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Author Archives: Ray
Buenos Aires – Feb. 2012 – The Nuns
I’m going to have to take back a lot of the nasty things I’ve thought and said a about the Catholic nuns throughout my life. Many of the nuns that I had as teachers seemed unhappy and overburdened. The women … Continue reading
Buenos Aires – Feb. 2012 – Day 5
Hot as Hell today! The temperature had to have hit 100F. The sun is brutal. You have to work in spurts. You want to do as much work as possible and not be a slacker but you have to be … Continue reading
Buenos Aires – Feb. 2012 – Day 3
We left the hotel at 8:00 am. It is about a 50 minute ride to the school that is our job site. The school was very well prepared for us. Mike had sent money down so they could pour the … Continue reading
Buenos Aires – Feb. 2012 – Day 4
The schedule is basically the same today. We were warmly greeted on our arrival at the school by the nuns, the teachers, the novitiates (nuns in training), and a few others that are helping with the project. It seemed like … Continue reading
Buenos Aires – Feb. 2012 – Day 2
It is Sunday and we don’t start our project at the school until tomorrow. That made for an ideal day to take a tour bus around the city. Again the weather was beautiful. We had the opportunity to see some … Continue reading
Buenos Aires – Feb. 2012 – Day 1
It was actually a rather pleasant flight to BA. Instead of taking the direct flight from JFK at a horribly expensive rate, we stopped over in Miami. We spent our layover in the airline lounge and caught an overnight flight … Continue reading
Alert! – Haiti update.
I received a call from Susie Krabacher. Yesterday, two new children were admitted to the orphanage. Mdm. Chenet (M&S’s in-country manager) and Dr. Rodriguez are convinced that one of the children is Enok’s brother. They (who are Haitian’s) said that … Continue reading
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Buenos Aires – Nov. 2011 – Day 3
Today we went back to the school to meet with the sisters and firm up our project for February. We were given a full tour of the school and the facilities. School was in session so we were able to … Continue reading
Buenos Aires – Nov. 2011 – Day 2
Today Mike and I started doing field work setting up the logistics of the trip. We need to reserve hotel rooms and get prices on activities that the group can do on the weekend and at the end of the … Continue reading
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Buenos Aires – November 2011
I made is safely to Buenos Aires on Monday. I can’t complain about the flights or the airports. All went smoothly. The only difficulty was that I had a 6 1/2 hour layover in Panama City. Fortunately I had a … Continue reading