Marion and I have just had a wonderful week with our daughter Kate, she was on her way home to Australia via Lima. During her short stay we managed to show her a wide range of life styles – from here in Montenegro to a very different area around Miraflores and then to the beach side at Punta Negra.
We even managed a visit to a extraordinary restaurant in the heart of Lima run by Sisters of a French Order. It is housed in an unbelievable old house which has been fully restored by the Sisters. They both cook and serve on the tables throughout six different rooms and at certain times they sing the Angelus or the parts of the Divine Office for the patrons, and the word is their harmony is brilliant. Sadly they did not sing the day we were eating there, nevertheless, we have promised to return.
Sunday morning really gave her another insight when Mick took us to a first anniversary of a small community way up one of the adjacent valleys. Their first Mass was basically said outdoors beneath a small shaded area and then the site of the future church was blessed, after we scaled the rocky hill!
Her visit was all too short and the farewells last night at the Lima International Airport were difficult. However, on the bright side she will be in Australia when we return in January next year.
The first Mass and blessing of the site of the future church - however, not on the top with the cross!
