These two weeks with the temple closed has given me much time to work on the history report. On Thursday I finished getting it together and Sister Yturralde helped me put the pictures in. What a relief!!
Still have some recital information and pictures to add but the bulk of it is done. Probably end up to be about 20 pages of info. I have learned quite a few things about Windows 8 but it hasn't been a good time to spend learning when I needed to be able to get things done. Complain, complain! Now on to recital programs and a scrapbook for the kids. And just a little over three weeks to cram everything into before we leave.
On Thursday night we had our lesson at the Santo Domingo church. Their recital is on the 11th of August and they are doing pretty well. We will combine the two classes we teach there for the recital so there will be over twenty students. One of the women students that I am close to told me she felt we would see each other again somewhere in the eternities. I hope so! She has a daughter, our student, who is going to Puerto Rico to play in a volleyball competition. I treasure those experiences with my daughters who played. We actually got the key and got into the classroom on time. Michelle went into the chapel and practiced on the piano there. She does so well. Wish the other kids could/would practice as much as she does.They actually practiced for two hours now they know the recital is getting closer. Other than her though, the boys are the most talented of the group.
We had invited the Johnson's over for dinner to try to repay them for all of the work Sister Johnson had done with our old and new computer. She retrieved the information from our dead computer and loaded it on the new one and taught me how to use it but the whole process took her many days. Now I know why I haven't cooked much here - it takes so much time! It was fun to have them over though and get to know them better. They are amazing. Scott had invited the Yturraldes and the McIntyres for dessert. The McIntyres are from Kansas and are here to work in the record extraction program with the Yturraldes.
The tienda across the street had loud music playing and people dancing until 11:00 pm so sleeping was not much of an option. About 11:00 pm the night before these motorcycles went by and made so much noise it startled us awake and we wondered if we had been bombed or there was an earthquake or just what the intense noise was. I have never experienced anything like that before.It really was frightening! Nancy said she actually got up and watched because they went past three times. She said there were six sets of three motorbikes. I think they knew just what they were doing and thought it was quite fun to wake everyone.
Today we left at 9:00 am for our 10:00 am class at La Caleta. We didn't have a class at Los Molinos because they had their recital last week so that gave us time to come home for an hour before heading out to Hainamosa. It was very nice.
k.La Caleta is practicing for a recital too so they managed to stay fairly focused. The two younger boys were at Deacon's Camp. The contentious part was just who wanted to be first and last at the recital! These are mostly teenage kids but they are soooo funny. Not much self confidence. Now that's something I can relate too! They stayed and practiced for two hours so that was helpful. We got home shortly after 7:00 pm so the day wasn't nearly as long as it used to be. The gate was open when we got there but the man in the churchyard said he could not let us in without permission from the stake president and we couldn't get a hold of him so we waited and waited. Then when we got in the building the lights were on but the air conditioning didn't work so it was 87 degrees in there. Way too hot with no fans to circulate the air! There are three middle aged women in this class that I have really enjoyed.
.We see such interesting things in our travels. This truck is one of thousands that travel the freeways here and many of them look just like this. And no - it isn't broken down!
When we got home Elder Yturralde came down to have something copied so he and Scott visited and ate chips and salsa then decided they needed root beer floats so when he left we went up to their place so the men could have floats. They have really enjoyed their time together. Actually the Yturraldes have made living here much more fun than it would have been without them. Kind of a shared misery of sorts! They are great and we will miss them very much.
Still have some recital information and pictures to add but the bulk of it is done. Probably end up to be about 20 pages of info. I have learned quite a few things about Windows 8 but it hasn't been a good time to spend learning when I needed to be able to get things done. Complain, complain! Now on to recital programs and a scrapbook for the kids. And just a little over three weeks to cram everything into before we leave.
On Thursday night we had our lesson at the Santo Domingo church. Their recital is on the 11th of August and they are doing pretty well. We will combine the two classes we teach there for the recital so there will be over twenty students. One of the women students that I am close to told me she felt we would see each other again somewhere in the eternities. I hope so! She has a daughter, our student, who is going to Puerto Rico to play in a volleyball competition. I treasure those experiences with my daughters who played. We actually got the key and got into the classroom on time. Michelle went into the chapel and practiced on the piano there. She does so well. Wish the other kids could/would practice as much as she does.They actually practiced for two hours now they know the recital is getting closer. Other than her though, the boys are the most talented of the group.
We had invited the Johnson's over for dinner to try to repay them for all of the work Sister Johnson had done with our old and new computer. She retrieved the information from our dead computer and loaded it on the new one and taught me how to use it but the whole process took her many days. Now I know why I haven't cooked much here - it takes so much time! It was fun to have them over though and get to know them better. They are amazing. Scott had invited the Yturraldes and the McIntyres for dessert. The McIntyres are from Kansas and are here to work in the record extraction program with the Yturraldes.
The tienda across the street had loud music playing and people dancing until 11:00 pm so sleeping was not much of an option. About 11:00 pm the night before these motorcycles went by and made so much noise it startled us awake and we wondered if we had been bombed or there was an earthquake or just what the intense noise was. I have never experienced anything like that before.It really was frightening! Nancy said she actually got up and watched because they went past three times. She said there were six sets of three motorbikes. I think they knew just what they were doing and thought it was quite fun to wake everyone.
Today we left at 9:00 am for our 10:00 am class at La Caleta. We didn't have a class at Los Molinos because they had their recital last week so that gave us time to come home for an hour before heading out to Hainamosa. It was very nice.
k.La Caleta is practicing for a recital too so they managed to stay fairly focused. The two younger boys were at Deacon's Camp. The contentious part was just who wanted to be first and last at the recital! These are mostly teenage kids but they are soooo funny. Not much self confidence. Now that's something I can relate too! They stayed and practiced for two hours so that was helpful. We got home shortly after 7:00 pm so the day wasn't nearly as long as it used to be. The gate was open when we got there but the man in the churchyard said he could not let us in without permission from the stake president and we couldn't get a hold of him so we waited and waited. Then when we got in the building the lights were on but the air conditioning didn't work so it was 87 degrees in there. Way too hot with no fans to circulate the air! There are three middle aged women in this class that I have really enjoyed.
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