We've gotten behind on our blogging as our days have been so wonderfully full. It's Sunday afternoon and I've chosen to stay behind while the gang went to visit San Miguel de Allende to the north. I look forward to hearing stories and seeing pictures of that beautiful place. In the meantime, I want to share some experiences from Friday, October 3rd.
After a lovely breakfast- pancakes!- we headed over to the taller (the workshop) at 9am. It's a quick walk, just one block away. We arrived to a small group of folks (Memo, Rocio and Moises) doing Zumba in a large multi-purpose room. What a great way to start the day!
Again, we received a warm welcome and enjoyed a tour of the beautiful space. It's bright and airy with lots of different rooms- for dancing, working, baking, sharing meals together, doing yoga and listening to/playing music. There is also a great courtyard with a raised garden beds and picnic tables for eating outside when the weather permits. I was touched to see a lovely framed sign/painting from my friends at L'Arche Portland (Rodney!) hanging in the office. There are literal signs all around that speak to the deep and rich friendship between El Arca en Queretaro and the Western Region of L'Arche USA.
There was a lot of excitement at the workshop on Friday- not only because our pilgrimage would take place the next day, but because we welcomed 15 friends from a sister organization in Mexico City. They came north to be with us as we celebrated L'Arche International Family Day. More on our friends from PACOS later...
We spent much of the day preparing for the pilgrimage. We were split into three different groups. Group 1 (Doug and Pat) went to the big, beautiful kitchen to make cupcakes. Yum! Group 2 (Javier) worked on banners for the pilgrimage. Group 3 (Patty) worked on an art project involving lots of little arks. We love arks!
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