group at the entrance. This open air museum features demos and experiments about the magnetic forces on the equator. This next series of videos is my favorite.<br />
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On the equator, water goes straight down.<br />
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In the Southern Hemisphere (she moved the basin south of the line), water goes clockwise. She uses the leaves so that you can see the effect better.<br />
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Then, she moved the basin north of the line to the Northern Hemisphere...and guess what? Water goes counter-clockwise!<br />
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Some other interesting facts about the equator - there is always (year-round) 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night; it is almost physically impossible to walk in s straight line with your eyes closed on the equator, and it's very hard to resist force (the experiment we did was to clasp our two hands above our heads, another person was to pull them down - it was easy to resist in either the northern or southern hemisphere, but darn near impossible on the equator).<br />
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Also at this museum, there are alpacas! Alpacas are smaller than llamas, as the diagram shows. They are cousins and often confused. What we saw were definitely alpacas! (many of our blankets and jackets purchased at Otavalo are made with alpaca fleece).<br />
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After leaving the museum, following a tip from the Fordham Prep chaperone, Pierre, we ventured to Fiambre's Restaurant about 100 m from the museum. This restaurant had been featured on Andrew Zimmern's "Bizarre Foods" show on the Travel Channel.<br />
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When we approached the fine dining establishment, this was our view and we were greeted by the smell of campfire and roast pig. See the guinea pigs (cuyes) on the sticks??</div>
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We ordered two for our group. The idea was to give everyone a taste. This is how they were served, cut into 6 pieces, two hind quarters, a head, the torso and two front quarters, on a bed of lettuce with a slice of avocado.<br />
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Looks like we enjoyed it! They are very low in fat, also don't have much meat, but are quite flavorful.<br />
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Reece and Justin trying to get at the brain. Finally, they succeeded - Nora, Justin and Eva ate some. They said it tasted like cheese. During the rest of the meal, they kept trying to figure out which type of cheese it most resembled.<br />
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Out back, they kept rabbits (conejos) and guinea pigs (cuyes). If you are someone famous like Andrew Zimmern, you get to choose which cuy you'd like to eat! I am so glad that they didn't give us that option!<br />
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All the kids tried it - some liked it better than others. Ella swore that she would become vegan following this trip!<br />
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When we returned to the CMT#2, the girls from Dallas had decorated the dining room for Fourth of July. We had hot dogs, french fries and black beans for dinner - about as authentic as you can get in Ecuador!<br />
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Day 12 - July 3, 2016</div>
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Group 2 helped pull weeds with Juan and Marisol who are preparing to build a house on their lot in one year. They had already completed weeding 80 percent of the 30 x 60 square foot lot. Juan and Marisol have two daughters, Emily (5) and Lucy (3), Juan is an auto mechanic and Marisol works in sales at the CMT textiles shop, the girls attend CMT #2 school. The lot cost Juan and Marisol $20,000 and they are still saving to build the house which will cost approximately $40,000.</div>
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They are a disciplined, hard working, and loving parents, CMT/Ecuadorian success story.</div>
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Parents would be proud of how hard the girls worked today wielding hoes and digging with shovels!</div>
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The gentleman speaking with Marisol is blind, he lent her extra tools.</div>
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This is Lucas, the neighbor's adorable Golden Retriever.</div>
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Ella finally pulled out the aloe plant.</div>
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Natalie and Lauren playing with Lucas...</div>
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Great job cleaning the yard!</div>
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Time to go back home - Juan pushing Emily and Lucy in the wheelbarrow...</div>
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We attended 5pm Mass at Divino Nino Church a Franciscan Community.</div>
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The sky walking back from church...</div>
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Tonight Sabrina and I made a Spanish Tortilla for dinner...</div>
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Everyone else had Domino's pizza delivered and loved it!</div>
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Our last night's sleep at the CMT!</div>
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Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.</div>
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Blessings to all!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02159979121602550903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319526125406120746.post-32776501770279618522016-07-03T19:28:00.002-07:002016-07-03T19:28:54.006-07:00Minga by LandonWhen faced with tough physical work around the house, the average American takes the subconscious action to hire help. Contrary to the United States, for the people in Ecuador this kind of help is not as easily accessible or affordable. Instead of hired help, indigenous people participate in an act called "Minga". The Minga is collaborative work in which friends and neighbors volunteer their time, effort, and sometimes funds to achieve a shared goal for the betterment of the community or themselves.<br />
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Today our group participated in a Minga. We took the public bus (a very cultural experience) and arrived at the location about 20 minutes away from the center. We walked to a house in an urban neighborhood and split into two groups. The smaller group stayed at the house and helped move sand and rocks. The larger group walked a few blocks to a lot filled with weeds and had to clear them all out for the family to make their home this coming year. Both jobs were long and tiring, but an enlightening experience where we learned the value of teamwork. Four hours later we headed back on an extremely crowded bus. After battling to stand securely while traveling through steep terrain, and holding on to our personal belongings for our dear lives, we made it back to the center. We were filthy and took showers, in preparation for mass later in the day. After attending mass in Spanish, we ordered pizza at the house. The pizza was a nice treat after a two weeks of non-american food - it tasted the same but lacked sauce. We had a great day, and an even better two weeks! See you in two days!<br />
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