(Tuesday, January 1) From Heather Drebenstedt: Hey everyone! Had a moment to hop online thanks to our gracious host Colleen Mitchell. We are hanging at her house for a few hours. We are having a great time. It is beautiful of … Continue reading
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(Tuesday, January 1) From Stacy Gill: Happy New Year, family and friends! We rung in the New Year last night with Mass in the small San Antonio chapel, a birthday feast for Greg Mitchell that included tamales and cake and … Continue reading
(Sunday, December 30) After breakfast, Anna, Ale and some friars assisted Tom in the clinic. Ale’s Spanish came in handy, while Anna’s biggest challenge so far has been the language difference. Father reminded all of us of the foreigners we’ve … Continue reading
(Sunday, December 30) This is from Colleen Mitchell posting from home tonight: The kids were headed to bed after a lovely evening that I’ll let them update you on tomorrow. But I wanted to quickly share this complimentary e-mail that we … Continue reading
(Saturday, December 29) We’re at the St. Bryce Foundation and everyone is doing well! (Thank you, God, Thank you, God, Thank you, God). It’s really difficult to get a signal up here, so we may not be able to post … Continue reading
(Saturday, December 29) At dusk and loooooong before dawn(~4:30am) the monkeys are in the trees calling to each other. They sound like exotic birds, with whistles. The roosters are DEFINITELY up that early and something sounds like piglet squeals. It sounds … Continue reading
(Friday, December 28) WE MADE IT!! It turns out that Colleen Mitchell (our Saint Bryce host) and Fr. David know each other from LA!! We are all astounded at the beauty of the land. Fr. David said Mass at the … Continue reading
We arrived in Indy. We’re checked into 4 rooms in Indy (1 friar, 1 boy, 2 girl), practicing the epiphany skit, eating take-out Chinese and organizing a room full of luggage AND discussing Franciscans preaching to Cabecar villages. We catch … Continue reading
We are saddened that Eddie Black isn’t able to travel with the mission team to Costa Rica, but she will continue to pray for the team and the people who we are serving, and we will carry her intentions in … Continue reading
We’re still doing presentations around town and campaigning for the money to build a chapel in a very poor community of Pacure of San Joaquin that lies on the edge of the reserve. Presently, people meet in small homes. The chapel … Continue reading