The Fourth ended on a high note here. We were busy getting things shut down for the night when we heard a great big boom! Followed shortly by another, then another. They were so loud and forceful I thought someone surely must be dropping bombs on us. Ran to the window to see beautiful red, white, and blue fireworks being shot off by the US Embassy just a block away. Sparks were hitting the ground all around our building - by ground I mean cement.. People were coming out of the Marriot Hotel to see what was going on. Of course the Dominicans just take all that noise in stride so there were fewer of them coming out of places to see what was going on. My favorite was the one that went up in the air looking like a flag waving in the breeze. It was probably the best fireworks show we have ever seen.
Thursday's are a busy day for us and this was no different. One thing that is very clear with Scott and I teaching is that we have totally different ways of preparing. For me to be comfortable with a lesson it has to be completely organized and I have to know what I am doing. Scott, on the other hand, prefers just to play it by ear. I wish I was more like that - guess we will hit a happy medium
somewhere! We did have to get some pictures of our lesson today for the area secretary so I will put some of them on here. This returned missionary that is in the pictures is great. He has picked everything up quickly and actually takes his book home and studies - in fact read the whole book on directing last week. The other two were chaperoning a youth conference.
We then had our Spanish class - and miracle of miracles - I actually knew what was going on and how to do the verb conjugations Elder Hammon was teaching!!
The Temple tonight was a neat experience. The Snows, the Dunfords, the Fords, the Cuenots,
and the Haws and us in the same session was such a warm wonderful experience. We went with the Snows to a Bon shop for ice cream and had a great time with them. We will miss them when they leave in August!
Came home and was skyping with Megan and Cami when a bird flew in our window - which of course does not have screens- and into the kitchen. He flew out with a little help. Scott thought he was part woodpecker - don't know which part that was! The thing that is great and difficult at the same time is seeing the babies and the little ones that are growing and changing so much and not being able to hold them. I told Scott we should have waited to come until all of the babies were here and over two. He didn't think that was such a great idea because we might be 70 years old by then
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Thursday's are a busy day for us and this was no different. One thing that is very clear with Scott and I teaching is that we have totally different ways of preparing. For me to be comfortable with a lesson it has to be completely organized and I have to know what I am doing. Scott, on the other hand, prefers just to play it by ear. I wish I was more like that - guess we will hit a happy medium
somewhere! We did have to get some pictures of our lesson today for the area secretary so I will put some of them on here. This returned missionary that is in the pictures is great. He has picked everything up quickly and actually takes his book home and studies - in fact read the whole book on directing last week. The other two were chaperoning a youth conference.
The Temple tonight was a neat experience. The Snows, the Dunfords, the Fords, the Cuenots,
and the Haws and us in the same session was such a warm wonderful experience. We went with the Snows to a Bon shop for ice cream and had a great time with them. We will miss them when they leave in August!
Came home and was skyping with Megan and Cami when a bird flew in our window - which of course does not have screens- and into the kitchen. He flew out with a little help. Scott thought he was part woodpecker - don't know which part that was! The thing that is great and difficult at the same time is seeing the babies and the little ones that are growing and changing so much and not being able to hold them. I told Scott we should have waited to come until all of the babies were here and over two. He didn't think that was such a great idea because we might be 70 years old by then
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