Sister Margarita is one of the three sisters (the others are S Angela and S Esther) who live in Colegio San Benito. She works with Father Adrian for the parish in Ceiba, PR. She works long hours weekly because it is only her and the Father working in that parish along with volunteers from the community. For Thursday December 9th, Sister Margarita had asked Ashley and I if we could help her decorate a hall in Ceiba for Father Adrian's 20th anniversary of priesthood. Of course Ashley and I agreed to go. So the plan went as follows: Ash and I went to Ceiba on Thursday evening to help S Margarita decorate the hall along with some women from that community, we slept over Colegio San Benito Thursday night, woke up Friday and went to school, and after school we went to celebrate Father Adrian's anniversary. It was a full two days and at the time I had a toothache and a cold so it was a little hard to enjoy everything to the fullest but nevertheless I enjoyed it.
The anniversary celebration was a huge success. 300+ people showed up to the hall. S Margarita said that the people of Ceiba really appreciate Father Adrian and love him dearly. The entire event was planned by S Margarita but all the funds for the event were given by the community. Some people paid for the hall, some for the food, some cooked, some helped decorate, some helped serve and some helped clean. This event was a perfect example of community effort. S Margarita said that everyone was very generous with their time and money when necessary.
The following Monday when we spoke to S Esther and she asked why we didn't stay the whole weekend. Ash and I were a little surprised because we were never told that the Sisters from Colegio San Benito wanted us to stay for the weekend. It was unfortunate because I had a good time even though it was only one night but we are looking into rescheduling a full weekend with the Sisters from Colegio San Benito in the near future.
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