Americinn Faribault

So, yeah. With less than two weeks left before my departure, I decided it was about time to begin studying up on my modern Greek, using the two language books I received for Christmas. Last night, I began by acquainting myself with the alphabet and consonant and vowel sounds. The alphabet was easy enough, seeing as it's the same from ancient Gre...

It was a great day, hanging out at the pool all day. It was really nice that King's Land will let you do that. The bell desk will even hold your items until you are ready to leave (and then longer, see below). After eating up the whole day drinking in sun, we decided to get ready to go to the airport. Turns out there is a shower with soap, in th...

We arrived at Brian and Marla's home in Farmington, Minnesota in the early afternoon today. We had a "short ride" of just 465 miles in from Bismarck but the prayers of the drought stricken farmers in the area over-rode our prayers for dry roads. The good news is that we got to test our rain gear and it worked well. Since it was drizzling as we l...

After a really poor night of sleeping we were up at 4 am local time. Ugh. Why is it you can toss and turn all night long and then in the last hour before the alarm clock goes off you finally fall into a deep sleep?
We made our first flight DUB to CDG. The DUB airport is surprisingly busy at 5 in the morning. I am used to the US where almost n...

We are counting down the minutes until we get to leave. It is going to be a long day thanks to the schedule change. I think this is the most excited I have been for a trip in a long time. We are counting down the minutes until we get to leave. It is going to be a long day thanks to the schedule change. I think this is the most excited I have bee...

Oh man what a long walk, took the whole summer to escape the castle dungeon. At our last posting we had run out of water and were in great suffering of pain and woe but then a small gnome like creature crossed our path. At first I though it was a halucination. How could a small gnome carry such a large pot of water? I drank 3 gallons and made co...

Father Kevin has returned from Panajachel so everyone is home from the 3rd annual trip to St. Francis of Assisi parish. He spent six hours a days with a tutor at one of the Spanish language schools. There is an option to live with a local family as Bill did. Fr. Kevin chose to live at the parish house of the Carmelite priests who administer to t...

Bill Cuddigan has arrived home after his extra week in Panajachel to study Spanish. He spent five to six hours a week with a tutor. He and Father Kevin were in separate schools but the concept is the same. If anyone would like to study in Pana we have brochures from each school. Bill lived with a family during his school stay. They did not speak...

Hello All, Did you get a chance to read Father Kevin's blog he wrote last Saturday? While we wait for photos from the digital camera we will write some quick highlights from our week in Panajachel. Antigua is a nice town that eases the traveler into the country of Guatemala. We usually stay there the first night and the last night of a trip. It ...

Thursday afternoon of our week with the Carmelites we accompanied Father Benjamin to San Gabriel for the 5:00 mass. He drives a four wheel drive pickup and there was room for four of us. Bill did not go. Father Benjamin is new to the parish and is from El Salvador. He speaks some English. This may have been his first visit to this village. Fathe...