It's been such an interesting day. But yesterday I forgot something I wanted to remember. When we got to the Casa where we hold our music class and opened the door - lo and behold there was this woman sitting on the couch that was a double for Dolly Pardon! It was shocking to see all of that long blond hair. Scott and I both did a double take and asked who she was and could we help her. She said she had been teaching English here for some months. Well we knew she hadn't been in the room we were in because we have been there every Thursday for a month and certainly have never seen her there. She's the kind of woman you would remember. She actually had been teaching down stairs but she stayed to our music class for some reason. It was fun to have her there because she sang the hymns while our student practiced leading. She has come to the Dominican to learn Spanish. She is planning on coming to our Spanish class on Monday.
We had to go out to the area office to pay for our car and talk to some of the stake presidents, and Katty Paulina there. The Snow's work out there so we stopped to visit them. Sister Snow had some kind of a little fruit that you split in two and peel the skin off with your teeth then you kind of chew the meat off the big stone center. Wasn't too bad!
Today we picked up the Whitakers from Puerto Rico who are carrying out our music plan there. What a great couple! He is the financial clerk for a mission there. Sister Whitaker said she was in the office one day and she just knew she was to teach music there. She had no experience but got in contact with us and has been doing a marvelous job organizing and teaching over there. We went to Adrian Tropical by the ocean and had some delicious food..
Tonight was the night William's wife and sister were to come so we could take them to supper. They were absolutely delightful! William's wife, Oglivia, is tiny. Probably five feet tall at the tallest. She and William just should be Mormons. They have so much light! We just loved them. After taking them to McDonalds (which was really a treat for them) we took them back to their new home. I have got to go back with a video camera because you could never do it justice by just explaining it. It was dark but there were people out everywhere and the street was about one car width wide. The motorcycles didn't have lights and the venders had no lights of any kind going down the street. When we got to where they lived we went down this narrow alley to these crumbling, steep steps then climbed up some steps to their place. They had no lights inside but she had a lantern and lit it so we could see their home. Oglivia is a talented decorator - what we could see of the inside was really nice. They had a living room and kitchen about 10' by 15' and two bedrooms that Oglivia thought were very large and a restroom which she was excited to have. I think the roof was tin and looked like it wouldn't keep the rain out - but who am I to know how that works there. It was such a good experience for us. My only regret was I couldn't carry on much of a conversation with them and I missed alot of the conversation. William was a good sport and let me practice my Spanish on him while the others were getting food!
William insisted on coming with us in the car until we got out of the area he lives in then he got out and walked the mile or two back to his place. I don't know if he thought we would get lost or mugged! We loved being able to go to their place and see how they live.
We had to go out to the area office to pay for our car and talk to some of the stake presidents, and Katty Paulina there. The Snow's work out there so we stopped to visit them. Sister Snow had some kind of a little fruit that you split in two and peel the skin off with your teeth then you kind of chew the meat off the big stone center. Wasn't too bad!
Today we picked up the Whitakers from Puerto Rico who are carrying out our music plan there. What a great couple! He is the financial clerk for a mission there. Sister Whitaker said she was in the office one day and she just knew she was to teach music there. She had no experience but got in contact with us and has been doing a marvelous job organizing and teaching over there. We went to Adrian Tropical by the ocean and had some delicious food..
Tonight was the night William's wife and sister were to come so we could take them to supper. They were absolutely delightful! William's wife, Oglivia, is tiny. Probably five feet tall at the tallest. She and William just should be Mormons. They have so much light! We just loved them. After taking them to McDonalds (which was really a treat for them) we took them back to their new home. I have got to go back with a video camera because you could never do it justice by just explaining it. It was dark but there were people out everywhere and the street was about one car width wide. The motorcycles didn't have lights and the venders had no lights of any kind going down the street. When we got to where they lived we went down this narrow alley to these crumbling, steep steps then climbed up some steps to their place. They had no lights inside but she had a lantern and lit it so we could see their home. Oglivia is a talented decorator - what we could see of the inside was really nice. They had a living room and kitchen about 10' by 15' and two bedrooms that Oglivia thought were very large and a restroom which she was excited to have. I think the roof was tin and looked like it wouldn't keep the rain out - but who am I to know how that works there. It was such a good experience for us. My only regret was I couldn't carry on much of a conversation with them and I missed alot of the conversation. William was a good sport and let me practice my Spanish on him while the others were getting food!
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