Chica called us for breakfast at 7:30, which was bread and butter, and a big bowl of fruit - pineapple, melon and grapes. We walked to the farmacia (by ourselves! finally getting our bearings!) to be picked up to go to Los Llanos to paint....we always see such interesting things on our walks...
| We had to go in two pickup trucks due to the remote location.There were five of us inside the cabs of each of the two trucks, and the rest in the beds of the trucks. It took 45 minutes from Don Juan. |  |
When we arrived, there were about 10 cement block homes, and a store.
| This is the church in the village...it may be a future Mission from the Heart project. |  |
Sister Veronica wanted us to prime the front of the homes, then paint them, alternating yellow and blue. It was very hot; 100+ degrees; we did the painting, with help from the villagers.
| We were brought coffee by the villagers, and also had a lunch of hot dogs and punch. It started to rain about 1, so we moved in the shelter of the store porch, and spent some time visiting and singing with the villagers, led by Sister Veronica. |  |
What follows are some of my favorite pictures of the trip...
| Frank ended up giving one of our watches to this young teenager, who was very interested in it... |  |
Then we were off towards home around 2:15, stopped at Tripli San Pedro to celebrate their feast of St. Ann. The villagers rang a bell when Father Ron arrived, and they all came to mass; the church filled within 5 minutes. There was a baptism and a presentation of an infant.
We headed back to Don Juan after mass, and arrived back to the park around 5 pm. Our kids brought out sidewalk chalk and bubbles; Pat M and Charlie played hopscotch!
Frank and I headed home about 6:30; Chica had dinner ready, which was chicken, mashed plantains and orange juice. Frank showed Chica, her son and grandson the pictures in the camera that we had taken today; we went to bed around 8:00.
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