Saturday, November 28, 2015

November 26, 2015

Difficult day.  We have gotten into pretty much of a routine for most days.  Charlotte gets up about 5 to 5:30 depending on what all she has to do.  She showers before anything else then gets her coffee and gets going.  I get up around 6:30 usually on my own but she calls me (at my request) if I am not up by then.  I have a cup of coffee with my home made creamer recipe of one spoon of Nestle Quick and one spoon of sugar then I wash the dishes and then shower.  At 8 we go walking with Wicket if we have time.  Then we go out for studies or door knocking about 9.  This morning was no different.  Charlotte skype messaged Happy Thanksgiving to the kids and said the same to me when I got up.  Certainly did not feel like Thanksgiving.  The only study we have been having lately on Thursday is with Mario and since he and Sara are separated Charlotte has been working at home while Cesar and I go.  He was not at home when we got there but we called and he arrived soon.  We have really gotten to the point where he knows that he needs to obey the gospel and says he intends to but keeps resisting.  Seems like we are at that point in most of the studies we have going right now.  It reminds me of the verse in Acts 7 where Stephen told the Jews that they were always resisting the Holy Spirit.  After lunch we got to skype with our family during their Thanksgiving lunch at the home of our daughter Christina and her husband, Dan.  It was certainly great to see everyone and to watch as they chowed down on all the delicious looking food but it was hard too because this is the first big holiday that we have not been there for.  After that we went to do some shopping for the last items Charlotte needed for her science classes in Turin tomorrow.  After going by the copy store and the book store I parked in the parking lot of the Family Dispensa.  It is enclosed with a wall but there is no guard and they have a sign up about not being responsible for your vehicle.  I went to the Credit Union and did my first withdrawal of money while Charlotte looked for some items.  I then joined her in the store and when we came out we noticed that the driver's door was not fully closed.  When I opened it there was a large hole where our car stereo had been about 15 minutes earlier.  I thought I had locked it because I always do that as soon as we get out but there was no alarm.  Also, it was all bolted in so obviously whoever got it knew what they were doing because they were very fast.  It is not like this doesn't happen all the time in the States but it still spoiled our day.  We had planned to go by the ice cream shop since we have not had ice cream once since getting back from the States and starting our diet but we just were not in the mood anymore.  We went by Selectos for a few items the Dispensa did not have and came on home.  Charlotte still had plenty to do to get ready for tomorrow.  I went by to pick up Cesar to go with me to take Regina for her checkup and stitch removal at the Dr. office in Apeneca.  Her appointment was for 6:30 but they wanted to get there early incase the Dr. was available earlier.  I thought that probably only she and one of the girls would go but when we got there she got in the front and Zuleyma and Pedro got in the back with Cesar so we dropped him back off at his house to make it less crowded.  We arrived at the Dr. office about 5:45 but no one was there.  We waited in the car until 6:45 when he finally drove up and then it took another 30 minutes before he was done.  She got a good report except that she needed one more round of antibiotics because she sis still running a little fever.  After I got back home Cesar came over for dinner since Eliza was in San Salvador with her parents.  Charlotte found her first sweet potatoes here and baked them for dinner since it was supposed to be a traditional Thanksgiving Day dish.  We had a nice dinner but I was not in a very good mood to be company.  He stayed till near 10 and we went to bed pretty soon after he left since we knew we had an early morning for Friday.  

 


It's a gonner...



Putting up the Christmas Tree in the square.


Made a friend on a walk.


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