Day 24

We are now in Puerto Montt.  The ferry leaves this evening at 9 or so but we have to be there with the car at 4.

We made it up to see our Mapuche friends, that was cool.
It had rained heavily during the night and when we arrived at the lower church no one was there.  We headed up the road (used to just be a horse trail) and met some folks we know on the way.  Rosamel about fell off his bike when he saw us.  We all decided to head to the upper church together so we continued up the road with 5 people in the back seat and one on the back bumper.

We made it to the base of the steep trail that leads to the upper church.  Too slick to continue so we climb the Very steep trail to church.  Talk about aerobic workouts!
Of course I had to preach and after we headed back down to the lower church where I had to preach again.  Didn't matter that Cristobal had just finished preaching.
Then we all went to the kitchen and sat around drinking Mate.  They fixed some food and did the Mapuche Guest of Honor* thing with us.  Later we drove Cristobal and Rosamel to Regoilil to do a little business.  Got back and went to Cristobals house where they did the MGH* thing again.

We left that evening and we made it to Puerto Montt and have been finally able to rest a little.
We hope to make it home tomorrow evening sometime after 9.

*Mapuche Guest of Honor
Where they sit you at a special spot (usually the only table) give you a huge portion or all of the food and sit and watch you eat.  No, you never get used to it.