by Jim McIntosh | Nov 16, 2010 | Bolivia, Camiri, Peru, Status |
Those of you who followed my “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” posts know of my unhappiness in Camiri, Bolivia. After a fruitful and rewarding two years in Cochabamba, I found myself in Camiri doing next to nothing. As much as I loved working in the missions...
by Jim McIntosh | May 19, 2010 | Bolivia, Camiri, Status |
I hope that this can be the final installment of this little drama and I can get back to bashing Arizona and nudging Obama. I have been thinking why I came to the missions. When I was looking at the Franciscans, the one ministry I really couldn’t see myself...
by Jim McIntosh | May 10, 2010 | Bolivia, Camiri, Cochabamba, Status |
When reading over my last post, I in no way want to be too harsh on the Italian friars which whom I live. They are good men. They have been here much longer than me, have many more successes than me, and are undoubted better friars than I am. The fraternal life here...
by Jim McIntosh | May 2, 2010 | Camiri, Status |
Darling you got to let me know Should I stay or should I go –The Clash When I was up in the States for my vacation, I talked with some people about the overly-monastic nature of the friar life that I have found here in Camiri, where I live with two Italian...
by Jim McIntosh | Apr 20, 2010 | Bolivia, Camiri, Cochabamba, Status |
Recently I traveled from Camiri up to the town of Tarata, just outside the city of Cochabamba. The reason was a meeting of the International Council of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation of the Order of Friars Minor (my order, the Franciscans). In doing so, I...
by Jim McIntosh | Mar 26, 2010 | Bolivia, Camiri, Status |
Well, we put one of our dogs down yesterday. That’s a polite way to say we killed her. In spanish, it’s even more vivid: ella fue sacrificada. Sacrificar in Spanish is the word for “slaughter” (as in animals whose meat we’re going to eat)...
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