Another day, another bucket shower! We had the couple downstairs for breakfast. They have two little kids age one and two so it was great for us. The husband has lived in Chili for the past three years so they just get together once in awhile on vacations. Seems like a strange way to live. He is from Rome, Italy. When he saw our name tags he seemed to get defensive immediately telling us that their little one year old was baptized into the Catholic Church yesterday. We talked about how important having a religion that taught values was. When he realized that we weren't going to bash his religion he wanted to know more about ours. He couldn't believe we were here working and were not getting paid. And the thought of having ten kids was unimaginable! He thought all Mormons had big families but not that big. The little two year old girl is enrolled in a school where she is learning both Spanish and English. Of course her Dad speaks English - that really helps me. Anyway when he came and when he left he kissed me on both cheeks and grabbed Scott like he was going to kiss him too - but darn, he didn't. That would have been fun to witness!
I have been trying to be brave enough to get my hair cut here. Everyone goes to someone different
and no one really likes who they go to. So we decided on the one across from the Temple. Since Scott has never been in a beauty salon in his life, he wasn't anxious to go but was tired of hearing me complain. So he was the interpreter - cut more here, not so much there, can you cut it dry, etc, etc.
We waited for 1/2 and hour while some black girls were getting their hair straightened. They pay lots of money to have that done once a week. Scott found a girl waiting for her mom to talk to so he did ok. It's not much fun having to rely on him for things that have to be taken care of by someone who speaks good Spanish. Who really knows what he tells them?? Anyway it ended up well. My hair is much shorter and much cooler.
Had our Spanish class today with Elder Hammon. Their daughter had a baby tonight so that was exciting for all of us as he was keeping us updated all during the class and family home evening. The Yturraldes, our neighbors, had Family Home Evening tonight. It was a BYU broadcast on a leper colony and how the members of three different churches lived and worked together in love and harmony.
We stopped at Wendy's on our way home. Dad said the junior bacon cheeseburger was better here than it is in the US. Just amazed again at the toenails here! There is alot of money spent on feet.
They won't have polished fingernails but those toenails are done with amazing detail.
I have been trying to be brave enough to get my hair cut here. Everyone goes to someone different
and no one really likes who they go to. So we decided on the one across from the Temple. Since Scott has never been in a beauty salon in his life, he wasn't anxious to go but was tired of hearing me complain. So he was the interpreter - cut more here, not so much there, can you cut it dry, etc, etc.
We waited for 1/2 and hour while some black girls were getting their hair straightened. They pay lots of money to have that done once a week. Scott found a girl waiting for her mom to talk to so he did ok. It's not much fun having to rely on him for things that have to be taken care of by someone who speaks good Spanish. Who really knows what he tells them?? Anyway it ended up well. My hair is much shorter and much cooler.
Had our Spanish class today with Elder Hammon. Their daughter had a baby tonight so that was exciting for all of us as he was keeping us updated all during the class and family home evening. The Yturraldes, our neighbors, had Family Home Evening tonight. It was a BYU broadcast on a leper colony and how the members of three different churches lived and worked together in love and harmony.
We stopped at Wendy's on our way home. Dad said the junior bacon cheeseburger was better here than it is in the US. Just amazed again at the toenails here! There is alot of money spent on feet.
They won't have polished fingernails but those toenails are done with amazing detail.
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