The Easter season was wonderful, it was very busy and i did not know nor appreciate the work that goes on to hold a Easter Celebration. It was very fun and worthwhile to help out and be apart of the numerous events that the congregation had.
Palm Sunday was a nice celebration. It was interesting to see the ornate palm branches that were sold outside of church before the mass. There was also a small reenactment done by some of the kids in the school. It is very different being on the flip side of the coin, where we are the ones checking the kids to make sure everything looks good and is presentable for the rest of the people. It is interesting to see that it is always the parents of the children that are the most worried. Never really the kids themselves. (at least with very small children) It is nice to see the actions and beliefs of children before they become crippled by social norms and unnecessary expectations.
Wednesday of Holy week was Via Crucis or the story of the crucifixion. How it is celebrated here is by having a mass and in which during the mass we walked to all the different stations of the Cross. It was nice to see all the different members of the community come out and participate in the celebration.
Easter Vigil was also very beautiful but i did not take any pictures of that. It was from 8-10ish and then after we had a BBQ at our house. We had the members from Pastoral come and also some American friends. It was a wonderful time. I hope that all of you had wonderful Easter celebration and were able to spend it with those you hold dear.
Otherwise i have been busy with school, from teaching English, working in Pastoral, taking kids to the zoo (pictured below), and chaperoning high school students (French Canadians and Chileans) on a cultural exchange. This weekend is marked by birthday of a buddy of mine, Oliver, so in true Chilean form we are going to have a nice large and long dinner tonight.
So i wish you all well and i will be better at keeping this up to date.
