Today was a good day - even though our Saturdays always seem like Sundays because we spend a few hours traveling to the church and from the church in Hainamosa and a couple of hours teaching. So it feels like we have two Sundays each week!
Scott spent part of the day transporting women here for the auditing conference with their husbands, to the temple then to the Institute. How we ever got to our lesson an hour early is beyond both of us! On Saturday the lesson is at 5:00 and on Sunday it is at 4:00. On Saturday the students usually show up anywhere between fifteen minutes and half an hour late. When we got to the church the gate was locked and we couldn't get in so we called the high councilor and he informed us we were an hour early. We're too old to even be embarrassed! After all, an hour early is better than an hour late... So we had some time to tour the area. We were sitting in the car when this red dilapidated van pulls up. Three guys got out and went to the house gate just to the side of us. I don't know how they got someone to come out but they did. As soon as the woman came out two of the guys went back to the van and started pulling out these upper body mannequins made of styrofoam with shirts on. They held them up for the woman to see and tried to talk her into buying some but to no avail. We thought she must have ordered some shirts but she sent them away. We watched as they went to other houses and did the same thing. Then realized they were traveling tshirt salesmen. I wish I could have gotten a picture because the whole van was filled with Styrofoam bodies and tshirt type shirts. On the side away from us they had a pole from the front to the back of the van with forms and shirts hanging on them. Gotta love it here!
I had seen Elder Esplin last week at the church in Hainamosa and told him I would bring him a treat this week if he was there. He showed up before our lesson so I got to visit with him for a few minutes. He had his hair cut short this past week - info for Nanette. It was longer and curly last week but it is so hot here I'm sure this feels better. Even the people here say it is record heat for September this year.
There is this cute little woman in our class in Hainamosa that is so excited that we are starting on the keyboard lessons! She sat down at the keyboard before class and for ten minutes just played on the keyboard. She was like a kid at Christmas! What a joy it is to teach someone who is so excited to learn. However she never sings on key. It is so confusing when you are playing and they are singing something you have never heard before. I keep wondering if I am playing the wrong song or the wrong keys! Scott stopped the group when she had been leading a song and asked them to listen to the piano and try to match the sound of their voices with the sound the piano made. I just played one note of the melody so it would be easier for them to hear. I don't think they even knew that they were to sing the way the piano sounded because they never hear the piano. The next song was so much better! One of our goals is to help them follow the music because they sing with all of their hearts. We love these people and pray that we can help them in whatever ways we can.
Scott spent part of the day transporting women here for the auditing conference with their husbands, to the temple then to the Institute. How we ever got to our lesson an hour early is beyond both of us! On Saturday the lesson is at 5:00 and on Sunday it is at 4:00. On Saturday the students usually show up anywhere between fifteen minutes and half an hour late. When we got to the church the gate was locked and we couldn't get in so we called the high councilor and he informed us we were an hour early. We're too old to even be embarrassed! After all, an hour early is better than an hour late... So we had some time to tour the area. We were sitting in the car when this red dilapidated van pulls up. Three guys got out and went to the house gate just to the side of us. I don't know how they got someone to come out but they did. As soon as the woman came out two of the guys went back to the van and started pulling out these upper body mannequins made of styrofoam with shirts on. They held them up for the woman to see and tried to talk her into buying some but to no avail. We thought she must have ordered some shirts but she sent them away. We watched as they went to other houses and did the same thing. Then realized they were traveling tshirt salesmen. I wish I could have gotten a picture because the whole van was filled with Styrofoam bodies and tshirt type shirts. On the side away from us they had a pole from the front to the back of the van with forms and shirts hanging on them. Gotta love it here!
I had seen Elder Esplin last week at the church in Hainamosa and told him I would bring him a treat this week if he was there. He showed up before our lesson so I got to visit with him for a few minutes. He had his hair cut short this past week - info for Nanette. It was longer and curly last week but it is so hot here I'm sure this feels better. Even the people here say it is record heat for September this year.
There is this cute little woman in our class in Hainamosa that is so excited that we are starting on the keyboard lessons! She sat down at the keyboard before class and for ten minutes just played on the keyboard. She was like a kid at Christmas! What a joy it is to teach someone who is so excited to learn. However she never sings on key. It is so confusing when you are playing and they are singing something you have never heard before. I keep wondering if I am playing the wrong song or the wrong keys! Scott stopped the group when she had been leading a song and asked them to listen to the piano and try to match the sound of their voices with the sound the piano made. I just played one note of the melody so it would be easier for them to hear. I don't think they even knew that they were to sing the way the piano sounded because they never hear the piano. The next song was so much better! One of our goals is to help them follow the music because they sing with all of their hearts. We love these people and pray that we can help them in whatever ways we can.
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