It is Saturday morning and our first day to sleep late. Kids have worked hard (adults also!). The end of our service at Esperanza was joyous. Bishop Gayle Harris joined us for the late morning as we put the finishing touches on the picnic table. The garden is lovely. The 6th grade class prepared an ethnic lunch for us that we delicious. The BANA Fellows sang and we showed some slides of the Gulf Coast. Then out to the garden for a blessing. Bishop Harris sprinkled life sustaining water on the garden and all of us and we celebrated together the transformation of a dark, dingy place into a place of beauty. Neighbors came out to admire and to help. All in all it was a powerful experience for us all. At the end of the day the teachers took all of the kids for a softball game and gave the BANA adults and hour of free time. That too was great!
Last night we moved our crew to Cambridge MA and Youville Hospital. Our quarters are cramped and the showers are few but we are making it OK. It is supposed to rain on our parade today but we will do the tourist thing anyway!
Everyone is waiting for me and as I have to come to a coffee shop to get on line, so I better close this off and get back. We are safe. We are happy. We have had very few disruptions. As Sunday approaches we will hold you all in our prayers, I hope you will do the same for us. Please pray also for my Bishop (Bishop Shaw) who has gone to Zimbabwe to stand with the bishop there in the face of governmental threats to slaughter the Anglicans in Zimbabwe for opposing his oppressive government. He is witnessing to oppression in that part of the world.
God Bless,
Jane+
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