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Sunny Sunday

Ahh Sunday… and it was. unlike yesterday, we were treated to bright sunshine and mild temperatures (55-60F). Mass was as usual, perhaps a bit light on attendance. very few of the kids, because there parents have them preparing for the feria probably. Or, they’re just being lazy because Diego is away and the “new guy” (me) doesn’t know any better! Today’s collection: 12.5 Bolivianos. That’s about a buck seventy-five. One of the catechists presented me with a gift of about five pounds of good looking beef. I bought some potatoes, carrots, greens, and tomatoes at the feria. Tomorrows dinner will be a nice pot roast since I have the time. After Mass, Roberto and I closed out April’s accounts — we’re about 1500 Bolivianos in the hole. No salaries for Diego and me (again). Thank goodness for generous folks in Spain and the USA, and the worldwide CM support.

Later in the afternoon I headed over to Cotosí. It’s only about an hour away by car, on the same road as yesterday, but things had dried a bit. We had a lovely celebration of the Eucharist with about 30 folks, and then shared a common meal of cheese, corn, potato and a spicy onion/garlic sauce. I filled the car up with teenagers who were happy to hitch a ride to Mocomoco for school in the morning. It’s a 3-4 hour walk for them, and they appreciate the ride and the time to laugh together at the very large gringo priest who speaks Aymara like a baby and Spanish like a dimwit.

It was a good day for washing, too, getting the red mud out of trouser cuffs and washing dirty albs. And a very dirty car.

Late dinner — my version of Sloppy Joes. Yummmmy.

New Site Address || Nuevo Dirección de Sitio

Voces Vicentinas ahora es || Voces Vicentinas now is: http://vocesvicentinas.org

RSS: http://vocesvicentinas.org/?feed=rss2
I am too stingy to pay for the re-direct! || ¡Yo soy demasiado tacaño para pagar por la re-direct!

Un Programa Participativo

[English follows]Ayer tuve la maravillosa experiencia de estar en una reunión de jóvenes que están comprometidos a utilizar la nueva Internet – Web 2.0 – para mejorar sus propias vidas y las vidas de sus conciudadanos.

Jaya mara aru con Jaqi Aru

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Ahora soy un fan de la página “Jaqi Aru” en Facebook. Este es un grupo de jóvenes, asociado con el movimiento Voces Bolivianos, dedicada a la promoción de la web 2.0 en aymara, español e Inglés. Yo he ofrecido mi apoyo en todo lo que se necesitan y espero que me inviten a ayudar.

MLK: A Revolution of Values

from “Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence,” delivered 4 April 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City…

Pray. Listen. Respond in Love

I adapted this brief video from a free download at The Work of the People. It is presented as a reflection….

Perspectives on immediate and long-term needs in Haiti

Perspectives on immediate and long-term needs in Haiti

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Una Semana a Mocomoco || A Week in Mocomoco

[English follows below]
Me pasé la semana pasada en Mocomoco. Es la temporada de lluvias, por lo que no visitamos (que no podemos visitar a) las comunidades en el campo, por lo que prevé la reparación de las paredes de mi dormitorio, y limpiar y pintar.

Más de la Navidad

P. Diego Plá, C.M., ha preparado esta hermosa presentación de Powerpoint. Se convirtió utilizando authorSTREAM — un servicio gratuito de conversión de vídeo. (Puede pagar para video sin “filligrana”.) Entonces, usé Avidemux para añadir la audio. Todo para ti desde el mundo de “software libre,” la web, YouTube y Linux. Habrá video pronto…