It's been an interesting day here in the hot DR. Anyone who knows Scott would know that he always has the door open. We have two doors here and he just happened to leave them both open. I sat down for lunch and hear someone yelling "Rees,Rees,Rees" - and in the door, on a run, comes our Nepalize neighbor with his phone in hand. He and his wife are leaving for Nepal in the morning and he did not know how to tell the cab driver what time and where to pick them up and the driver was on the phone. They have been here for quite a while but have no desire to learn Spanish so anytime they need help they come to Scott. It's actually pretty funny but I do know how desperate you can be to have someone understand you. They have a son they are taking back to Nepal to find a wife. Of course they haven't told him that yet! His Dad has told him it is time to think about finding a wife and it has to be someone from their country. We'll see how that works for him....Their two sons are in the states attending colleges and this one has finished his masters.
We spent part of the morning arranging our Sunday and we still don't know exactly what is going on. We are supposed to pick up William's family, Alta Gracie's family, Wilton and Josie for church. We need a school bus on Sunday! Drop them off then find the church we couldn't find last week to listen to two of our students play. Then back to pick up the families and take them home. The missionaries are trying to find someone in their area that can pick them up. I see clearly now how vitally important it is for members to fellowship investigators. These are such friendly people but most of them do not go out of their way to be friendly to strangers - at least that I have seen. I do know that I personally am going to do better.
Our power went out after lunch so there wasn't too much we could do. It was still off when we left for Hainamosa and still off when we got home at 8:00. Since everything in the fridge was warm by then and we had no lights we decided to go to McDonald's for supper and coolness all the while dreading a long hot night. However, as we pulled in the parking lot to our apartment we saw lights coming back on. Yeah!
We haven't been to Hainamosa for two weeks .Four of our normal students were not there - three new ones came. We need more teclados but don't think we are going to get them. It is difficult to convince them that they need to come every week! One of the new students called out to me as I was moving a table to wait and she would help me. Well I thought this was a good time to speak some Spanish. So I said "Estoy muy fuerte." She came over to me and said "I don't understand English."
What a disappointment! When I told her I was actually speaking Spanish she got what I was saying. Do you think that says anything about my Spanish???
We spent part of the morning arranging our Sunday and we still don't know exactly what is going on. We are supposed to pick up William's family, Alta Gracie's family, Wilton and Josie for church. We need a school bus on Sunday! Drop them off then find the church we couldn't find last week to listen to two of our students play. Then back to pick up the families and take them home. The missionaries are trying to find someone in their area that can pick them up. I see clearly now how vitally important it is for members to fellowship investigators. These are such friendly people but most of them do not go out of their way to be friendly to strangers - at least that I have seen. I do know that I personally am going to do better.
Our power went out after lunch so there wasn't too much we could do. It was still off when we left for Hainamosa and still off when we got home at 8:00. Since everything in the fridge was warm by then and we had no lights we decided to go to McDonald's for supper and coolness all the while dreading a long hot night. However, as we pulled in the parking lot to our apartment we saw lights coming back on. Yeah!
We haven't been to Hainamosa for two weeks .Four of our normal students were not there - three new ones came. We need more teclados but don't think we are going to get them. It is difficult to convince them that they need to come every week! One of the new students called out to me as I was moving a table to wait and she would help me. Well I thought this was a good time to speak some Spanish. So I said "Estoy muy fuerte." She came over to me and said "I don't understand English."
What a disappointment! When I told her I was actually speaking Spanish she got what I was saying. Do you think that says anything about my Spanish???
The traveling music trunk that actually holds nine of these keyboards!
Anyway we have a set of twins that are about 13 years old. When we finish lessons it is dark so we asked if we could take them home. They said it wasn't far but they would like a ride. Well, the lights were off everywhere as we wove through these scary dark neighborhoods for about 2 miles and finally came to their house. Not far huh? I would have a heart attack if I thought my girls(at any age) were walking on those streets at night. I do know that we will be taking them home from now on if they don't have a ride! We usually take two others home but now they will have to wait so we can do it in shifts - wish we had a bigger car.
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