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To: Brumar89 who wrote (67582)	6/23/2015 1:46:14 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

My parents had a reputation for taking kids in crisis. We lived in a rural area and there were horses to ride and goats to milk and cats and dogs and rabbits. Usually they would stay for the summer while their parents went through a divorce or some other traumatic activity. And, back on topic, one time we got a call from the Bishop of El Paso asking us to take in a boy whose parents had been in a severe auto wreck in the days before seat belts were common. The boy had no relatives in the United States. They were in the hospital for over a year. As part of the request they wanted him to attend Catholic Church every week. I guess the relevant point was even in the absence of pressure from his parents there was a great deal of pressure to have him conform to the religion no matter what the circumstance. As I was closest in age to him, I went with him. For more than a year I went to mass, but then Javier and I would have dinner with the priests followed by lessons/discussions of the beliefs and rituals of the Catholic Church. The location was the Tigua Mission in Ysleta so I was also exposed to many of the native american practices woven into that specific mass. I guess that speaks to your point that even the most sincere lessons don't always stick.