I am blaming my lack of blogging for the past two days on the computer. Better than nothing don't you think! Can't get the pictures to download that I wanted to include so finally decided that I would do the blog and add the pictures later.
Don't know what happened to this blog because I did write one so guess I'll have to start over again but with even more days to do now..
Beginning with July 21 - which was a Sunday. We picked up the kids, only to find two more that we had never seen before. Except I think one of them was standing by the wall watching the kids get in the car with us last week. The real surprise was when Oglidia came out to the car as she usually does to tell me hello but this time she got in the car with the kids. She hasn't gone to church with us for a long time. These girls are going to sing in sacrament meeting in two weeks along with a few other girls their age. We are hoping their parents will come and support them. The two little girls that went with us last week didn't come this week. It is amazing where all these different kids keep coming from. We took the neighbor lady and her two kids home so there were seven in the back seat and two on my lap in the front.
We practiced the songs they are going to sing during the second hour of primary. I don't think the Primary president appreciated the whole thing but I know it will be a blessing in the lives of these girls. Oglidia is a much stricter disciplinarian than we are so didn't dare give her kids the treats we usually have for them! There are some great things about playing the grandparent roll! How we love these kids. I did realize that we can continue to talk to them on gmail like we have with our family at home. That makes it easier to leave them.
After dropping off the families we left for San Cristobal. They were just rehearsing for their recital which they moved back to the 11th of August. I was helping Carlos, 16 year old boy, when he stopped and looked me in the eyes and said " I love you very much, you are like my family." That was a little surprising. I said "well you know I feel the same way" and what was best of all was he touched his chest and said "I know, I can feel it here." If there is one desire both Scott and I have it is for these people to feel the love we have for them.
While we were teaching, Marie from Oriental called and asked where we were. She thought we were supposed to be there teaching early because they had a fireside. She said Scott had told the class that is what they were going to do - if so he wasn't aware that is what he said because we have another lesson at that time. Scott has been so frustrated with this language the last couple of weeks. I haven't even had time to be frustrated - or ;to study. So we finished our lesson in San Cristobal, jumped in the car and started for Oriental which is about an hour away. When we got there all of the students had left or were going to the fireside so we didn't have a class. That meant we got home at a decent hour Sunday evening!
On Monday I started on the area music history I have to finish before we go home. I couldn't seem to figure out how to upload the pictures and I tried everything. After three hours I was so frustrated Scott took me to the store to get away from the computer before I threw it out the window! Did get a bit of the history part written though. No FHE but
the Hammons were back in the country so we went to be investigators for the missionaries at the CCM then to Dunfords for a little party.
On Tuesday we made our normal trip out to Los Llanos - with no rain this time. By the time we got back to the city and dropped the Grays off it was time for our Santo Domingo class. These students are getting ready for a recital also. Some doing very well and others not so much but they are all trying.
Spent the morning again on the history report. Have figured out a few things but there is soooooo much I don't know.
Sister Yturralde came down and helped me with the pictures for a little while.
Don't know what happened to this blog because I did write one so guess I'll have to start over again but with even more days to do now..
Beginning with July 21 - which was a Sunday. We picked up the kids, only to find two more that we had never seen before. Except I think one of them was standing by the wall watching the kids get in the car with us last week. The real surprise was when Oglidia came out to the car as she usually does to tell me hello but this time she got in the car with the kids. She hasn't gone to church with us for a long time. These girls are going to sing in sacrament meeting in two weeks along with a few other girls their age. We are hoping their parents will come and support them. The two little girls that went with us last week didn't come this week. It is amazing where all these different kids keep coming from. We took the neighbor lady and her two kids home so there were seven in the back seat and two on my lap in the front.
After dropping off the families we left for San Cristobal. They were just rehearsing for their recital which they moved back to the 11th of August. I was helping Carlos, 16 year old boy, when he stopped and looked me in the eyes and said " I love you very much, you are like my family." That was a little surprising. I said "well you know I feel the same way" and what was best of all was he touched his chest and said "I know, I can feel it here." If there is one desire both Scott and I have it is for these people to feel the love we have for them.
While we were teaching, Marie from Oriental called and asked where we were. She thought we were supposed to be there teaching early because they had a fireside. She said Scott had told the class that is what they were going to do - if so he wasn't aware that is what he said because we have another lesson at that time. Scott has been so frustrated with this language the last couple of weeks. I haven't even had time to be frustrated - or ;to study. So we finished our lesson in San Cristobal, jumped in the car and started for Oriental which is about an hour away. When we got there all of the students had left or were going to the fireside so we didn't have a class. That meant we got home at a decent hour Sunday evening!
On Monday I started on the area music history I have to finish before we go home. I couldn't seem to figure out how to upload the pictures and I tried everything. After three hours I was so frustrated Scott took me to the store to get away from the computer before I threw it out the window! Did get a bit of the history part written though. No FHE but
On Tuesday we made our normal trip out to Los Llanos - with no rain this time. By the time we got back to the city and dropped the Grays off it was time for our Santo Domingo class. These students are getting ready for a recital also. Some doing very well and others not so much but they are all trying.
Spent the morning again on the history report. Have figured out a few things but there is soooooo much I don't know.
Sister Yturralde came down and helped me with the pictures for a little while.
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