We started the day by being awaken by a band in the street. They will go around playing and people throw money at them. I didn't have any money but I did talk to the leader and asked if I could take his picture. He said it was okay. If I see them tomorrow I will go give them some Canadian money. They walked all over with the one guy dancing in the bird suit while the rest played. They were pretty good. The one trumpet player was very good.
We moved on to the town of Chiselet where we enjoyed the pig. We were too late for the killing of the pig part but arrived in plenty of time for the eating of the pig. A few more pigs were killed near our apartment so the place is surrounded by little pools of blood now. The snow is suppose to start melting tomorrow so that should clean it up a bit.
While there after our feast we were invited into a number of homes where the people wanted us to pray for them. It was a great time of visiting and connecting with people. As we walked I took a picture of one of the forms of transportation around here. There are bikes, scooters, cars and horses with wagons all travelling the highways at the same time. You can see horses on the highways and as Audi in a farmer's field.
When we met with people in their homes we usually met in a bedroom because that is the room that is heated. Most of the houses had ceramic wood stoves in the corner to heat the room, some were baking bread and drying the laundry in that same room which would be no bigger than 10' by 8'.
We went Christmas caroling with a large number of youth from the church which ended with another feast. Basically I spent most of the day eating.
Below is a picture of our guide Elisei, with Vanessa and Bret. He an awesome guy with lots of love in his heart.
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