Monday, April 9, 2012

I did not have a special Easter dinner last night. I'm saving it for 2013...haha...

I did see a few colored chicks like last year. Easter here is very religious. On Friday (Holy Friday as they call it) we saw a huge procession of Catholics with their floats. There was Jesus carrying his cross, Mary (Jesus's mom), Mary Magdalene and one other who I'm not sure who it was. Obviously there is the holy Virgin Mary thing with the Catholics but I think they did the other ones because they were at the foot of the cross. They got branches and speakers and they would stop and someone was preaching, then they all did the Padre Nuestro (the example prayer from the Sermon on the Mount) and then they did a prayer to Mary. I recognized the first part of the prayer to her as when the angel comes to her and tells her she will have a baby then they lost me. They started talking about forgiving sins and stuff. Where they got that from...idk.. But they would also put down pictures of Jesus made from dirt and salt and other things like that. They were super cool to see. The funny part was the first one they did was totally a copy of one done by a church member. It was Jesus leaving the tomb. They totally copied it. I was laughing when I saw it. They would stop like every 150 feet or so and do the same thing: preaching, prayers, put down a picture. I was kind of impressed by the sight as to the devotion but it made me think of Jesus with the Samaritan woman when he tells her she worships what she doesn't know.

They also make eggs. They take eggs they have used and fill them with confetti and other things like that and then close it up and then paint it. Then they crack each other on the head with them and there is confetti and little things all around. They are pretty cool.

We had investigators in church in our little branch. Things are good. A few of the people we are working with are thanks to members so we have a few member references here and there. It definitely helps.

I haven't gotten the letter with the picture yet. I'm in Oriente, Mom. Everything takes a year to get here...haha... but I think I might get it tomorrow IF I'm lucky.

It's actually been stormy here. It's surprised me. I didn't think it would storm here for awhile considering it's Oriente and everything but everything is good here.

Love you.