Our internet just came back on so I can try to catch up on skype. On Wednesday we decided to go to the temple so we could see Romney's talk on Thursday evening. Hermana Mahon sat by me and I forgot she knew less Spanish than I do and she didn't have headphones for English. I thought she was just dozing, like my daughter Jamie, when she didn't respond to anything then I finally realized she didn't know anything about what was being said. What a idiot I am because I could have helped her a little. Anyway we didn't mind coming home late because we had no internet to check on the kids or the news or blog. We are just hoping they get the internet fixed for Thursday night.
Thursday is always a busy day but I had a chance to cook some poppy seed chicken for the first time since we have been here. It tasted so good! The internet man is supposed to come today but hadn't come by the time our music lesson started so I sent Scott by himself - which he was not too happy about. So I missed music lessons, two Spanish lessons and still he hadn't come. Sister Yturaldie has called them a dozen times to report our outages and they say they are coming. Ha! The Dominican manana means about anytime they get around to doing it.
Sister Mahon called to say she would be here to cut Scott's hair in an hour. In her business she charged $40 for a man's hair cut but is doing it here free for the missionaries. Looks nice, huh?
Sitting on the couch is her husband who played polo for 22 years in Chicago. It has been fun getting to know them.
After they left we called all over to see if anyone had internet and would be up until 11:00pm. We finally found they had some service at the Casa so the Ytualdies and Rees' climbed in the car at 10:00 at night and went to the Casa. There are always people staying there who come from different areas of the Caribe to do temple work. If they have young children one can tend while the other goes. We searched around for the best signal and finally found a weak one that wouldn't let us listen. We pulled the overstuff chairs from the waiting room into the hall because that was the best reception. And we thought at 10:00 at night there wouldn't be anyone around. Were we wrong! Have to remember we are in the land of late night people. Family after family came out of the elevator and into the kitchen area until well after 11:00. We did get to hear the speech and thought it was very good. Of course Romney is our kind of guy! At 11:30 pm the MTC/CCM here was filled with new missionaries just coming here to be trained. They looked pretty spry for just getting off the airplane.
Brought back old memories of landing here in the DR and getting off the plane wondering just what our lives here would be like and what we were really supposed to do. We're still wondering if they got the right people for this job!
Thursday is always a busy day but I had a chance to cook some poppy seed chicken for the first time since we have been here. It tasted so good! The internet man is supposed to come today but hadn't come by the time our music lesson started so I sent Scott by himself - which he was not too happy about. So I missed music lessons, two Spanish lessons and still he hadn't come. Sister Yturaldie has called them a dozen times to report our outages and they say they are coming. Ha! The Dominican manana means about anytime they get around to doing it.
Sitting on the couch is her husband who played polo for 22 years in Chicago. It has been fun getting to know them.
After they left we called all over to see if anyone had internet and would be up until 11:00pm. We finally found they had some service at the Casa so the Ytualdies and Rees' climbed in the car at 10:00 at night and went to the Casa. There are always people staying there who come from different areas of the Caribe to do temple work. If they have young children one can tend while the other goes. We searched around for the best signal and finally found a weak one that wouldn't let us listen. We pulled the overstuff chairs from the waiting room into the hall because that was the best reception. And we thought at 10:00 at night there wouldn't be anyone around. Were we wrong! Have to remember we are in the land of late night people. Family after family came out of the elevator and into the kitchen area until well after 11:00. We did get to hear the speech and thought it was very good. Of course Romney is our kind of guy! At 11:30 pm the MTC/CCM here was filled with new missionaries just coming here to be trained. They looked pretty spry for just getting off the airplane.
Brought back old memories of landing here in the DR and getting off the plane wondering just what our lives here would be like and what we were really supposed to do. We're still wondering if they got the right people for this job!
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