Yesterday, Monday, went too fast for us. At the end of the day Scott was saying "I hate Mondays to end" because that is the only day he doesn't have to teach. Music that is - he still teaches Spanish on Mondays then we have FHE at the Casa. It was at the Grays last night again. Elder Young, from the Los Llanos branch was there waiting to leave for the airport to fly home. He has been such a great help to that area! Since the Wegeners, the Ewells, the Grays and us were all gathered there and all knew him, he agreed to share some experiences that had touched him. Then the Wegeners talked about going out to the Haitian camps where the people have absolutely nothing and no chance of changing their station in life because they have no papers. So they can't even go back to Haiti.
They work as slaves basically for the sugar cane field owners. You just have to wonder why we were so blessed to be born where we had the things we needed to survive and grow. They have 10 and 11 year old pregnant girls out there - much prostitution because that is the only way they have to make money to buy food or water...
Today Scott went to the temple while I washed then we picked up the Grays and headed out to Los Llanos. The ride is beautiful with lush greenery and beautiful flowering trees and shrubs. Scott and Elder Gray went to see if they could get Flor ( the little girl they have turned into Cinderella) for two hours for piano lessons. That situation has just haunted Scott and I since last week. Scott was even willing to give her money. The woman wouldn't let her go but did agree to call her mother and her mother said that she would bring her next week. Maybe that will give Elder Gray a chance to talk to her mother about what is happening to her.
We always read in the paper about the organized chicken fighting they have here. Today we actually saw one as we were leaving town. Personally, I think it is disgusting.
They work as slaves basically for the sugar cane field owners. You just have to wonder why we were so blessed to be born where we had the things we needed to survive and grow. They have 10 and 11 year old pregnant girls out there - much prostitution because that is the only way they have to make money to buy food or water...
Today Scott went to the temple while I washed then we picked up the Grays and headed out to Los Llanos. The ride is beautiful with lush greenery and beautiful flowering trees and shrubs. Scott and Elder Gray went to see if they could get Flor ( the little girl they have turned into Cinderella) for two hours for piano lessons. That situation has just haunted Scott and I since last week. Scott was even willing to give her money. The woman wouldn't let her go but did agree to call her mother and her mother said that she would bring her next week. Maybe that will give Elder Gray a chance to talk to her mother about what is happening to her.
We always read in the paper about the organized chicken fighting they have here. Today we actually saw one as we were leaving town. Personally, I think it is disgusting.
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