Last day in Oaxaca

Today has been a beautiful day filled with sunshine and rest.  Last night was a long night with loud (and I mean LOUD) bands playing until 1:30am or so.  I fell asleep.  I guess this was the last night of the big celebration, so there was boxing or wrestling and a big party.  The carnival was going full tilt, with rides and the arcade.  Sheraya won a ceramic rooster for me.  I had not see any since I was here.  I was totally thrilled with the new addition to my kitchen collection back home.

Here is the picture of the house that Sheraya and I stayed in.  It is made of brick and was actually the clinic of the retired nurse midwife who lives next door.  Over 2,000 babies were born in this building.  Her husband who was a doctor and herself, served Mitla for many, many years.  Dr. Donjai, our Dr. working with Casa Compasiva was raised here, and worked with her parents.

It has been remodeled to be a home, of course, and is very comfortable housing American missionaries in it's old age.  

This is the kitchen and bathroom.  Our room had 2 single beds and a built in closet storage drawer area.  We lived out of our suitcases though.  Perhaps it would have made more sense to utilize the closet space, but we were not here much, besides sleeping and late evenings.

The ceilings are all brink with metal beams, and ceramic floors, with cement walls.  The walls are warm to the touch from the sunshine.

There are several houses and the Mexican Christian church that are in this brick walled courtyard. I did not attend the church this time, as it was all in Spanish, and there wasn’t anyone going on the days that we were here.  Unfortunately this little church floods really badly in the rains, hence all the fill mounds that line up around it.