Twas the
night before Christmas and we got to be with Jose and Kelly again! We were expecting a lighter day because of the
holidays, but we had one study planned.
It was scheduled between 9 and 9:30, so we decided to try to wrap up
getting some groceries beforehand. I was
uncertain how crowded it would be later in the day, so we went during on our
morning walk with Wicket. There was
already many people out, so it was good to get this done with. As soon as we
unloaded everything, we headed up to Alba’s for a study. On the way, we stopped by Suleyma’s. She had wanted to go on this study, but
Danielito was sick teething. When we
arrived at Alba’s, she invited us in and introduced us to her mother-in-law who
lived with them. I realized that I
forgot a loaf of bread for her since she had given me the avocados, so Dwaine
walked home and got it. He was probably
gone less than five minutes. Since it
was two ladies, I went ahead and started the study. Alba’s mother-in-law said that she regularly
went to a church, but Alba not so much. We
studied faith and they had some questions and comments. They also shared their financial struggle and
Alba said that sometimes she traveled to San Salvador to clean houses. Both girls, Katherine and Jacqueline, were sick
with colds. We prayed together and Alba
gave me some more avocados as we were leaving.
Since we really don’t like guacamole, it looks like I will be making
more bread. When we got home, we
gathered the remainder of the wedding cake and flowers from the wedding to take
to Jose and Kelly’s. Kelly was home and
she invited us to come to dinner. She had just killed the Christmas chicken and
she had a rare find. The chicken had an
egg inside that was fully formed. It was
exciting to think we would get to spend the evening visiting with them after
just having their wedding. We didn’t do
much for the afternoon, mostly some computer work. Then, we walked over at 6:30 to their
home. Kelly’s brother and sister were
there visiting during the holidays and it was funny. They had no idea that Kelly and Jose were going
to be married. We laughed and laughed
about this. We visited for a while and
then all was ready for dinner. We ate
the freshly killed bird and Kelly used the egg to cook some potato salad. That was one of the dishes we had made the
day she came to learn some recipes. Dwaine
and I had found some relish in Ahuachapán, so I ran home to bring that for
her. Dinner was delicious and we
enjoyed the time together. Afterwards,
the children gave us some gifts. Nicole
had made a change purse for me and had picked out two pair of socks for
Dwaine. We had brought over a puzzle for
them. I fessed up that it was used, but
they were still excited. You cannot find
puzzles here with more than 24 pieces, so this one had 1000
pieces. We had given them one when we came back from our visit and they had
quickly put it together. That one had
500 pieces. I still have two puzzles I
brought back and it was a treat to share this one with them. It was a great evening. We left about 9 to 9:30 to come home for a
night of anticipation. They said about midnight there would be many fireworks
and bombs….well just the noisemaking kind.
We went on to bed, but were not bothered too much during the night. About 12:13 in the morning there was a
flurry, but it was short lived.
Kelly and Jose shared their stamp collection.
It was about 30 + years old.
I loved the insect pages, but the jet page really reminded
me of my Dad, who worked with the airlines and collects stamps too.
Great memories!
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