This afternoon they had Jose's funeral. All the gringos at Faith Home attended along with Miguel and Marcos (two of our house parents). Once again we went to the same house where we were last night. Today Jose was in a casket and right after we arrived they closed the casket and loaded the casket into the back of a pickup.
Then all of the people at the house, probably 50 or so, walked behind the truck as it drove to the church. We were on a main road but the other vehicles didn't seem to mind. We walked for about 20 -30 minutes and then arrived at the church. They had a short mass and then we all walked behind the pickup to the cemetery. Some guys with ropes lowered the casket. They put some tin over the top, begin covering the tin with cement, and that was it.
The simplicity of it was nice. The only decisions for the family were to purchase the standard casket and a burial plot. It was a nice tribute to Jose.
Please continue to pray for Jose's wife and three small children.
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