Spent the morning studying the scriptures and spanish. Went grocery shopping and arranged with Alta Gracie and Wilton to take us to William's selling place when they got off work.
We left around five with Alta Gracie and Wilton and sat in traffic for an hour before we got to where William was. What an amazing experience! I have absolutely no idea where we went but it was still in the city. For blocks and blocks there was every kind of shop you can imagine and along the streets were outside vendors of all kinds of fruit and vegetables, beans, and other things that I don't know what were. Alta Gracie grabbed my hand and led me through a sea of Dominican humanity to where William's stand was. There were people everywhere! When we found William he was delighted to see us - which was nice..Out of the hundreds of people on that corner we were the only ones who were white. It was a bit like a maze.we were glad to have them with us. I asked Wilton what one strange looking thing was and he immediately bought it and cut it open for me to try. That was the last time I asked him that question! Turns out it was something you just eat the seeds of -not too bad. I wish these pictures did justice to the actual scene there but they will help me remember:
Wilton rode back a ways with us because he was afraid we would get lost. What ever gave him that idea??? I couldn't imagine where "back home" even was. I just know that I really love these guards that take such good care of us! Alta Gracie agreed to let her twins come and spend a day with us during the holidays -we are excited about that.
What an experience this mission has been! We have learned so many things that we didn't imagine would be part of our mission. I know that wherever we are - all of us- we are on a mission to be the best we can be, to care for those who need help, to love and support each other, to set an example of Christlike living to the rest of the world. Raising children is such a vital mission!
It has rained all day so it has been fairly cool but so humid you have to have a fan on to move the air around. I still wake in the night to noises and think I am on the ranch. When I get home I'll wake up to noise and think it's a guagua or taxi driver yelling outside our window.
We left around five with Alta Gracie and Wilton and sat in traffic for an hour before we got to where William was. What an amazing experience! I have absolutely no idea where we went but it was still in the city. For blocks and blocks there was every kind of shop you can imagine and along the streets were outside vendors of all kinds of fruit and vegetables, beans, and other things that I don't know what were. Alta Gracie grabbed my hand and led me through a sea of Dominican humanity to where William's stand was. There were people everywhere! When we found William he was delighted to see us - which was nice..Out of the hundreds of people on that corner we were the only ones who were white. It was a bit like a maze.we were glad to have them with us. I asked Wilton what one strange looking thing was and he immediately bought it and cut it open for me to try. That was the last time I asked him that question! Turns out it was something you just eat the seeds of -not too bad. I wish these pictures did justice to the actual scene there but they will help me remember:
What an experience this mission has been! We have learned so many things that we didn't imagine would be part of our mission. I know that wherever we are - all of us- we are on a mission to be the best we can be, to care for those who need help, to love and support each other, to set an example of Christlike living to the rest of the world. Raising children is such a vital mission!
It has rained all day so it has been fairly cool but so humid you have to have a fan on to move the air around. I still wake in the night to noises and think I am on the ranch. When I get home I'll wake up to noise and think it's a guagua or taxi driver yelling outside our window.
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