Another day down

I bought a pack of cookies for 299 pesos today which is less then 50 cents. Everything with sugar in it here is so cheap! I need to get out of here before I blow up like a balloon!

Finished History

I finished my history class today. I did my final presentation of on the theology of Padre Hurtado and it`s relation to Liberation Theology. Padre Hurtado was the guy who founded El Hogar de Cristo which is one of the largest charity organizations in Chile. Interestingly, he`s due for sainthood next year, he`s already been beatified so I guess he he´s pretty much got all of the honors a catholic can get.

He did a lot of work with kids and was really important inthe non-profit, charity sector here. They actually had an article in the newspaper today about how the Catholic Church was passing out pamphlets to kids here to teach them what Padre Hurtado did during his lifetime.

The story about how he founded Hogar de Cristo is quite interesting. The story goes that one day a man in the street in rags, with an acute case tonsilitus came up to him asking for refuge, unable to help the man Padre Hurtado was shaken. The next day Padre Hurtado was talking with a group of women and spontaneously he started talking about how many poor and children with out homes were wandering the streets of Santiago. The women were so impressed that they gave him money, land, and jewelry to help him found Hogar de Cristo.

After that Padre Hurtado spent the rest of his life helping the poor and he became a local hero.

Goat

My host dad made goat the other day, chivas in spanish. It was a little tough but it had a nice flavor.