4/26/2012

I thought I had saved a blog written two nights ago but can't find it - memory being what it is - this is will probably be short.  On Monday we had Spanish class and FHE.  The FHE consisted of going to the International Book Fair where the church had an exhibit on Family Home Evening.  About six or so couples walked over and through the fair.  It was alot like the Utah State Fair with all kinds of booths selling different things.  Jewelery here is by far the most popular thing to sell. Coco Cola had the cutest booth.  The Church's booth got the most media attention and was by far the best there.
They had two great videos that the missionaries showed.  We walked home with Yturraldes.  It's so good to have someone else living in this building with us - that is someone you know and trust.  She was telling me about some news articles she had found on the Internet about the murder in our apartment. When she sent the link to me it was all about how crime ridden the Dominican Republic is.  How recent past there have been 16 diplomats and tourists killed here.  It's a good thing we are just missionaries!  They have the Chinese government here investigating.
   Scott has lined up four more training meetings for this week so that will be eight of the stakes we have given the training lesson.  All of the meetings that these are taught at are priesthood training
meetings so I am usually the only woman there.  Even though I can understand and speak much more Spanish it isn't nearly enough!!! 
    Tuesday and Wednesday nights were temple nights.  The Ottoson's wanted to go with us on Tuesday so we were two pick them up at 5:30 if they hadn't already walked up to leave the kids with their parents.  I went to buz them and couldn't get anyone to answer.  This guy was standing there trying to get into another apartment but no one answered where he was buzzing either- then the guard came over to see what we were doing. They are pretty cautious these days, which is fine with me.
So we left for the temple and got there to find that the Ottosons were still at home but their buzzer didn't work.  They finally decided we weren't coming and walked or jogged to the temple.  I felt so bad!  It was fun to go to the temple with them.  On Wednesday there was a couple going through for the first time and the missionary who baptized them, his wife, and her mother were there.  They had come from the states somewhere to be here for the sealing so it was a session full of joy!  It is always fun to see other Americans in the temple - or anywhere else for that matter.   The teenagers here seem to be at the temple alot doing baptisms.  Scott went this morning to help Elder Eickbush as one of the sisters in the ward they attend was going through the temple and her sixteen year old sister wanted to come do baptisms.
   Scott had to teach the Spanish class today.  Then he and Elder Snow went out to Alcarrisos Stake to do some training and I went with Sister Snow to their apartment and we made seashell picture frames.  Some missionaries before them left them 60 lbs of shells to do these pictures.
   DeDe wrote and told us that Elma had passed away.  What a sweet woman she is!