Whirlwind

Wow, just finished our second day as “Hospitaleros” or volunteers at the Monetary Santa Cruz in Sahagún Spain which is almost exactly halfway for those doing the traditional way of the Camino De Santiago. At this point many pilgrims are suffering injuries to feet and knees but also grateful for the experience but also not quite sure they can go on. There are daily coffee clatches where their experience is shared and Pilgrims Mass and blessings along with communal dinner nightly. The work is hard here up at 6:30am and bed at 10:30pm which an hour or two squeezed in to get outside after pushing out the pilgrims at 8:30am and cleaning until 10:30an with a noon opening. Also a possibility to walk for 1/2hr around 3pm where there is a lull in people come by in. There are around 40 beds here mostly in rooms of two and four. We are exhausted after our second day with 12 more to go, but the experience of hearing the stories of people doing it form many different countries is the payoff for the work.

We wish you all well back home and good thoughts for you.

D&B