Training in Milwaukee

Training has started full force in Milwaukee with the other five Cap Corp volunteers that will be serving in Panama and Milwaukee this coming year. There are three of us that will be staying state-side in Milwaukee and serving in soup kitchens, schools, and homeless shelters and the rest of us (including me) will be serving in Panama. Upon arriving in Panama, I will stay in Tocumen for two months with the two other volunteers and take Spanish classes and help out the local church. After that, I will go to Wacuco, which is a couple hours from Tocumen, to work with Father Wally on water projects.

Training is going very well and I am learning a great deal about the Capuchin Franciscan Order and am growing to love their mission. We had a celebration mass yesterday with all of the priests that were celebrating their 25th, 50th, 60th and 65th anniversaries as priests in the Capuchin order. It was wonderful to be able to celebrate that with them and also have a send-off ceremony for us volunteers as well. It is good to know that we are joining something that is bigger than all of us, a community that is commited to service in the name of Christ. I will post pictures and more text when I have the chance. Until then...