Yesterday we studied and washed. Also missed our usual 6:00 temple session because my hair wouldn't dry and I didn't bring a dryer. Guess I'll have to buy one. Turned out to be a blessing because we got to go to the 7:00 session with our friends, the Snows. Each time we go to this beautiful temple I realize that it won't be long before we won't have the opportunity to live a mile from the temple. It has been a great experience to live so close and be able to go two or three times a week. The feeling of peace and love there is amazing. I used to loose my right foot slipper and someone would bring it to me or I would see it back on the stairs -solved the problem by getting two different sizes! After the session we visited with Pres. Bair for an hour in his office. Scott enjoys discussing doctrine with him and we both learn some interesting things.
First thing this morning when Scott got back from his early morning jog he had arranged for Tati (Raisa's mom) to come have breakfast with us and then take us to the apartment they have to rent down by the ocean. We were looking to see if it was something the Mahons would rent because they are still homeless. It is in the Colonial Section of the city - that is the original section. Scott says it looks just like where he was in Peru but it looked scary to me. It is in the area of the Yellow Steps that I put pictures in of before. The roads are one car width wide and they park on both sides and expect traffic to get through the remaining space. Driving a small car down here is really an advantage! It gives you such a closed in feeling. Every apartment and business building share a wall with the next one. There are no spaces between buildings, just an entire block of shared wall cement buildings. And like everywhere else there are men setting in the door ways or standing around doing nothing. The apartment was bigger than ours but the view was of old building roofs - nothing like ours. It would never do for someone who was looking for an exercise room and a swimming pool.
Tati had taken home two church videos and showed them to her friends. She loved them. One was the Purpose of Life which is my favorite. She said she would like to have the missionaries come. I feel bad that Scott can't teach her because they have a great relationship but our job is to refer them to the missionaries.
Elder Snow, after hearing Scott had taught himself how to play the keyboard, decided he would do the same. So now he is practicing every spare minute too. Keeps these men out of trouble!
These are pictures of the Adrian Tropical Restaurant where we ate.
The temple missionaries do not have cars or much spare time. We took the Leavitts, out to Adrian Tropical by the ocean. We had never been there but many of the senior missionaries have been and said it was very good. I'll put some pictures in because it was beautiful there. There was a big round table on the patio that looked like a great place We were surprised no one had sat there until something started squawking and we found there were two parrots right by us that were so obnoxious. Then the campaign noise began with the sound trucks with six speakers on, the hand glider, and the little two seater airplane started going back and forth. It even scared the parrots into being quiet! There is no beach there. Big volcanic rock forms the shore. It is different but beautiful in it's own way. Of course there are the armed guards - this one doesn't look to scary and loved posing for the picture. We stopped at the Bon ice cream place on the way home - like our Baskin Robbins at home. They were bagging potatoes by hand in the alley next door to deliver to stores in the area. Labor is so cheap here they do most things by hand that in the States they do with machines.
First thing this morning when Scott got back from his early morning jog he had arranged for Tati (Raisa's mom) to come have breakfast with us and then take us to the apartment they have to rent down by the ocean. We were looking to see if it was something the Mahons would rent because they are still homeless. It is in the Colonial Section of the city - that is the original section. Scott says it looks just like where he was in Peru but it looked scary to me. It is in the area of the Yellow Steps that I put pictures in of before. The roads are one car width wide and they park on both sides and expect traffic to get through the remaining space. Driving a small car down here is really an advantage! It gives you such a closed in feeling. Every apartment and business building share a wall with the next one. There are no spaces between buildings, just an entire block of shared wall cement buildings. And like everywhere else there are men setting in the door ways or standing around doing nothing. The apartment was bigger than ours but the view was of old building roofs - nothing like ours. It would never do for someone who was looking for an exercise room and a swimming pool.
Tati had taken home two church videos and showed them to her friends. She loved them. One was the Purpose of Life which is my favorite. She said she would like to have the missionaries come. I feel bad that Scott can't teach her because they have a great relationship but our job is to refer them to the missionaries.
Elder Snow, after hearing Scott had taught himself how to play the keyboard, decided he would do the same. So now he is practicing every spare minute too. Keeps these men out of trouble!
These are pictures of the Adrian Tropical Restaurant where we ate.
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