Day Ten

On Sunday, January 14th we had breakfast with our host families and then went to the colony’s chapel for Community Reflection and Celebration of the host-family program. Following that, we met with Agustina Reyes, who is the leader of the Christian Base Community in Santa Fe and who talked to us about the history and methodology of the Christian Base Community Movement. After saying goodbye to our dear families, we returned to the CCIDD for lunch and a sale by a local Artisan’s Cooperative. Many of us spent quite a bit on the beautiful, hand-made things that these folks had to offer. And, even if one didn’t want to buy, the artists were still proud to show us what they’d made. We departed Cuernavaca after a Eucharistic Celebration in the CCIDD chapel, in which we remembered the interweaving of our lives with those of people of all times and places. We returned to Mexico City for dinner and the Ballet Folklorico, which is a world-famous experience of traditional Spanish dancing . . . not to be missed!