A different
way. We got up this morning getting
ready to go to the funeral of Bro. Rogerio, father of Bro. Jose Manuel who is one
of our members here in Juayua. We
planned to leave about 9 because we thought the funeral would be at 10 in
Ahuachapan. We got a call about 8:40
that the procession had already left the family home and would be at the
cemetery at 9:30. We got everyone picked
up and headed out as soon as possible but got behind some slow traffic on the
curvy road between Ataco and Ahuachapan so we were not there till about
ten. We parked outside the central
Ahuachapan cemetery and had to walk to the very back to get to the funeral
service. The cemetery was very large and
very pretty though also very different from cemeteries here. When we finally reached the place where the
funeral was they were pretty much wrapping up the speaking part. After that the casket was placed in a multi
part burial edifice that was not like anything I had seen before. Hopefully the pictures do justice. When the body was in place in its space bricks
and mortar were put in to close it in and then the name of the man and when he
died was written in the wet concrete that was spread over the bricks and
mortar. All this process took about an
hour and we waited until it was done.
Then several of us got into the back of Bro. Noe’s pickup and rode back
to the front of the cemetery. Sister
Rosalidia, brother Jose Manuel’s wife and their two kids had ridden with us
from Juayua but they stayed with Bro. Jose so we did not have anyone in our
car. Sister Regina did talk to us for a few minutes regarding her surgery. Soon she will have another doctor's appointment to finalize the date, but she is planning to have the surgery sometime in November. School will get out soon and she will have Arnoldo, Lizbeth and Kenya all at home during the school break to help her. Then, we decided it would be a good time
to run by the Ahuachapan Selectos since it is larger than the one in Juayua and
has more selection. We also went into
Curacao which is a large furniture chain here in El Salvador because we wanted
to look at their stoves. The one Caleb
and Della passed on to us is small but was fine. But now the door doesn’t close
and the oven burner doesn’t work anymore.
We decided a larger and better equipped one would be a good investment
considering all the cooking Charlotte does.
When we got home we spent the afternoon getting ready for Omar, Emily
and Gisela to come for dinner. Sometimes
Charlotte seems to outdo even herself with each meal being more amazing than
the last. I went to run a couple of
errands and pick them up about 5. We had
a great visit and after dinner we had about an hour Bible study. Omar diligently took notes of all the verses. We had thought Charlotte was going to be in
Santa Tecla doing a ladies seminar for Saturday but we called Ricardo on the
way home from the funeral and found out that it had been changed to next Saturday. That meant that Charlotte would be here for
the Saturday night marriage class we began last week so we stayed up till about
midnight getting ready for the class since we have a lot going on Saturday. Funny thing, Fridays are supposed to be our
rest days now. Maybe next week.
Entry to Ahuachapan
Lasst Moments with Family
Burial Sites
Slide in the Casket and Seal
Man Selling Ice Cream at Funeral
Sealing the Tomb
First Bricks, then Morter on the Outside
Man would sling concrete at bricks and then smooth it.
Writing of the name on wet concrete.
Can't see this too well, but it reads 11/09/15 on the date.
At first glance, reaction is that date hasn't passed yet and it is sealed.
At second thought for us, that is 9/11/15.
That is an important date for many.
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