March 23, 2015

Dwaine left early this morning to take the car for repair on the air conditioning.  This had been fixed a few weeks ago, but the Freon has already leaked out.  So, there must still be a hole in the system.  They said they would stand by their work, so we will see how that goes.  For the first time, Dwaine rode the bus back from Ahuachapan.  He said that they didn’t take up money in the beginning, but about half way through the ride, someone came around and took up money, $.50.  So, it wasn’t too bad.  I ventured out to visit a couple of ladies that live close by from the Ataco church.  I baked some cookies and headed out.  The first lady, Gladys, knew Caleb, Della and Clifton pretty well.  Her family had ridden with us to Izalco, so I knew her a little.  We visited about thirty minutes and prayed together.  Then, I went to visit Rosamirida.  She tried to teach me to make tortillas and then gave me a recipe how to cook the national flower of El Salvador.  She had some growing her back yard.  After a bit we headed out to visit another sister, Graciella.  She is so funny.  They had lost a dog for several weeks and finally gave up and got another.  Of course, once they got a replacement, the first showed back up.  She wanted me to take the new puppy.  She also crocheted and had several items to show me.  Her sister lives with her and we were able to have a study with her spur of the moment.  She had been in the church, but had recently started visiting the 7^th Day Adventist church.  We studied almost an hour and she said that we could return again for another study in the future.  I returned home, but later that afternoon, Rosamirida came by and brought me an omelet prepared with the national flower.  It was really good.  I will have to post a picture of the omelet tomorrow, That was a nice treat.  We weren’t able to go to the evening study because we had no car.  The night studies end too late to catch a bus and it is too dangerous to travel when it gets late if you don’t have a car.  So, we just settled in for the evening.