The rain today was like the torrents of rain that came down during Hurricane Sandy! Water was filling up the sliding widow trays and running down the walls flooding the floors. You could even see the lightening today and the thunder was horrendous! The problem was Scott had colored my hair - nice of him, huh- but had taken so long my hair was still wet and we had twenty minutes before class. Just then the power went off so I couldn't do anything with my hair. And might I say I look a bit" Maria-ish" or rather, I fit in here just fine with this hair color! We thought it would come back on quickly like it has done the last couple of days but no, not so lucky. Scott thought he could borrow a cap from someone and I could just go to lessons with wet hair. Ha! So he went alone, which he is perfectly capable of doing, but it is nice to have some help with the individual students.
So I have had time to go through my pictures and find the ones of William's family so I can make the kids a picture book with our testimonies before we leave. As I looked over the pictures I just can not believe that much time has passed. The night we arrived here with the fear of the totally unknown to now with the gratitude of having been here with so many friends and people we have been privileged to know. What a blessing this mission has been for us!
Went to the temple this morning. There were only four of us in the session so that makes for a quite and quick session. It is a wonderful thing to spend time in the peace and calm of the temple after living on this noisy street. We took Sister Cuenot shopping with us. Her husband works out in the area office so she never has a ride to the grocery store when they have their fruits and vegetables on sale. It's a great time to shop for them because they are 40-50% off on Wednesdays.
We have seven weeks of teaching left. Then Scott can trade his chalk and leading stick for a pitchfork and shovel~ It has been wonderful to be able to Skype with the kids but I am anxious to get home and actually hug them!! I have half a year of history to get together with pics for the area history book. People ask all of the time when our next class in their area is and it is too late for us to begin new classes now plus we have no time that we could teach more classes. The sad thing is there is no one that we know of coming to replace us. Pres. Anderson has tried to convince them at the Senior Missionary office in SLC but nothing has happened that we know of. There are so few senior missionaries and they are so needed, especially with the increase in the young elders and sisters.
So I have had time to go through my pictures and find the ones of William's family so I can make the kids a picture book with our testimonies before we leave. As I looked over the pictures I just can not believe that much time has passed. The night we arrived here with the fear of the totally unknown to now with the gratitude of having been here with so many friends and people we have been privileged to know. What a blessing this mission has been for us!
Went to the temple this morning. There were only four of us in the session so that makes for a quite and quick session. It is a wonderful thing to spend time in the peace and calm of the temple after living on this noisy street. We took Sister Cuenot shopping with us. Her husband works out in the area office so she never has a ride to the grocery store when they have their fruits and vegetables on sale. It's a great time to shop for them because they are 40-50% off on Wednesdays.
We have seven weeks of teaching left. Then Scott can trade his chalk and leading stick for a pitchfork and shovel~ It has been wonderful to be able to Skype with the kids but I am anxious to get home and actually hug them!! I have half a year of history to get together with pics for the area history book. People ask all of the time when our next class in their area is and it is too late for us to begin new classes now plus we have no time that we could teach more classes. The sad thing is there is no one that we know of coming to replace us. Pres. Anderson has tried to convince them at the Senior Missionary office in SLC but nothing has happened that we know of. There are so few senior missionaries and they are so needed, especially with the increase in the young elders and sisters.
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