How many kids were standing by the wall?? This was the morning the senior primary was singing in Sacrament meeting so we wondered if that would mean more or fewer kids for church. When we got there to pick them up this is what we saw:
Is this a bunch of cute little girls or what?? There were three extras. Scott thought the little one had gone with us before but I didn't recognize her. She is a neighbor to the girls. Altagracia's twins were there and we hadn't seen them for a long time so that was fun. We were happy to make two trips to the the church. All of the girls went in with me and when Scott came back he had William, Oglaidia(still don't know how to spell her name, Gregory and Carlos. We were so happy to see William and have him and Oglaidia come and support their kids. The song "I AM A CHILD OF GOD" was amazing in a totally different way. Scott was playing for them. They didn't stay with the music at all and the director(the ex-bishop) couldn't figure out whether to keep trying to get them to sing with the piano or just let them go. I'm sure most of the people had no idea what was going on because it is so typical of here. We just hope and pray that someone will help get these kids to church after we leave. After church Scott drove the kids home first and we took the neighbor lady and her kids and William and Olgaidia back home.
The kids are so used to having no space that two of them will set on a folding chair during Sacrament Meeting. They pile in the back seat of the car and think it is just great. Got to love them! It was a great opportunity to take a picture of William and Oglaidia
We will always love these two and are so grateful for their letting us be a part of their family for the time we have been here. He's not tall - she is well under five feet. The gospel would be such a help to them.
Then we headed home for lunch then out to Oriental for a lesson before the recital that had been changed to 5:00 instead of 7:00 because the Stake President had scheduled something else in the chapel at 7:00.
We drove through the pouring rain and wondered if anyone would show up. We planned on leaving the keyboards there for them to practice with and go back after the recital and pick them up. Well we waited and waited. No one came to unlock the gate. Finally and older woman in our class came and she got in the car with us. She bought her own teclado but doesn't have electricity to practice so we took her some batteries. I hope she understood what to do with them and where to put them. Then we couldn't stay any longer and she decided she would come with us to the recital so off we went. We tried to get a hold of Maria but could never find her number. We did learn when we brought the sister back to the church that Maria was sick and no one showed up so that was good - since we weren't there. Usually if it is raining hard they don't come anyway.
Got back to Santo Domingo for the pre-recital practice. All of the kids but Jose, the first one on the program, were there in good time. Sister Santos and her son Liomi had made bracelets for all of our grandchildren. It looks like there are enough for the whole town of Morgan! She is such a sweetie. She told me she had promised herself that she was not going to cry but that didn't happen. I was just grateful to get through the night without making a fool of myself.
This is Sister Santos - am I a little pasty white or what? Maybe I should go tan before we come home. Victor wanted a picture of him and me. When I looked at it I said, "I look so white" and he said, "I look so black" so then we had a good laugh because he is as dark as I am white.
We received many gifts from our students that will be special reminders of our time here. Sister Andersen, Pres. Andersen's wife, Sister Johnson and the Ruckers all came. Sister Andersen spoke to the kids before the recital and talked during the meeting encouraging them to continue on with their music and to use the skills they had developed. Pres. Oliverio, the Santo Domingo stake president spoke and presented us with a plaque. When he spoke it was with such a soft voice. Many words I didn't understand but the spirit was so strong in the room it was amazing. We spent an hour after the recital taking pictures and visiting with our students. Two who think they are coming to Utah to see us - sometime in the next ten years! How we love them all. What a privilege it has been to work with so many of these people and get to know them as well as we have;.working with them week after week.
We drove back out to Oriental with the sister who came with us. All in all, it was a wonderful experience.
Pres. Diaz, Oriental Stake President, was at the door of the church. He was trying to find a time that we could come out and tell them goodbye but I don't think we have time to do that. Which is fine with me because goodbyes are not something I am good at.
We will always love these two and are so grateful for their letting us be a part of their family for the time we have been here. He's not tall - she is well under five feet. The gospel would be such a help to them.
Then we headed home for lunch then out to Oriental for a lesson before the recital that had been changed to 5:00 instead of 7:00 because the Stake President had scheduled something else in the chapel at 7:00.
We drove through the pouring rain and wondered if anyone would show up. We planned on leaving the keyboards there for them to practice with and go back after the recital and pick them up. Well we waited and waited. No one came to unlock the gate. Finally and older woman in our class came and she got in the car with us. She bought her own teclado but doesn't have electricity to practice so we took her some batteries. I hope she understood what to do with them and where to put them. Then we couldn't stay any longer and she decided she would come with us to the recital so off we went. We tried to get a hold of Maria but could never find her number. We did learn when we brought the sister back to the church that Maria was sick and no one showed up so that was good - since we weren't there. Usually if it is raining hard they don't come anyway.
Got back to Santo Domingo for the pre-recital practice. All of the kids but Jose, the first one on the program, were there in good time. Sister Santos and her son Liomi had made bracelets for all of our grandchildren. It looks like there are enough for the whole town of Morgan! She is such a sweetie. She told me she had promised herself that she was not going to cry but that didn't happen. I was just grateful to get through the night without making a fool of myself.
We received many gifts from our students that will be special reminders of our time here. Sister Andersen, Pres. Andersen's wife, Sister Johnson and the Ruckers all came. Sister Andersen spoke to the kids before the recital and talked during the meeting encouraging them to continue on with their music and to use the skills they had developed. Pres. Oliverio, the Santo Domingo stake president spoke and presented us with a plaque. When he spoke it was with such a soft voice. Many words I didn't understand but the spirit was so strong in the room it was amazing. We spent an hour after the recital taking pictures and visiting with our students. Two who think they are coming to Utah to see us - sometime in the next ten years! How we love them all. What a privilege it has been to work with so many of these people and get to know them as well as we have;.working with them week after week.
We drove back out to Oriental with the sister who came with us. All in all, it was a wonderful experience.
Pres. Diaz, Oriental Stake President, was at the door of the church. He was trying to find a time that we could come out and tell them goodbye but I don't think we have time to do that. Which is fine with me because goodbyes are not something I am good at.
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