Playing catchup again. Yesterday we had our class at the Institute. It is a class of twenty - two were absent and three new students came. The new ones came in with about twenty minutes left in class. They all laugh about not being on time because it is just a Dominican thing. There was such a funny article in the paper today about the new president of this country. Apparently he has thrown everyone off kilter because he actually is prompt and starts things on time. They say the last president was never on time - like most Dominicans. The kids always want to talk or want help after class so we are usually there for at least three hours. Everyone is so friendly and it gives me a chance to practice Spanish
So this morning Scott came home from his jog and said the Kirby was given a notice that he too is being fired. This Soyla is just crazy. We don't know what on earth she is thinking but she must be in some kind of trouble financially. If she fires all of the help she won't have to pay them and doesn't even pay them the money she owes them. Elder Yturralde has taken it to a judge here and we are trying to get some help getting rid of Soyla but who knows what will happen. Scott says he is not going to make friends with any more of the help because they just get fired. I wonder if she thinks they are telling on her.
We had two Spanish classes this afternoon. Elder Merino, of Mexican descent, has taken Elder Hammon's place and knows much about speaking the language but not much about the grammar. So he teaches the speaking part and Scott teaches the grammar part. Elder Merino's wife is in the class even though she knows much Spanish. She keeps him in line - which is often hilarious! She is the mental health doctor here and makes comments that keep you laughing. We understand more and more why the man who called to tell us that they had our mission call said "you will love this mission". I don't know specifically what he was talking about but we certainly have found so many things to love about this mission.
Got the web page information to Sister Johnson to put together for us. Bless her heart! That is what she has been doing in the states. Her husband is a lawyer here so when they found out she could put together media things for the area they called her to do that. They are from Park City with a family of eight. Anyway now there is less pressure for me. However I have to keep all of the music info, signatures, pictures, names, etc so I can turn in a history before we leave. That requires alot of communication with other areas in the Caribbean and alot of time on the computer. Just wish I was trained to use different programs on the computer what would do a better job than the ones I have used.
Scott practices the piano while I blog so he is getting very good!
So this morning Scott came home from his jog and said the Kirby was given a notice that he too is being fired. This Soyla is just crazy. We don't know what on earth she is thinking but she must be in some kind of trouble financially. If she fires all of the help she won't have to pay them and doesn't even pay them the money she owes them. Elder Yturralde has taken it to a judge here and we are trying to get some help getting rid of Soyla but who knows what will happen. Scott says he is not going to make friends with any more of the help because they just get fired. I wonder if she thinks they are telling on her.
We had two Spanish classes this afternoon. Elder Merino, of Mexican descent, has taken Elder Hammon's place and knows much about speaking the language but not much about the grammar. So he teaches the speaking part and Scott teaches the grammar part. Elder Merino's wife is in the class even though she knows much Spanish. She keeps him in line - which is often hilarious! She is the mental health doctor here and makes comments that keep you laughing. We understand more and more why the man who called to tell us that they had our mission call said "you will love this mission". I don't know specifically what he was talking about but we certainly have found so many things to love about this mission.
Got the web page information to Sister Johnson to put together for us. Bless her heart! That is what she has been doing in the states. Her husband is a lawyer here so when they found out she could put together media things for the area they called her to do that. They are from Park City with a family of eight. Anyway now there is less pressure for me. However I have to keep all of the music info, signatures, pictures, names, etc so I can turn in a history before we leave. That requires alot of communication with other areas in the Caribbean and alot of time on the computer. Just wish I was trained to use different programs on the computer what would do a better job than the ones I have used.
Scott practices the piano while I blog so he is getting very good!
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