February 21, 2015

Dwaine:

Yesterday was our 4^th. Saturday here if you count the one we arrived on.  Next Saturday we will spend the day moving.  I went by the new house and spoke to the landlady and got the address.  Tomorrow on the way back from San Salvador we hope to stop in Auachapan and ask if the internet can be moved to the new house on Friday.  We will pay the first month rent and deposit Friday at 8:00 and get the key and spend Friday moving smaller stuff by car.  Yesterday morning I got up at 5:30 and left home at 6:30 to pick up Edgardo and go to the leader training school in El Refugio.  We picked up Carlos and another brother in Auachapan .  There was a group of about 12 first year students who had just begun in Jan.  And a group of about 8 2^nd. Year students.  There were about as many ladies as men but several of the men were older and all of the ladies were fairly young adults. I sat in on three classes.  At the end of the first class which was on the beginning of the church the teacher, Bro. Mario Laro gave out a one page test and they were joking about giving me one.  I said sure.  It was so basic I could not have missed any of the questions except one in which I did not know what the Spanish word meant.  I probably will wait to go again till the time when my Spanish is good enough to teach and then ask if they are in need of a teacher on some topic.  Carlos said the teaching had to be fairly basic because even those who desired to be leaders had little foundation in Bible knowledge so it would not value much for me to sit in on classes. 

Charlotte:

While Dwaine went to El Refugio, I stayed home to cook for dinner guests.  I cooked lasgna, snow peas and potatoes with onions.  While cooking is quite time consuming, it is very rewarding to have people over and have this time of fellowship.  I finished up everything early, so I could go to the ladies’ class in Shucutitian.  It was my first time to drive alone.  It’s not a bad drive, but the cobblestone ‘path’ that is lined with homes, does not have space to turn around.  I had practiced a couple of time last week, and it went well.  Linda taught the ladies’ class and they asked if I could ‘preach’ it the next time they meet in two weeks.  I said ‘no’ because I wasn’t a preacher, but I would be glad to teach it.  It was a play on the Spanish words. They all laughed about that oneJ.  Afterwards, we had Edgardo and Martiza and their two children, Javier and Paola.  Dwaine went to pick them up and I realized we had not gotten tortillas to add to the meal.  So I went out around our home and kept asking shops until I found some.  I am sure that was funny to everyone I asked.  It was neat when they arrived because I found a few pictures of Xavier’s baptism and some group pictures of when I came in 2013 and printed those for them. It was a nice evening together.

Edgardo, Maritza, Javier, & Paola for dinner!

Family Night