March for Jesus

Why not? What better reason do you have to march?

So, I'll admit it struck me as a weird concept as well. But marching for Jesus with about 80 local evangelical churches and associations turned out to be a lot of fun. Bolivians have marches for everything else; to protest anything, to celebrate caranval, to honor the Catholic virgin of every town... So the annual March for Jesus is the protestant Church's response, "we have something worth marching for too."

There were matching t-shirts, trucks with sound systems, bands, flags, signs, banners, refreshments, everything one would hope for from a parade, except maybe huge inflatable cartoon characters. I loved randomly running into other Christian friends from Santa Cruz as we walked along singing praise songs together. But my favorite part was the instant camaraderie among thousands of people in love with the same Savior, and willing to testify of His greatness to the whole city.

I'd recommend getting a Jesus Pride Parade started in the US. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by the outcome. Ruby, however, thought we could have walked a little faster and demonstrated her boredom by sitting at every stoplight, so you might want to look into better traffic control.

This week we'll take advantage of two other reasons to celebrate: the 200th Anniversary of the city of Santa Cruz and the first day of spring. Thank goodness spring's just around the corner 'cause I'm about ready for some warmer weather, this wintery 100+℉ just isn't cutting it for me. ;)