What will I do when I don't blog at night - maybe watch the news or some other depressing thing!
Went to pick up the kids this morning and they were at the Comado buying crackers for breakfast. They ran up the road to tell their Mom they were going and jumped in the car with a new little boy. Had no idea who he was but didn't want to get arrested for kidnapping so called Oglidia to ask about him - turns out he is-guess what - another cousin. He is darling. A little five year old with a cute smile. I don't know exactly how they came up with him to go to church with them but it was kind of fun to have him with us. Gregory took such good care of him. I have to wonder why someone would send their little boy for the morning with someone they don't even know. Maybe they didn't even know he was gone - who knows?!
They asked me to play for Relief Society. Believe it or not it is good to play because at least I can help in some way in the ward we usually attend. After the opening song I went to set down and minutes later heard music playing. Sort of - a little 3 year old boy was playing the piano. I hadn't
turned off the electronic piano. So went up and turned it off. He just looked a me and two seconds later he had turned it back on and was pushing all kinds of buttons. So I went back and unplugged it and in my best Spanish told him not to play. Soon his mother went up and took him out. I hope she wasn't upset that I turned it off. These people are pretty laid back and certainly not bothered by noise.
In every ward that we go to teach or just attend there are always people being baptized or confirmed. Guess that is fairly normal for here. The woman from Ogledia's area asked us if we could give her a ride home - she didn't have her kids and the stroller with her. I have always wanted to pick her up but we would have to tie her family to the top of the car! She taught the RS lesson today. We have never seen her husband and today she told us that he works every Sunday. There are so many men here that work wherever and whenever they can that many are not very active participants in the gospel. We really miss William. I wish he could find a job that didn't require him to work on Sunday.
We got home with half and hour to eat and. repack for the Canastica lesson. Read scriptures in Spanish on the way out. I can't believe how tragically sad the end of the Book of Mormon is - no matter how many times I read it. The class members were a little late coming, which is unusual for them. Gave Ceasar my English Hymn book because he wanted one so badly. I'll get another from the distribution center here. Playing and replaying the hymns makes me even more aware of how much we can learn from them and how much peace and comfort they can give us. D&C 12:12 " For my soul delighted in the song of the heart; yea, the son of the righteous is a prayer unto me and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads."
Today in class one of the boys asked me if I could play one of Madonna's songs. It took me a few minutes to realize who he was talking about! Madonna and a church music class just are not synonymous. I wish my Spanish was better so I could have had a conversation with them that was not offensive about their music favorites. Guess teenagers are the same all over the world!
Left for the Oriental Stake lesson, not knowing if we had one or two lessons scheduled there tonight. We were both exhausted yesterday after the four lessons and hours of traveling. We figured Hainamosa is like going to Salt Lake, San Cristobal like driving to Bountiful and Oriental like driving to Salt Lake. That would seem like alot of traveling to do in a day even at home. Plus 11/2 to 2 hours classes make for a really tiring day. So at Oriental half of the kids are Young Adults and had a special meeting they had to go to so we only had three left in class. This class is going to have a recital in a couple of weeks. Should be interesting. Though when I listen to them play and know that they previously knew nothing, I just want to cry. They have all learned so much. I was so impressed last night as Anderson played for the baptism in his ward. It is so great to have them be able to take care of their own music needs. Found out our new class doesn't begin until the 4th of March so we actually got home by 7:00pm or before. Such a nice break from our usual Sunday!
This is what we work with here. The back of our Rav 4 is filled to the top with keyboards and cords and bags of different music training books and somehow we still manage to forget things constantly!!!
Went to pick up the kids this morning and they were at the Comado buying crackers for breakfast. They ran up the road to tell their Mom they were going and jumped in the car with a new little boy. Had no idea who he was but didn't want to get arrested for kidnapping so called Oglidia to ask about him - turns out he is-guess what - another cousin. He is darling. A little five year old with a cute smile. I don't know exactly how they came up with him to go to church with them but it was kind of fun to have him with us. Gregory took such good care of him. I have to wonder why someone would send their little boy for the morning with someone they don't even know. Maybe they didn't even know he was gone - who knows?!
They asked me to play for Relief Society. Believe it or not it is good to play because at least I can help in some way in the ward we usually attend. After the opening song I went to set down and minutes later heard music playing. Sort of - a little 3 year old boy was playing the piano. I hadn't
turned off the electronic piano. So went up and turned it off. He just looked a me and two seconds later he had turned it back on and was pushing all kinds of buttons. So I went back and unplugged it and in my best Spanish told him not to play. Soon his mother went up and took him out. I hope she wasn't upset that I turned it off. These people are pretty laid back and certainly not bothered by noise.
In every ward that we go to teach or just attend there are always people being baptized or confirmed. Guess that is fairly normal for here. The woman from Ogledia's area asked us if we could give her a ride home - she didn't have her kids and the stroller with her. I have always wanted to pick her up but we would have to tie her family to the top of the car! She taught the RS lesson today. We have never seen her husband and today she told us that he works every Sunday. There are so many men here that work wherever and whenever they can that many are not very active participants in the gospel. We really miss William. I wish he could find a job that didn't require him to work on Sunday.
We got home with half and hour to eat and. repack for the Canastica lesson. Read scriptures in Spanish on the way out. I can't believe how tragically sad the end of the Book of Mormon is - no matter how many times I read it. The class members were a little late coming, which is unusual for them. Gave Ceasar my English Hymn book because he wanted one so badly. I'll get another from the distribution center here. Playing and replaying the hymns makes me even more aware of how much we can learn from them and how much peace and comfort they can give us. D&C 12:12 " For my soul delighted in the song of the heart; yea, the son of the righteous is a prayer unto me and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads."
Today in class one of the boys asked me if I could play one of Madonna's songs. It took me a few minutes to realize who he was talking about! Madonna and a church music class just are not synonymous. I wish my Spanish was better so I could have had a conversation with them that was not offensive about their music favorites. Guess teenagers are the same all over the world!
Left for the Oriental Stake lesson, not knowing if we had one or two lessons scheduled there tonight. We were both exhausted yesterday after the four lessons and hours of traveling. We figured Hainamosa is like going to Salt Lake, San Cristobal like driving to Bountiful and Oriental like driving to Salt Lake. That would seem like alot of traveling to do in a day even at home. Plus 11/2 to 2 hours classes make for a really tiring day. So at Oriental half of the kids are Young Adults and had a special meeting they had to go to so we only had three left in class. This class is going to have a recital in a couple of weeks. Should be interesting. Though when I listen to them play and know that they previously knew nothing, I just want to cry. They have all learned so much. I was so impressed last night as Anderson played for the baptism in his ward. It is so great to have them be able to take care of their own music needs. Found out our new class doesn't begin until the 4th of March so we actually got home by 7:00pm or before. Such a nice break from our usual Sunday!
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