And hear I thought weekends were to rest up from the week! We left at 9:00a.m. on Saturday for lessons out in the Las Americas stake. Driving was great that time of day. Every time Scott tells a group of students we have ten kids and they gasp I am reminded of how grateful we are to have each one of our kids, their spouses, and grandchildren in our lives. Nothing could have been more worthwhile and meaningful in our lives.
Our Las Caleta Ward group showed up, mostly close to on time. Two were missing and three new ones came. It is so interesting how that works here. We finished the directing training and will be taking the keyboards next week. When they realize that class is much harder some of them drop out. One of the boys, 6'3" and about 17 isn't Mormon but he handed me this sweet note as he left class about how much he loved us for sharing music with him.
We left there at 12:00 for a lesson at Las Molenas. When we arrived they were feverishly (for them) working on getting the power to work. We were about mid way through class when the lights came on so we could plug in the keyboard. This class had grown by four. One of our new students is a woman that must be 10 months pregnant. Obviously not getting any sleep with the big black circles under her eyes. One thing I am really going to miss is the rooster's crowing while we are a church. Most of the churches we have been to have roosters and chickens roaming around and making noise. I love it!!
Another thing that is fun here is when you want someone to be quite you say "ssssssssss" kind of like a hissing sound. Took me by surprise a couple of times!
We left Las Molenas for Hainamosa about 2:30. Scott wanted to find a better way there because it is clear across the city and out the other side. We did find a way there after several tries but I don't know if it was better than the old one or not. Good thing it was fast Sunday cause we couldn't have stopped to eat anyway!
Started a new class at Hainamosa before our other class there. That's always fun because we start with a few and an hour later there are a dozen. In this class we have two siblings of the twins who are in the other class. They are really going to have a musical family....we really love our students!
Finished our last class there about 7:30 pm and had to stop and shop for Sunday. Then Elder Eickbush called and wanted us to stop by to pick up a package and a new phone to replace the one we lost on vacation. It was 9:30 by the time we got back into the city but we stopped. He was baking banana bread and sent us home with a loaf. It smelled so good!
Sunday morning began with us leaving around 8:00 for Tres Brasos to take the kids to church. We only had five kids today. Three boys sat by Scott and were fairly good but the two girls fought about who was going to set on my lap for most of the meeting. Finally one sat on each knee and they were happy. These are such precious kids - Father in Heaven must love them very much! Just don't know why I get ready for church to go with them though because I look like a dish rag by the time the meeting is over. They did ask me to play for Relief Society today since we were actually there on time. The problem was the girl who led the music stood over in front of a blackboard so I couldn't see her at all. Oh well!
Our drive out to San Crystobal was uneventful. They have a big garbage dump on the side of the road, actually in the road, that they set on fire every once in a while and does it ever smell great as you enter town. All of the group was back today and well besides. Cesar, who Scott and I thought was 20, is having a birthday and will be 16. He and Estarlin gave me pictures to dedicate to them - I haven't done it cause I just can't quite figure out what to write. Cesar asked my if I had them today. I did. Out in the car still unwritten on! Will do better next week. He wants to borrow an English hymn book from me because he is learning English - actually I think he wants me to give him one for his birthday! Birthdays here must be special because everyone we know wants us to know when their birthdays are.
We left in a hurry to get to Oriental. Five of the kids didn't show up but the ones who did practiced hard on their recital pieces. The stake music director came and she and I tried to plan a recital for three weeks from today. I'll bet she wanted to shoot me with my limited Spanish! We called Scott over a couple of times and he was in the middle of a conversation about planning a social event - which he doesn't like anyway. I loved that part! So we'll be busy trying to get ahold of all of our old students who just took the directing class. Now at 8:00 pm we are home for the night.
The weather here has been beautiful - in the high 70's and cooler at night.
Our Las Caleta Ward group showed up, mostly close to on time. Two were missing and three new ones came. It is so interesting how that works here. We finished the directing training and will be taking the keyboards next week. When they realize that class is much harder some of them drop out. One of the boys, 6'3" and about 17 isn't Mormon but he handed me this sweet note as he left class about how much he loved us for sharing music with him.
We left there at 12:00 for a lesson at Las Molenas. When we arrived they were feverishly (for them) working on getting the power to work. We were about mid way through class when the lights came on so we could plug in the keyboard. This class had grown by four. One of our new students is a woman that must be 10 months pregnant. Obviously not getting any sleep with the big black circles under her eyes. One thing I am really going to miss is the rooster's crowing while we are a church. Most of the churches we have been to have roosters and chickens roaming around and making noise. I love it!!
Another thing that is fun here is when you want someone to be quite you say "ssssssssss" kind of like a hissing sound. Took me by surprise a couple of times!
We left Las Molenas for Hainamosa about 2:30. Scott wanted to find a better way there because it is clear across the city and out the other side. We did find a way there after several tries but I don't know if it was better than the old one or not. Good thing it was fast Sunday cause we couldn't have stopped to eat anyway!
Started a new class at Hainamosa before our other class there. That's always fun because we start with a few and an hour later there are a dozen. In this class we have two siblings of the twins who are in the other class. They are really going to have a musical family....we really love our students!
Finished our last class there about 7:30 pm and had to stop and shop for Sunday. Then Elder Eickbush called and wanted us to stop by to pick up a package and a new phone to replace the one we lost on vacation. It was 9:30 by the time we got back into the city but we stopped. He was baking banana bread and sent us home with a loaf. It smelled so good!
Sunday morning began with us leaving around 8:00 for Tres Brasos to take the kids to church. We only had five kids today. Three boys sat by Scott and were fairly good but the two girls fought about who was going to set on my lap for most of the meeting. Finally one sat on each knee and they were happy. These are such precious kids - Father in Heaven must love them very much! Just don't know why I get ready for church to go with them though because I look like a dish rag by the time the meeting is over. They did ask me to play for Relief Society today since we were actually there on time. The problem was the girl who led the music stood over in front of a blackboard so I couldn't see her at all. Oh well!
Our drive out to San Crystobal was uneventful. They have a big garbage dump on the side of the road, actually in the road, that they set on fire every once in a while and does it ever smell great as you enter town. All of the group was back today and well besides. Cesar, who Scott and I thought was 20, is having a birthday and will be 16. He and Estarlin gave me pictures to dedicate to them - I haven't done it cause I just can't quite figure out what to write. Cesar asked my if I had them today. I did. Out in the car still unwritten on! Will do better next week. He wants to borrow an English hymn book from me because he is learning English - actually I think he wants me to give him one for his birthday! Birthdays here must be special because everyone we know wants us to know when their birthdays are.
We left in a hurry to get to Oriental. Five of the kids didn't show up but the ones who did practiced hard on their recital pieces. The stake music director came and she and I tried to plan a recital for three weeks from today. I'll bet she wanted to shoot me with my limited Spanish! We called Scott over a couple of times and he was in the middle of a conversation about planning a social event - which he doesn't like anyway. I loved that part! So we'll be busy trying to get ahold of all of our old students who just took the directing class. Now at 8:00 pm we are home for the night.
The weather here has been beautiful - in the high 70's and cooler at night.
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