Religion and Private Life

Oakland_(But really this one is Tocambaro, Mexico). I brought back an interesting strain of viral bronchitis and have been out of commission for the last few days. But the videos have not stopped playing out in my mind since the trip ended on Sunday. So to not let them fester in that backwards of my mind and furthermore, to not let the suspense lead to disappointment, let Tumbaro at night roll. We have already been to New Jerusalem (which Mark and I so fondly refer to as “NJ”) by day and have committed to the late Sunday morning mass at 7 am. We’ve been informed that members of the compound are required to pray something like 4 hours a day and morning alone provides ample opportunity for that requisite number starting at 4 am. To get an extra hour of much-craved sleep after getting to bed around 1 in the morning, we slept in until 5 am and saw the red embers of a tree broken by a lightening strike on the way to the compound. We saw the wild streak of lightening right above the compound and wondered, omen? We made a bet the clean up crew wouldn’t make it there that day or a week later for that matter.

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