{"id":9692,"date":"2019-10-05T13:56:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T18:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=9692"},"modified":"2019-10-04T19:02:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T00:02:58","slug":"a-quince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2019\/a-quince.html","title":{"rendered":"A Quince!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p>That is, <strong>a quincea\u00c3\u00b1era<\/strong>! We had a fun day on Sunday, combining our normal worship service with a 15th birthday party for one of our youth girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may remember <a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2016\/video-from-hannahs-15th-birthday-party.html\">Hannah&#8217;s XV<\/a>, which was three and a half years ago now. Most of you know by now that many girls in Mexico have a big coming-of-age party at the age of 15. Well, this time, the whole church pitched in to make the party special for Areli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-xv-cake.jpg\" alt=\"XV Cake for Areli\" class=\"wp-image-9693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-xv-cake.jpg 275w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-xv-cake-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We started with our normal Sunday school class (continuing our study on the 10 Commandments), and then we sang some of Areli&#8217;s favourite worship songs. Special symbols were presented to her by various people in the church, and Rod shared a devotional. Some people shared, including her parents. And then, of course, we ate! Only running out of tortillas once. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of those times that meeting at a party venue every Sunday comes in handy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few more pictures, so you can see what it was like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-xv.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Areli\" class=\"wp-image-9694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-xv.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-xv-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-sandra.jpg\" alt=\"Bible presentation\" class=\"wp-image-9695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-sandra.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-sandra-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-sandra-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/xv-food-2019.jpg\" alt=\"XV party food!\" class=\"wp-image-9696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/xv-food-2019.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/xv-food-2019-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"388\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-cake-mordida.jpg\" alt=\"A bite of the cake!\" class=\"wp-image-9697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-cake-mordida.jpg 388w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-cake-mordida-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/areli-cake-mordida-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rod wrote about the activities of Sunday here: <a href=\"http:\/\/mexicomatters.org\/arelis-15anos\/\"><em>Areli\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 15a\u00c3\u00b1os<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is, a quincea\u00c3\u00b1era! 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