The Church of Hospicio in Cochabamba, Bolivia

I took this photo of the church on Sunday morning before going in for Mass at 7:30 a.m.

october 10, 2010

Dear Thomas.

Your brother Benny is looking for medicine for the pain in his knee. I told him to consult the Doctor and I am sure that they have what he needs in India. He is looking at other countries and they are expensive. I am sure that your friend the Doctor knows what is best for him to buy for his knee.
your friend,
Frank

view from the window

Dear Thomas,

This photo I took this morning at around 10 a.m. and you can see the mountains in the distance but not very clear.All this week I could not see the mountains due to heavy smoke or smog in the area.This is due to the burning of the fields in Santa Cruz, a city which is around 6 hours from here to the West by car and only 30 minutes away by plane.It is spring time here and the temperatures are in the 80's as I write this to you. The farmers burn the fields for planting. So the smoke rises and the city of Santa Cruz is at sea level and here in Cochabamba we are at 8,000 feet above sea level.So it becmes very difficult for people who have asthma or other breating problems.
Such is life here this week in Cochabamba.
your brother,
frank

September 19th, 2010

Here is a photo of the Pope Mobile going over the Thames River in London. You can see the Houses of Pariliament on the left hand side.
This is the first time that the Pope has made a state visit to London England.
He also beatified Cardinal Newman on Sunday morning.
This has been an historic event for the United Kingdom.

Saturday morning

Dear Tom,
I took this photo of the fountain and the Cathedral this Saturday morning around 10:30 a.m.
I hope that you are enjoying the best of health and that everything is going fine for you in your classes this past week.
This coming Tuesday the city of Cochabamba will be celebrating 200 years of existence, it is called "Cochabamba Day".
I wrote to your brother Benny with the hope that he is feeling better after his fall from the bike.
This is all the news for now. Please take care of yourself.
your brother,
Frank

fresh fish and sea food

Dear Thomas,

This photo of the fish I took in Talcahuano, Chile last Juanuary to this year.
I have no idea what type of fish do you have in your area of India.

Today is Sunday, August 29th and one of our priest's had chest pains this morning and had to go to the Belga clinic for a check up. He was there for five hours and the attention was not very good for Sunday morning.
He is 74 years old and over weight which does not help his situation. He was just in the United States for two eye operations for cataracts. He was wearing eye glasses before and no he doesn't although he has to wear glasses to read fine print.

I went to the Franciscan Church Hospico this morning at 7:30 a.m. and then came home and started a blog for my family which is called "Sunday-Visit" which will be written on Sundays only.

While I am writing to you, I am also listening to music on my computer which is Classicfm from London, England. I believe that I had sent you the web site for this, if you are interested to classical music. Which is very different from the music that I hear on your telephone when I call you.

I call you a couple of times today Sunday but no answer. I have made contact with your brother and now he has his computer in the office because he says that the c0ntact is a lot faster.

It is too bad that there was no contact last night with me. I had notice that the screen had frozen even though I was writing to you. So the contact wasn't good and it could of been in your area or in this area as well.

I was checking out the gay sights on the internet. It was really something to see so many photos and movies that you can look at. I am sure that you have check them out quite often yourself. I know that your brother enjoys checking them out as well.

Well the weather is getting unusually warm here in Cochabamba, Bolivia. We had a short period of cold temperatures and with some snow in the nearby mountains only once this year. All of a sudden the temperature has gone up to 77 degrees F.
And now this Sunday afternoon we are having some very light rain or I should say just a few drops and nothing much but it is much more comfortable and cooler now and especially in my room. I live on the second floor and the sun rays go through the roof and makes the room warm although I do have the windows open.

Well I guess you are already to start off another week of classes and activities as principal of the school.

This evening, at 5 p.m., we will have a reflection hour with the community and the priest in charge Father John Gorski is the one who had health problems early this morning which he believes is his heart. The topic and discussion will be on prayer this Sunday afternoon, th 29th of August.

In the United States it is coming to the end of Summer and next weekend will be Labour Day weekend, it is a day that we honor of the workers of the country.

President Obama will give a talk this coming Tuesday on the combat troops leaving Iraq. It has been 7 years that we went to that country. A lot of lives have been lost not only Americans and other nationalities from other countries as well as the native people of Iraq as well. So senseless and we have not accomplished anything at all. I hope and pray that we will leave all countires that we are in conflict or are trying to help and not making too much progress as you well know yourself.

Well this is all the news from me on this Sunday afternoon of August 29th and now I will go to our reflection meeting on prayer.

lots of love,
Frank

Thomas baby

Dear Thomas,

I got an e-mail from your brother Benny this morning telling me that he injured himself by falling off an motorcycle.
You probably know about this already, fortunately it it not the same situtation as of the Doctor and his som a couple of months ago and still recovering from this accident.
The weather is very warm this Saturday morning here in Cochabamba.
I just come back from Mass at Sto. Domingo church here in Cochabamba.
I can't believe how warm it is here after a very short spell of cold weather in July and with only one snow fall in the near by mountains.
I hope that you are doing fine and that your ministry in education is going fine.
This is all the news that I have for you on this Saturday morning,
I hope to be hearing from you soon that is when you have time from your work.

lots of love,
Frank