The United Kingdom celebrated the Queen's Jubilee about 4 weeks ago, but here in Peru time is different, and we celebrated the jubilee on Monday this week.
The International Colegio (which is British/Peruvian) was holding a special service for the jubilee and because the Latin Link missionaries are all British/Irish/Part of the Commonwealth then we were all invited as special guests. The British Consul was also there and he was wearing a kilt, but not just any kilt, he was wearing an Irish kilt.... very nice - though not as colourful as the Scottish ones are.
It was an interesting morning, we sang the Peruvian and British national anthem while the flags were raised on the flag poles, listened to a devotion based on two people on the throne - symbolised by their crowns - there was the crown of the Queen and the crown of thorns of Jesus. From what I understood of it, it was a very good devotion - drawing out that there is only one true King, that is Jesus Christ.
During the morning we heard the occasional sound of bagpipes which Cecily who is from Scotland appreciated. We were also treated to a rendition of Amazing Grace sang in both English and Spanish - as usual during that song there were tears in my eye but hearing in Spanish was special... there is something about the Spanish language when it is sung, its beautiful. And when spoken to, just not by me!!
At the end of the morning the band started playing Land of Hope and Glory and I felt like I was at the last night of the proms!
There was a special 'breakfast' for us 'special guests' as well after the service, this included cornflake krispies, egg sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, shortbread, ginger but biscuits, scones with jam, English tea plus other things. But the best thing of the 'breakfast' had to be the two cakes - they had pictures of the Queen on it, one from when she became Queen 60 years ago and one of her now.
It was very nice and was an enjoyable morning especially for someone who is Irish! Here are some pictures for you:
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| Congratulations to the Queen from the International Colegio |
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| The Food Table |
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| The Two Cakes |
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| The British Consul (with his Irish Kilt), Rosemary Gibson (Latin Link Representative of the Colegio) and the Consuls wife.
To see more photos please go to: https://picasaweb.google.com/100676954376098189077/QueenSJubileeAtTheInterColegio?authkey=Gv1sRgCInLxejXxdihbg
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