Home at last! The Los Llanos days are always long but today was much worse than usual because it was raining so hard every low spot on the freeway, and there are many here, were a foot deep in water. It was so scary plowing through those. Scott didn't seem to be bothered driving even though he kept making comments about fishtailing and running into the back of the car in front of us, but the rest of us in the car were nervous as can be. I don't know why it can't just rain just normal amounts here. Or why some of this rain doesn't fall at home where it is so dry...It was actually better in Los Llanos than it was here in the city. We have forded many streams to get to the building in Los Llanos! Richard was so excited to show me that he could play a song in the simplified hymn book. When he started to play he didn't hit one note right. It was a song they are not familiar with here so he didn't realize he was playing it wrong and he is just learning to read the music and find the keys on the keyboard. So we worked on it for some time!
Coming back was much better! We got everything unloaded at Santo Domingo and only three students showed up. Have no idea where all of the others were.. It did give us time to work with the ones who were there though. Coolest thing happened: Michelle, goth girl, had gone to the bookstore on the temple grounds and bought two hymn books, one in English and one in Spanish. She went to church on Sunday and they had sung "How Great Thou Art" and she loved it so much she is determined to learn it even though in the hymn book it is pretty hard for her. Then after class she said she had something for me. She said she had been to the store and when she passed this "dulce" she thought of me and just had to buy it. What a sweet thing for her to do! Scott says it tastes kind of like fruit cocktail but a bit sweeter. Just to see the change in her is the most amazing and heartwarming thing.
Coming back was much better! We got everything unloaded at Santo Domingo and only three students showed up. Have no idea where all of the others were.. It did give us time to work with the ones who were there though. Coolest thing happened: Michelle, goth girl, had gone to the bookstore on the temple grounds and bought two hymn books, one in English and one in Spanish. She went to church on Sunday and they had sung "How Great Thou Art" and she loved it so much she is determined to learn it even though in the hymn book it is pretty hard for her. Then after class she said she had something for me. She said she had been to the store and when she passed this "dulce" she thought of me and just had to buy it. What a sweet thing for her to do! Scott says it tastes kind of like fruit cocktail but a bit sweeter. Just to see the change in her is the most amazing and heartwarming thing.
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