Well just when you think you know what to expect - the LaCaleta recital tonight was awesome! They weren't as prepared as Los Melinos ( in the same stake) and we didn't expect much. Were we ever in for a surprise! Scott had loaned them three teclados to practice on last week until the recital tonight. We left at 5:00 for the La Caleta. It started to rain a little and before long you couldn't even see where you were going.
They have very little drainage from the freeways so some spots fill with water and it's a wonder there aren't more accidents. We saw two or three coming home. But back to the recital.. Usually when we tell the kids we will be there an hour early they come late so when we pulled up in front of the church and couldn't get out without getting soaked we just assumed that no one was there yet. The gate was unlocked though. Soon we started seeing our students walking from one part of the building to the other and realized that they were all there in the chapel with the teclados set up and practicing. You could have blown us away - totally unexpected. AND there were even people there an hour early for the recital. So just as we are getting ready to begin a big school bus pulls up and lets out a whole bus load of people that are coming to the recital. The kids did a great job then they announced they had some special things for us. First, Siminos played this fantastic piece of music that Weldy had actually put together for him using three different hymns. Then they all sang "How Great Thou Art". Then Weldy, who is amazing, tells us that after our lessons on Saturday he has been teaching a friend of his on Sundays. So his friend played. Just exactly what we have hoped for in this country! Then Pres. Gonzalez talked about how we were an answer to their prayers. That's probably the first time we have ever been an answer to someone's prayers! Then they presented us with some cool gifts from here to remind us of the time we spent here. What a rewarding experience the whole night was.
Anyway it was an evening full of surprises!
One recital down and two to go. The hard part of them is saying goodbye to the students.
We went to the temple this morning. There was a young couple visiting from Utah. He served his mission here and she served a mission in Spain so they were excited to come back. Took Sister Cuenot shopping. She is an amazing little woman - so full of Christ like love for everyone.
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