Friday night; this is great! Although we are all done, everyone (who is still here, and that is about 10 of us) is still very jazzed about Total Ministry. The Archbishop came this morning and and said Mass with us and had breakfast with us. He had to leave at that point, but it was good of him to come. We have had a few "faux pas"s with culture issues, but not very badly.
We naturally expect that everyone here will go home and implement Total Ministry, but of course, each person was here for many different reasons. Grace was sent by the diocese of Jamaica to find out as much as possible and report back. Phillip had come because he is in charge of 13 congregations in Tobago.
If you want to know where I get my sense of humour from, come to the Caribbean. Anne & I have been made to feel right at home and given as much teasing and silliness as everyone else. Naturally, we give as good as we get. It is very nice to be "part of the gang".
On Sunday we have been invited to Church, a church picnic, and a day at the beach (which you can't swim at). That is going to be exciting. It is also possible that Isaiah will be able to help us get to the western beaches and places we might want to go, like the beach. Isaiah is pronounced "Eye-z-eye-ah." As opposed to an ear.
Everyone from the Archbishop and Bishop Thompson to Wendy our chief cook and Joyce our chief bottle washer have been so very wonderful to us. Now that we are not "in session" we have changed out of our collars and skirts and slacks and into shorts and t-shirts.
If it were not tonight, when Anne & I are so very tired, we would be going to Oisin, a town on the south side of the island. Friday nights in Oisin are Fish & Drink nights. Dancing, live music, good food, good drink... I wish it were happening on Monday night, not today.
Anne spent this afternoon taking pictures; we should get some new ones up soon.
We have tentative invitations to come back to Jamaica & Trinidad. As usual with the Church, money is an issue. But that's always an issue.
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