Today was quite a day! We left early to pick up Oglivia and her kids for church. When we got there Scott sent them down to AltaGracia's to see if her kids wanted to go. They did so we waited a while for them to climb up the hill. We felt bad about cramming them all in the back seat but they seem to be used to close quarters:
How many kids can you get in the back seat?? We actually had room for one more!
These kids are so special...
Our plan was to drop them off at church then find the MiHogar Ward where one of our students was playing then return to take them home. The dropping off went fine but for the next hour plus we drove through every street in the Oriental Stake looking for the ward building and never did find it. The GPS which usually takes us right to a destination took us to this dead end street. We asked a dozen people if they knew where an LDS Church building was and no one did. So we finally decided just to go back and help Oglivia with the kids at Sacrament Meeting. Well - it wasn't quite as easy as it sounds! We finally found the right road back and had to go through a huge water back up in the road where something had broken. Where the road dipped it was two inches above our car door but the car didn't stall. I truly believe the Lord watches over His missionaries. We got there just in time to get the kids as they came out of class looking for someone they knew. It was wonderful to be surrounded by kids again!! How great it would be for them to be involved in the church. Alta Gracia's 14 year old daughter named Yiani is a darling girl and would benefit from being taught some moral values, The only place that is taught here is in church.
After church we headed back - through the little river we had driven through before - to Williams. We thought AltaGracia's kids would get out there and walk down the path (kind of) to their house but they wanted us to take them so we did. I have never seen narrower roads. The people use them as their yards because they have no yards, so they have chairs in the middle of the road visiting and putting out their wash on their roofs or anything that is above the ground. Still every one you see has these bright white clothes on. It has got to be the sun - or the fact that they was each item by hand. I'm going to find out before I come home! It isn't the vinegar - we have tried that. We barely, and I really mean barely, got through the street to her house. We were surrounded by people. Some looked very wary but others were friendly and just in the street doing varied and assorted things. One man ran along beside the car knocking on my window. He stuck his hand out and I realized he just wanted to shake hands so unrolled the window. I wonder if I will ever feel safe here. Scott went in to Oglivia's to help her with the kids and was gone for ten minutes leaving me in the car alone. Many people passed by, close by on those streets, and looked in the car but no one stopped - thank heavens!
The car being locked doesn't carry much weight in many areas here. Safety is such an issue William and Wilton usually ride with us back to the main road then walk back home.
We did make it home in time to get ready to go back to Oriental for lessons. This group is trying to learn to read and play music at the same time - it has been difficult for them. Since we couldn't find Stephanie's ward this morning Mason rode with us and took us to the chapel so we would know where it was next time. Maybe Scott will know but I couldn't find it in a million years! Now we are home and I am ready for bed....
These kids are so special...
Our plan was to drop them off at church then find the MiHogar Ward where one of our students was playing then return to take them home. The dropping off went fine but for the next hour plus we drove through every street in the Oriental Stake looking for the ward building and never did find it. The GPS which usually takes us right to a destination took us to this dead end street. We asked a dozen people if they knew where an LDS Church building was and no one did. So we finally decided just to go back and help Oglivia with the kids at Sacrament Meeting. Well - it wasn't quite as easy as it sounds! We finally found the right road back and had to go through a huge water back up in the road where something had broken. Where the road dipped it was two inches above our car door but the car didn't stall. I truly believe the Lord watches over His missionaries. We got there just in time to get the kids as they came out of class looking for someone they knew. It was wonderful to be surrounded by kids again!! How great it would be for them to be involved in the church. Alta Gracia's 14 year old daughter named Yiani is a darling girl and would benefit from being taught some moral values, The only place that is taught here is in church.
After church we headed back - through the little river we had driven through before - to Williams. We thought AltaGracia's kids would get out there and walk down the path (kind of) to their house but they wanted us to take them so we did. I have never seen narrower roads. The people use them as their yards because they have no yards, so they have chairs in the middle of the road visiting and putting out their wash on their roofs or anything that is above the ground. Still every one you see has these bright white clothes on. It has got to be the sun - or the fact that they was each item by hand. I'm going to find out before I come home! It isn't the vinegar - we have tried that. We barely, and I really mean barely, got through the street to her house. We were surrounded by people. Some looked very wary but others were friendly and just in the street doing varied and assorted things. One man ran along beside the car knocking on my window. He stuck his hand out and I realized he just wanted to shake hands so unrolled the window. I wonder if I will ever feel safe here. Scott went in to Oglivia's to help her with the kids and was gone for ten minutes leaving me in the car alone. Many people passed by, close by on those streets, and looked in the car but no one stopped - thank heavens!
The car being locked doesn't carry much weight in many areas here. Safety is such an issue William and Wilton usually ride with us back to the main road then walk back home.
We did make it home in time to get ready to go back to Oriental for lessons. This group is trying to learn to read and play music at the same time - it has been difficult for them. Since we couldn't find Stephanie's ward this morning Mason rode with us and took us to the chapel so we would know where it was next time. Maybe Scott will know but I couldn't find it in a million years! Now we are home and I am ready for bed....
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