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MISSION IS FUN
RIDING AT THE AGE OF 70
BY FR LUIS ALBUQUERQUE MCCJ
THE PARISH of Yanahuanca in the mountains of central Peru had several communities. The missionary had to go to one of them to celebrate the feast of the patron saint. He took with him a Monfortian Sister and a young girl.
When they arrived at the place where the road ended, they saw a man with two horses. They tried to go by car through the mountains, guided by the illustrious horseman, but it was difficult for the car. So, they decided to go on foot, because the priest had never ridden a horse. After a while, he encouraged himself to ride on the animal and he felt comfortable. They were able to reach the place for the feast. When they arrived they were surprised to see that there were two chapels next to each other, one for the Catholic Church and the other, for another church.
They also noticed that the beer had arrived at that place. Everything went smoothly and after praying and singing, strengthened by a good lunch, they returned in the same way. The priest was already a master at riding, but at a certain point, he felt sorry for the Sister, who was already 70 years old and tried to give her his horse, so that he could go on foot. At first, he didn’t manage to convince her because she had never ridden a horse before but finally, she agreed. Riding was easy for her and she was giving glory to God saying that it was necessary to reach that age for the chance to use such an animal for transport. Everything was going well, but then the priest invited the Sister to share the horse with the young girl so that she could also take a rest from walking.
“Now that I was doing so well and enjoying it, why should I ever dismount? Oh well!
They arrived at the car and descended from 4 000 m to 3 000 m where the parish was.
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