Quito and the Holy Priest!

Wow! So as many of you should know, we are in Ecuador right now. The nuns that we are going to be working with next cannot recieve us until the 3rd of March so while we wait we are enjoying our time here. Two nights ago we arrived in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Besides our hostal being really cheap and great, the town here is amazing! We woke up yesterday morning and headed out in search of a huge gorgeous church that we had seen from the roof of our hostal. It didn't take long to find it. When we got there Mass was almost over, so we waited for the next one to start.
This is the main thing that I wanted to blog about: The preist who said Mass was incredible! Besides giving a powerful homily about the need for all of us to trust God, in every part of our lives, he did something else that shocked the congregation.
As many of you might know, in South America, it is not normal to knee at all during Mass. Even during the Consecration. But today at Mass, right after Andrea and I knelt, before beginning the words of the Eucharistic prayer the priest says, "St. Francis said, if you do not kneel, truly you do not understand what is going to happen." Immediately the entire congregation dropped to their knees. It was a wonderful sight to witness! It was so great to see a priest influence an entire congregation to give Christ in the Eucharist the respect that He deserves. It was also nice not being the only ones kneeling for the first time in 6 months!
Please pray that more priests in South America and throughout the world will have the courage to speak out about getting our Eucharistic Lord the reverence that is due to Him.