How can five days have passed so quickly?? Probably because it has been a miserable time trying to get everything together for the Caribbean Area History for the Music Department. It sounded fairly overwhelming at first but then I was told I needed signatures of everyone we had in pictures of any kind - which is over 100 people - then that I needed to have the names of everyone one every island that had taught over the last year - and - the names of the students they have taught along with the names of all of the students we have taught. I just wonder who on earth is ever going to read this. It will be fun for us to have though. In three of our classes we are graduating students and it is sad to think we will probably never see them again. Makes me realize how difficult it will be to leave all of our students and friends when we leave here. Anyway, I have spent much of the week working on this report because I want it to be in before the kids come in two days. That's right - two days. It doesn't even seem real to me.
Went to the temple on Tuesday then sent Scott by himself on Wednesday and Thursday so I could work on the report. Missed the two Spanish classes also. On Tuesday at the temple we met the Partridges from Lehi. She is teaching music in Santiago so we wanted to see what if we could help her in any way. They knew the Eickbushes so we all met on Wednesday and went out to lunch. It was fun to get to know them a little. There are just awesome people out here!! Sister Partridge happens to a a first cousin of Craig Fishers. That night we went with the missionaries to give a lesson to the Dennishs. We took our teclado and played music and sang songs - kind of fun! Reetha is a very intellegent and learned woman and has may questions about the Book of Mormon. I hope she finds her answers and has the help of the Book of Mormon in her life. She has two kids - one daughter that is definetly ADD! It has been great to get to know them all.
I'll just skip to Saturday since I can't remember Friday except for working on the report.
We had our first lesson at one of the wards out in Las Americas Stake. Amazingly enough, Elder Esplin showed up there. He probably thinks we are following him around here in the DR. This was a mixed group of young and middle age people. The middle age people are three men - which never ceases to amaze me. I am so grateful we know more about teaching these people than we did when we came here!! We left at 9:00 am to get there by 10:00. Got back to home by 1:00 and printed off papers we needed for our next class out in Hainamosa that we left for at 4:00pm. Last week at Hainamosa the power had been off most of the time we were there - me in with a baptism and Scott trying to teach a class. So when it had flickered off for the second time I thought we were probably done for the night but it actually stayed on after that. The new English speaking Elder there told me to come help him teach an English class - he says next week they were teaching "Head, Shoulders,
Knees, and Toes" so I am thinking I could probably do that. Don't have the time though! We had to meet Brother Soriano with the teclado he had taken home to practice with so that took us half and hour longer. Seemed like a long, long day.
And today we got to Tres Brasos to pick up the kids and none of them were going so we hurried
back to our ward so we wouldn't miss the sacrament and got there just in time - good traffic...
It is so nice to sit in an English speaking class and actually learn something instead of getting a headache trying to understand the Spanish. However, I am getting much better. The sad thing is in English the thought follows the words in the sentence, in Spanish you have to hear all of the words in the sentence before you know what is being said. Needless to say, by the time they get to the end of the sentence ,I am lost trying to remember what the words at the beginning were. I am not going to let this time of learning Spanish be for naught!!!! I am determined to keep learning after I get home because I have invested so much time, energy, and prayer in trying to learn it.
Got home in time to repack for our lesson out in San Crystolbal. We got there in record time today- 40 minutes. We must have hit every green light on the way out of town. This is a great group and they are learning fast. In every group we needed to get signatures to be able to use their pictures on the website page and in the history so I have been collecting signatures for two days now. Rushed from there back to Santo Domingo and out to Oriental. The kids were actually there waiting when we got there. It was shocking!! Three of the kids that hadn't come for two months were hiding out in a classroom and one of the mother's told on them so Scott went and found them and talked them into coming back - they were ashamed they hadn't been more faithful about coming. So he helped them and I worked with the others. Sarah got her mission call to London, England. She will be a great help to them and it will be such a good experience for her. We just love her!
Now here we are at our apartment. The Yturraldes have been down to thaw their hamburger and visit. Elder Yturralde has a nasty cold. We have so enjoyed their friendship..
Went to the temple on Tuesday then sent Scott by himself on Wednesday and Thursday so I could work on the report. Missed the two Spanish classes also. On Tuesday at the temple we met the Partridges from Lehi. She is teaching music in Santiago so we wanted to see what if we could help her in any way. They knew the Eickbushes so we all met on Wednesday and went out to lunch. It was fun to get to know them a little. There are just awesome people out here!! Sister Partridge happens to a a first cousin of Craig Fishers. That night we went with the missionaries to give a lesson to the Dennishs. We took our teclado and played music and sang songs - kind of fun! Reetha is a very intellegent and learned woman and has may questions about the Book of Mormon. I hope she finds her answers and has the help of the Book of Mormon in her life. She has two kids - one daughter that is definetly ADD! It has been great to get to know them all.
I'll just skip to Saturday since I can't remember Friday except for working on the report.
We had our first lesson at one of the wards out in Las Americas Stake. Amazingly enough, Elder Esplin showed up there. He probably thinks we are following him around here in the DR. This was a mixed group of young and middle age people. The middle age people are three men - which never ceases to amaze me. I am so grateful we know more about teaching these people than we did when we came here!! We left at 9:00 am to get there by 10:00. Got back to home by 1:00 and printed off papers we needed for our next class out in Hainamosa that we left for at 4:00pm. Last week at Hainamosa the power had been off most of the time we were there - me in with a baptism and Scott trying to teach a class. So when it had flickered off for the second time I thought we were probably done for the night but it actually stayed on after that. The new English speaking Elder there told me to come help him teach an English class - he says next week they were teaching "Head, Shoulders,
Knees, and Toes" so I am thinking I could probably do that. Don't have the time though! We had to meet Brother Soriano with the teclado he had taken home to practice with so that took us half and hour longer. Seemed like a long, long day.
And today we got to Tres Brasos to pick up the kids and none of them were going so we hurried
back to our ward so we wouldn't miss the sacrament and got there just in time - good traffic...
It is so nice to sit in an English speaking class and actually learn something instead of getting a headache trying to understand the Spanish. However, I am getting much better. The sad thing is in English the thought follows the words in the sentence, in Spanish you have to hear all of the words in the sentence before you know what is being said. Needless to say, by the time they get to the end of the sentence ,I am lost trying to remember what the words at the beginning were. I am not going to let this time of learning Spanish be for naught!!!! I am determined to keep learning after I get home because I have invested so much time, energy, and prayer in trying to learn it.
Got home in time to repack for our lesson out in San Crystolbal. We got there in record time today- 40 minutes. We must have hit every green light on the way out of town. This is a great group and they are learning fast. In every group we needed to get signatures to be able to use their pictures on the website page and in the history so I have been collecting signatures for two days now. Rushed from there back to Santo Domingo and out to Oriental. The kids were actually there waiting when we got there. It was shocking!! Three of the kids that hadn't come for two months were hiding out in a classroom and one of the mother's told on them so Scott went and found them and talked them into coming back - they were ashamed they hadn't been more faithful about coming. So he helped them and I worked with the others. Sarah got her mission call to London, England. She will be a great help to them and it will be such a good experience for her. We just love her!
Now here we are at our apartment. The Yturraldes have been down to thaw their hamburger and visit. Elder Yturralde has a nasty cold. We have so enjoyed their friendship..
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