This morning Joel (the handyman) called and said he was coming by but Scott couldn't understand the rest of what he said. Someone knocked on the door and there was Joel, the owner of this apartment from New York and Loardis, the sister of the owner that we have dealt with in the past but haven't been able to reach for the past six months. Then Joel left and Danny came up and the two women were arguing with him about apartment dues. I don't know who had or hadn't paid them but they were having a very lively conversation. Then the owner, a spunky little Dominican, she peaks some English, told us that she is Mormon but is running from the Church. Joel came back and she said the Lord would be happy with us if when we got back home we could say that Joel was a member of the Church. She must really like Joel. He wasn't too impressed with the whole hullabaloo! Probably because he looks like he is involved in something that is dragging him down. She kept asking Scott if he wanted to buy the apartment because she wants to sell it. She said to do anything we needed to do here to be comfortable and she would pay for it. That would be great if we could ever get ahold of her! She was in a big hurry because someone was waiting for her but she grabbed Joel and her sister by the hands and motioned to us to come and join hands with them.
She got us all in a circle and asked Scott to pray for her. So we all stood there holding hands in a circle and she was off!! It was just a crazy experience - like a whirlwind blowing in and back out. We asked her to come back and tell us her story but who knows if she will or not. Nothing is impossible in this country - except getting something fixed quickly....When they left Scott and I looked at each other like "What just happened"?
Just got back from lessons at Hainamosa and guess what - the elevator is broken again! Should have known it was too good to be true. But got some special pictures for my family:
Just when we thought L&R was dead and gone - it was resurrected here! Every time we pass it Dad and I think of home.
This is the local mattress salesman - they normally have the helpers sitting on top of the mattresses.
Wonder what happens if you want the bottom one????? Scott says this is just half of a load!
This guy's daughter is one of our students. We have never seen him before but the minute he walked in and smiled we looked at each other and said "Travis Toone!" just a little darker. He really looks like Travis - walks like Travis- and smiles like Travis. He had learned English as a kid and has tried to keep it up for years by reading scriptures and everything he could find in English.
Found out tonight that two of our kids have the high counselor in our class in an English class at school. So now they are helping me with my "Dominican" and I am helping them with their English. They tell me that Spanish and Dominican are two different languages. What a surprise that is! Between the three of us we have pledged to find Soreono (high councilman) a wife since he is in his forties and still single. There are many single men and women here in their 40's on up that we have met at Church. The choir members sang at a party their stake was having so they didn't make it to lessons but the ones who were there really needed individual attention so it was all good.
On our way to Hainamosa we were following a guagua. This man came into the street with a huge (big cantaloupe size) thing in his hand and he was running after the bus. I thought he was trying to catch it for a ride but all of a sudden he wound up and threw the big rock right through the back window of the bus. The window shattered and the guagua pulled off the road as we passed by. In the side mirror we saw the bus unloading but I don't know if the man ran off or just what happened. It was shocking to see.
She got us all in a circle and asked Scott to pray for her. So we all stood there holding hands in a circle and she was off!! It was just a crazy experience - like a whirlwind blowing in and back out. We asked her to come back and tell us her story but who knows if she will or not. Nothing is impossible in this country - except getting something fixed quickly....When they left Scott and I looked at each other like "What just happened"?
Just got back from lessons at Hainamosa and guess what - the elevator is broken again! Should have known it was too good to be true. But got some special pictures for my family:
Wonder what happens if you want the bottom one????? Scott says this is just half of a load!
Found out tonight that two of our kids have the high counselor in our class in an English class at school. So now they are helping me with my "Dominican" and I am helping them with their English. They tell me that Spanish and Dominican are two different languages. What a surprise that is! Between the three of us we have pledged to find Soreono (high councilman) a wife since he is in his forties and still single. There are many single men and women here in their 40's on up that we have met at Church. The choir members sang at a party their stake was having so they didn't make it to lessons but the ones who were there really needed individual attention so it was all good.
On our way to Hainamosa we were following a guagua. This man came into the street with a huge (big cantaloupe size) thing in his hand and he was running after the bus. I thought he was trying to catch it for a ride but all of a sudden he wound up and threw the big rock right through the back window of the bus. The window shattered and the guagua pulled off the road as we passed by. In the side mirror we saw the bus unloading but I don't know if the man ran off or just what happened. It was shocking to see.
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