October 18, 2015

Rainy days and Sundays. It rained all night and then continued today. We wanted to have Nelson and his family over for a meal. When we first invited him he asked if that meant his whole family and we asked how many that was and he said about 15. Because he works two jobs each day Monday through Friday and our Saturday schedule is so full the only option was Sunday and since our service here in Juayua is at 5 pm we decided to have them for lunch. So this morning for the first time since we have been here we did not go to services at Shucutitan. He had told us on Saturday that he thought there would probably be 12 people. We spent the morning cooking, cleaning and getting ready. Of course, the rain continued. About 12:20 they all arrived, in the end there were Nelson, his wife and 2 kids, his mother, his sister and her son, his mother-in-law and two nieces about 10-12 yrs. Old. Charlotte had made a taco salad, chips and cheese dip, and both chicken and hamburger Mexican style casseroles, and corn and potato salad. For dessert she made Mississippi mud and put a peach half in the dish. The adults all ate a lot, the kids not so much but everyone loved the dessert. We visited for a couple of hours after lunch. They wanted to leave but the rain kept pouring down. They had come in taxies but those don't come up this far unless they are bringing someone. I told them I could take everyone in two trips with the car. We went first with Nelson's wife, her mother and their 2 kids. He went and came back with me and then we took his mother-in-law and the rest of the group to another house across town. By the time we got through with all that it was about time for the 5:00 service. None of our visitors that went last Sunday went today because of the rain and our number was down not surprisingly. When we got home, I washed up the large load of dishes and we went to bed pretty early.

Nelson's Family for Lunch

Another Family Pose