It cost Amy about $7 today to go to church. The whole family went to the Methodist Church that is involved in the refugee work. They have a tradition that everyone who has celebrated a birthday in the last week has to come forward and put pesos in a box--$100 pesos per year, which makes $3.600 for Amy.
This evening, I went with Juan from FASIC to visit a Pentecostal church that supports the refugee work. The church was basically made out of scrap plywood and the metal from an old shipping container. They had plastic lawn chairs for pews.
along. I totally don’t believe in admiring people for what they lack. But it was really interesting to see people who would choose to go to church in a plywood box when there are plenty of fancy Christian churches in town with bathrooms that aren’t outside in the dusty backyard. I have a lot of respect for that. Here's me and the pastor in front of the church