"Hermanamiento in Action"

• AM-Breakfast at cabin and Guatemalan Committee meeting
• 9 or 10 am-Van leaves for Red River Valley
• 11-1 pm-Visit Headwaters of Mississippi and lunch
• Aft.-Meet with Fargo Sister Parish Group, migrant workers association, and Valley to Valley Project
• Eve.-Overnite with Fargo host families

After a long and late day yesterday, we were able to sleep in until 8:00am and get a leisurely start at the cabin. Louise graced us with a Guatemalan breakfast - fantastico! Time for a brief walk near the cabin before we piled into the van for more On the Road Adventure.

A brief stop in Bemidji allowed us to visit Paul Bunyon and have lunch at KFC. Then we had ice cream sandwiches in the van on the way to Itasca. We walked across the rocks at the headwaters of the Mississippi and found enough snow by the parking lot for a snowball fight. Hilda and Sandra were winning the battle against Carlos in the picture.
From there, back in the van to Fargo.

We were greeted with a wonderful welcome from the people in Fargo. We had dinner together then some conversations with Darcy Ache about her work with recent imigrants in Fargo. There was also some discussion between the sister parish committee from Faith Lutheran and the Guatemalans which provided some insight into the struggles the Hermanamiento between Faith Lutheran and La Isla, Guatemala has experienced. We had a brief performance by the choir here and then a discussion with Rosie Gonzalez regarding her work with the migrant farm workers.