The first Thursday thru Sunday in April here in South America is called Semana Santa or Holy Week. This is the week that everyone here trys to make up for all the bad things they have done throughout the year. They attend mass up to twelve times in one day and on good Friday they don’t eat any meat. Along with this they have processions where they parade statues of Mary, Joseph and Jesus through the streets. Sometime they carry crosses and even crucify themseves to try and pay for their sins. We had services each night during this time teaching about the life of Jesus. From His birth to His ressurrection we taught that forgiveness and life can only be found in the one that conquered sin and the grave. It was wonderful to see many for the first time realize that Jesus not only died but rose again from the dead and that He offers forgiveness from sin.
