Monday Morning

Happy 4th of July! Just got ready (Albert killed the scorpion so I could take a shower) and we will be leaving shortly to run some errands - getting some printing done for Dale's seminars, going to Cornerstone to visit Elsa and make plans for helping her in the office and school library, going to the market to get ingredients for a salad we're taking to Garry and Anita's for a Fourth of July BBQ tonight.

Yesterday was a full day! We went to Sunday School in San Narciso. After Scripture reading, singing and announcements, many of the church members gave short testimonies of the past week spend with a team from Nebraska. Wish we could have understood all of what they said, but there were many gracias Dios and felicidad's. The Sunday school lesson was on the 7th commandment (Alvaro is doing a series on the Ten Commandments, taking 3 weeks for each commandment).

After Sunday school we went to Patchekan to have lunch at Romalda's mom's. Her mom sat at her fogon - (fire hearth) and would not eat at the table with us - a way they show honor to their guests. I kept asking her to come eat with us... One of the puppies wanted to eat by me. Dale and Albert kept up with the conversation that started at the airport and hasn't stopped!

After lunch we went to Ismael's for about an hour so Dale and Ismael could go over the plans for the Education Commission seminar on Saturday. (I was having a hard time staying awake during their conversation - the air was so warm, humid and still.

Back to Alberts for a short nap before getting ready to go to the worship service in San Narciso. On the way we passed an ambulance going very fast towards town - and around the big curve just before turning into San Narciso there was a terrible accident where it appeared an SUV had hit a bicyclist. There was such a crowd standing along the road. We pray that the victims survived but do not know.
It was wonderful to be worshipping with our San Narciso church family again! Alvaro preached over an hour - he was starting an 8 part series on establishing a vision for the church. He alternated English - Spanish so we could understand also. I know that must be difficult for a preacher so we appreciate it greatly!

We didn't get back home until 9 pm, had some popcorn around the table with some good conversation, then went to bed. The gecko was on the window sill above the sink - it looked like his back foot was stuck to the window frame.  (By the way, two of the puppies are gone, two are spoken for  and one is sick.)