Where does the time go?? I think I won't blog just one night and before you know it two or three days have passed. We had a lot of fun practicing for the talent night for FHE. Since we really don't have any talent Scott decided to do a parody of "King of the Road". Which was about things we have experienced here. On of our friends posted it on you tube but I don't know how to find it. Here one of the most common sights are street vendors in Claro hats and aprons. Claro is an internet provider here. Scott has wanted to get one of their hats for some time and since he has made friends with one of the sellers, she was able to get him the hat and the apron thing. So he donned the outfit and filled the pockets with all sorts of things that they sell on the street here and made up appropriate words. The skit was a hit! Scott wants to leave the outfit here as an initiation costume for new comers when they introduce themselves.
I can hardly believe that we are the ones who will be leaving soon - after seeing many of our friends leave it shouldn't be surprising but it is.
TUESDAY
We were reading the scriptures in Spanish this morning when we heard lots of noise outside. (Not that it is unusual or anything) But it continued for fifteen minutes so we finally went to the window to see what was the going on. Close to a thousand people in green shirts were walking in the street carrying banners and shouting. It was a "teacher rally" to get more money. They walked past here for at least half and hour, filling the right hand lanes. It is never quite on this corner of the city!
We traveled to Los Llanos today with the Grays. It has been fun getting to know them. Sister Gray is a lot of help with the lessons and makes sure that the students have an opportunity to play on Sundays. Got to see Sister Farris again and take another photo for her mom.
The trip home was uneventful and quick because we took a different route. So we were actually on time for our Santo Domingo lesson. However we got to the church the gate was locked and no one was there to open it. Since the attack on Sister Hernandez they have hired an armed guard and changed the locks on the gate. It was a bit disconcerting to see a security guy with a big rifle standing inside the gate. They finally got the little walk through gate open so I went up with some of the students and left Scott sitting at the gate waiting to get in. About half and hour later the Stake President, who had been called, came and opened the gate. It is still a novel idea to me to have locked gates on all of the churches. We got home around 9:00 pm.
WEDNESDAY
Went to the temple this morning. I forgot to put on my white socks over my support hose. When we were dressing in the session I looked down and realized I didn't have them on and wondered why no one had said anything to me. Then of course I was so self-conscious. However it soon became apparent to me that because my legs are so white even with pantyhose they probably thought I did have them on. Their legs were darker than mine with their white socks on! It reminded me of the time the kids and I were having leg wrestles on the bed and one of them asked me if I had on white pantyhose - --I did not.. We took Sister Cuenot to the grocery store and came home to make hamburger vegetable soup.
Barely finished the soup in time to leave for Las Caobas for two lessons. The students were sparse for the first hour but the next hour plus was much better. We had time that first hour to work with a new student and a young girl who belongs to the ward music director. She never smiled and looked so serious and sad. It was fun to have the time to work just with her - and she actually started smiling. This second class has some fun adults in it. Only one of them is actually catching on two playing with both hands though. We are glad they can laugh at themselves. Got back after 9:00 and sat it the car until we found enough energy to get out and go up to our apartment.
I can hardly believe that we are the ones who will be leaving soon - after seeing many of our friends leave it shouldn't be surprising but it is.
TUESDAY
We were reading the scriptures in Spanish this morning when we heard lots of noise outside. (Not that it is unusual or anything) But it continued for fifteen minutes so we finally went to the window to see what was the going on. Close to a thousand people in green shirts were walking in the street carrying banners and shouting. It was a "teacher rally" to get more money. They walked past here for at least half and hour, filling the right hand lanes. It is never quite on this corner of the city!
We traveled to Los Llanos today with the Grays. It has been fun getting to know them. Sister Gray is a lot of help with the lessons and makes sure that the students have an opportunity to play on Sundays. Got to see Sister Farris again and take another photo for her mom.
The trip home was uneventful and quick because we took a different route. So we were actually on time for our Santo Domingo lesson. However we got to the church the gate was locked and no one was there to open it. Since the attack on Sister Hernandez they have hired an armed guard and changed the locks on the gate. It was a bit disconcerting to see a security guy with a big rifle standing inside the gate. They finally got the little walk through gate open so I went up with some of the students and left Scott sitting at the gate waiting to get in. About half and hour later the Stake President, who had been called, came and opened the gate. It is still a novel idea to me to have locked gates on all of the churches. We got home around 9:00 pm.
WEDNESDAY
Went to the temple this morning. I forgot to put on my white socks over my support hose. When we were dressing in the session I looked down and realized I didn't have them on and wondered why no one had said anything to me. Then of course I was so self-conscious. However it soon became apparent to me that because my legs are so white even with pantyhose they probably thought I did have them on. Their legs were darker than mine with their white socks on! It reminded me of the time the kids and I were having leg wrestles on the bed and one of them asked me if I had on white pantyhose - --I did not.. We took Sister Cuenot to the grocery store and came home to make hamburger vegetable soup.
Barely finished the soup in time to leave for Las Caobas for two lessons. The students were sparse for the first hour but the next hour plus was much better. We had time that first hour to work with a new student and a young girl who belongs to the ward music director. She never smiled and looked so serious and sad. It was fun to have the time to work just with her - and she actually started smiling. This second class has some fun adults in it. Only one of them is actually catching on two playing with both hands though. We are glad they can laugh at themselves. Got back after 9:00 and sat it the car until we found enough energy to get out and go up to our apartment.
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