Thursday, August 16, 2012

8/16/202

   You know what the great thing about knowing less than your husband is?  It's you have to study more which means while you study he has time to wash the dishes, iron his shirts, etc.  Sure is nice!
(In that respect only however) I am so grateful Scott knows and studies to increase his understanding of the Spanish that is spoken here or we would be completely lost.
    Made some chicken noodle soup early this morning that I could take to one of the women here who is having such trouble with arthritis but she never answered her phone.  I hope she is ok.  The Snows called and wanted to go out to lunch for their last meal here - they leave tomorrow.  Since we had a big pot of soup we had them come here with the Ruckers (their replacements).  Fools that we are we decided to try another pan of brownies in Yturaldies oven because we thought if we raised the front of their stove the brownies would bake evenly. Oh we were sooo wrong.  This time when I went up to check on them they were all down on the other end of the pan.  Maybe the lesson in all this is:  Quit making brownies - they aren't good for you!  It seemed unreal that the Snows were here with us today and tomorrow will be in Utah.  We have had some very interesting experiences with them here in Santo Domingo.
   As soon as company left we headed up to the Casa for piano lessons.  There were only two of the returned missionaries there today so it was easier to work with them individually.  I love Katty.  She is such a humble, sweet, and pretty young woman.  She served in the West Mission here a year ago and is now helping at the MTC here training missionaries.  Today is the first time she has spoken any English - I didn't know she knew any.  It is harder for her to pick up the lessons so after an hour she was frustrated and tired so we sat and talked.  She helped me with my Spanish and I helped her with English and we had a great time. 
   Today was the inauguration of the new president here.  That made it a national holiday so when we went to the temple there were so many people the mission president told us to come back tomorrow.  It's great that when these people have a day off they come to the temple.  They bring their families so they can be part of the experience and the kids just hang out on the temple grounds and in the Casa if they are staying there.  They have rooms in the Casa that they rent out for $6.00 a night to those who come to attend the temple, usually from outside the country.  It is a great thing for many of these families who can barely afford the travel expense to come here. Here are a couple of darling little girls that were at the Casa with their parents:  These kids love to see pictures of themselves on your camera!


  Now we are home studying because we had many other things going on today.  We are excited for the Baxters and the Gaileys and those great young missionaries leaving from our ward. 

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