Team Bonita! Work Before Play

After a hard day at work painting the outside of the soup kitchen the temporary Bolivianos´ youngest team member, Matt Adams, takes time out to teach the sisters, Rosa,Narcissa and Lida, how to play lacrosse.They were naturals and Matt has high hopes that they will head the next Olympic team to be sponsorsed by Bolivia.



There were smiles all around the Santa Cruz Soup Kitchen as Team Bonita under the expert guidance of Coach Matt Adams really caught their groove and soundly defeated the opposing team the score was an overwhelming victory for the sisters.






Chaos and confusion ran rampmant at the beginning of the painting project due to the language barrier and complete misunderstanding ofwhat the sisters´desired. Here team members are contemplating purchasing a better Spanish/English dictionary.

Langauge school and Cristo de la Concordia

Hello all at home in Lewiston ,Maine,
We started out the day the morning as usual with breakfast of bread and coffee and tea. I certainly do miss some protein in the morning. We all went up the mountain where the Christ statue is located. The drive up the mountain was a little bumpy but the sites from the top were tremendous. We could see all of Cochabamba, which I never would have believed was so large a city. We went to the top, which was the outstretched arms.Getting to the top was stairs,no elevator.
Next was a visit to the Maryknoll learning center.They had the most beautiful grounds we´ve seen so far. The Father Tom (pictured to the left of the picture) was very gracious and informative of what they do at the center which is to teach langauges(a 5 month course) and courses in ¨social ethics,responsibilty,etc.´
In the afternoon we went to the Oblate house and had tea with Padre Robert and other priests that reside there.It was very interesting to see their house and all the stories they had to tell.
Since this is the first time that I´ve written in the blog I just wanted to express how happy I am to have come here to be with the people,the children in the parish and the soup kitchen. These kids are as happy to see us every day as they were the first day and I enjoy seeing them as much as they us. All the people here are very curious about us and I really like watching them too. The days in the marketplaces and the bus rides are always a new experience.

Norm