Fr. Martin Kelly has been in Puerto Quito for 16 years. He has a newly ordained priest with him every year. Together they cover 50 "recintos" or villages each month. They have 98 to cover if they could. Fr. Martin has also begun an excellent Family Catechesis program, requiring parents to truly be the catechist for their children. Here before their monthly Mass at this recinto, "10 de Agosto" he is testing the children's knowledge in front of their parents.
Fr. Martin also started schools, and trains the locals in how to more effectively farm chickens, cows, pigs, silk worms and grow cacau (chocolate beans). This picture below shows the chocolate beans drying in the . . . cloudy weather (they will have to be moved inside into the heater for further drying).
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