a few days in Guadalupe

On Mondays, all students in Guadalupe wear uniforms (or traditional clothes) to school.   Annalise is wearing  traditional Saraguro clothes. 

cows passing below our apartment

Emmett is playing for a newly organized soccer team.   His soccer team (and 2 others) had an away game in Panguintza.    Three teams traveled for 45 minutes to Panquintza.     Approximately 45 boys rode standing up in a small cattle truck.   There was no roof and everybody was rained on during the way back.    Literally, we were standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the truck.   Emmett had loads of fun with 45 rowdy boys in the back of the truck.   

taking a head count before boarding the truck.  

riding in the back of the truck 

the Church in Panquintza

view of the church and soccer field from the center of Panquintza 

Emmett and his teammates warming up.   He plays for a boys 12-and-under team 

boys having fun in the back of the truck riding to an away game 

Annalise and classmates practicing a traditional dance at school 

Sister Alicia teaching Emmett and Annalise how to make pens decorated with wrapped colorful strings

Kate and I usually go for a walk on Saturday mornings.   This past Saturday we used this tram to transport us across a river.  

Kate helping to pull the rope to move us across the river

John pulling rope to move tram across the river.  

The metal tram that locals use to cross the river.  

Emmett next to Padre Jorge at a party honoring Padre Jorge before he returns to Austria in a few weeks after serving the mission for 25 years.  

Emmett and Annalise washing dishes after the party at the mission 

Cows invading the soccer field where Emmett had practice this past weekend.