It is sunday evening and the time is 7:19 p.m. on this day of June 27th.
I just finished listening to the news on BBC TV with Brother Albert Patrick. He turned 65 years old this week, actually last Thursday and his birthday was almost forgotten. The girls in our kitchen had forgotten to make a cake for him which is the custom here when we sr have birthdays for our community members here in the house which are priests and Brothers. Al will be leaving us at the end of the monthn of July for Maryknoll, New York.
He plans to retire. He has been working with young men in a carpentry shop in "Cereco" which is place for retarded children. The plan is to give the young men skills to be able to work on their own outside. in the city of Cochabamba. No one has taken the opportunity to find work outside in carpentry which is the purpose of this training. They like to stay close to home and also to be with Brother Al in his carpentry shop.
This morning I got up early around 6:30 a.m. and took a shower to get ready for Mass at the Francican Church of the Hospicio at 7:30 a.m. I had a quick bowl of cereal, actually cheerios and milk plus a cup of coffe.
I then took the taxi for Mass, a good ten minute ride to the church. Father Walter Viviani had the Mass today and he is a little long winded in giving his homily. It is almost like catechism class as he goes step by step. The theme was on freedom and following Jesus which leads to death on the Cross.
It was a nice day and not too cold even though we are at the beginning of Winter here in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In fact I had planned to take a picture of the church with my camera from the plaza colon but the battery was dead in my camera and so I couldn't take any pitures. I will do so now on Monday since I have recharged the battery for the camera.
Just going back a little, when I had return from taking a shower at around 6:30 in the morning, I had turned on my computer. I started to shave to get ready to leave when the computer started calling me by a buzzing sound. I went to look at it to see what was happening and found out that it was the twin Brother of Brother Benny was calling me. He is a Franciscan Brother as well as his Brother India. We couldn't make contact because he was off to see a Bishop and I was in the process of shaving my face.
Today we had a nice chicken dinner with baked potatoes and vegetables as well as salad. Our cook escally is excellent, her Mother worked for us for many years and is now retired .
Well this is all for now as I will be gettng ready to get some sleep and also to do some reading.
The photo above is of the city of Boston along the Charles River which separates the city of Boston from the city of Cambridge.
Frank
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