Youth are on a mission at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Lewes
Puerto Rico fit the requirements of a Spanish-speaking nation where the Episcopal Church had a strong presence, where poverty was high and where some residents spoke English. The other candidate countries, Mexico and Dominican Republic, would have required passports, making the Caribbean island all the more appealing.
Harris said he was proud of the group for the way it handled the Puerto Rico trip. “There wasn’t any abrasion, even when we were desperately tired, confused and encountering cultural difficulties,” he said.
Youth group members helped clean up a local church, and they also went on a scavenger hunt though a San Juan market as part of a two-and-a-half-day crash course in culture.
“The first missionary role is to learn,” said Harris, who charged students with tasks to test their language skills. At the market, they had to purchase two vegetables they had never seen before and learn their names in Spanish. Sounds simple enough, he said, with a bit of a grin, but an easy task becomes more difficult in a strange place combined with language barriers.
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I attended a Wednesday eve service at St. Pete's. I thought I'd walked the boardwalk enough and wanted a little quite time. It's a wonderful place. Lewes is right next to Dewey and Rehoboth, Thanks for sharing.
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