Basilica

Today started with an extra treat. Carol made an egg casserole quiche. She also bought us several fruit-filled empanada. These were hand made and delicious. We are so spoiled. We arrived on the work site at about 8:30 AM. Brandy is painting the new front screen door. Chris is painting the trim on the car port/laundry room. We finished on the job site at about 3:00 PM and went back to the dormatory at San Juan UMC. Everybody showered, (thank you God) and got ready for dinner. Before dinner we had our devotion and read the crucifiction story from the book of Matthew. Dinner was scalloped potatoes and ham. For dessert blackberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream. It was "the bomb". After dinner we went to the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle National Shrine, San Juan. It is only 8 blocks from the San Juan UMC.We walked the Stations of the Cross at the Basilica. It was very moving to do this as a team just after reading the story at devotion time. This place is beautiful. We went later in the evening and each picture below gets slightly darker. I thinks there is a parallel message here. The grounds were beautiful. The bronze stations were so lifelike. We all liked it so much we are going back tomorrow. Following are pictures of each station. Enjoy, and remember....God loves us so much that he sent Jesus into the world.

Brandy's camera battery ran out of juice and she only took a few pictures. We will go back tomorrow and go inside the Basilica. It closed at 7:00 PM.