By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, January 8, 2011
From left, Pascual Diaz, Josue Rios and Jose Miranda, dressed as the three kings, march up the aisle during the Three Kings Day festivities Saturday at Iglesia Ministerios la Red in Ruskin.
RUSKIN — Patricia Guerrero closed her eyes.
A smile on her face, she reached to her right and left and pulled her two squirming sons close as a minister said a prayer for togetherness.
When 8-year-old Danny and 7-year-old Peter managed to wriggle free, Guerrero kissed both of them atop the head and laughed. This was, after all, their day.
The Guerreros were one of about 200 families that participated in Ruskin's 10th annual Dia de Los Reyes Magos, or Three Kings Day, a traditional Latin American Epiphany celebration.
At the little Iglesia Ministerios la Red church, local Hispanic families watched a re-enactment of Mary, Joseph and baby ...