Lucas Camilo

Lucas had a good weekend, highlighted by his first trip to the Unitarian church up the street.  Krista has been going to All Souls for years but officially became a member today.  We’ve gotten to know a bunch of people the social justice-oriented congregation, especially through a class she took there called “the Soulful Path,” so it was fun to introduce them to Lucas.  A number of them  brought us food and helped out around the time of Lucas’s birth, something we’ll always remember and appreciate.

In another cool connection, the pastor Rob Hardies lived in the same town in Guatemala — a post-war repatriation that was still experiencing trauma — as Krista back in the 1990s.  He’s a great guy, and was prepared for our vacuum-cleaner sounding suction machine to kick on in the middle of the sermon should Lucas need it.  As it happened, Lucas was kinda freaked out by the huge crowd, or the clapping, or the loud organ (or all of the above) and so we had to take him out into the hall early on, do laps and sing songs.  It turns out he’s a lot more into “Old McDonald” than the holy spirit (for what it’s worth, there’s not much mention of the latter at All Souls anyway, as people “walk diverse spiritual paths”).

Lucas calmed down later and we were able to hang out for coffee and donuts after the service.  A couple who was visiting from California came up to us and introduced themselves as parents of a young woman with disabilities, and they talked about how supportive their Unitarian congregation had been to them and their daughter.  We talked to them for a while and it was a really nice connection to make.

Back at home, we caught Lucas perusing one of his favorite anti-imperialist magazines – WIN, the quarterly publication of the War Resisters League – and he proceeded to engage in a game of “where’s Lucas”.  Halfway through we switched to video mode and recorded a pretty funny clip of Lucas.  Enjoy!