It seemed that everyone was ready for this week to come to an end. There was very little energy as we started off the day. I am not sure what the difference is in this year and last, but there definitely is not the same energy in our group. Today we focused on liturgy. It was interesting to see that the Salvadoran church had very similar liturgy to ours and the rationale was much the same. Modifications to the suggested liturgy in the hymnal were mainly a result of trying to adapt to the particular characteristics of each individual congregation. In the morning we dealt with how we develop our liturgy and in the afternoon we designed a service in small groups and compared our design.
Since we finished a little early today, I was able to get home in time to offer to take my family out to dinner. We went to a nice restaurant and had a great meal. This experience actually put the family in the position of having to talk to me a little more than usual. By the time we got back to the house, they wanted me to stay in the living room and talk some more. I guess they really didn’t think I could speak that much Spanish so it may be that they were avoiding me a little bit. They asked several times if I was coming back next year and if so when. We all took pictures of one another and I shared a few gifts with them that I had brought from Virginia.
Tonight I began packing since we will take our suitcases with us in the morning to the church. We will focus our discussion on preaching and then we will celebrate communion together. After lunch we are scheduled to drive back to Guatemala City in preparation for our flight home on Saturday. This has been a great experience once again, but I am ready to get home.
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