Sad news.
I guess I will start at the end of the day. I received word that my aunt passed at 5:30
last night. About noon, I learned she
was close and I was able to call and talk to her daughter-in-law, but not with
her. She had turned 89 the 12th of this month. She was always very active, but when we
visited in March she had lost a lot of weight and was no longer able to
cook. We have gone every time we have
been home and are thankful we have been able to see her. This is the last of my mom’s family. Monday is typically the day that we meet, but
we had made plans to have a trip out with our group to visit a lake near Santa
Ana and to meet during this time. For
the morning we had planned to study with Celia and Terry as Terry was going to
be off for the entire day. Since we didn’t
meet, Dwaine went up to see if they could come to our house and I made some
pancakes. We were studying prophecy and miracles
and having the extra time really helped.
We studied for about two hours and we were especially thankful that
Terry could join the study. She reads
really well and we sent all the verses with her to read together. After lunch I headed out to pick up Seily for
our afternoon studies. When we had gone
to San Salvador we had gotten a new ‘hot water heater’ to try in the
bathroom. There are two styles and we
have tried one type and usually after a short time it leaks around the rim….warm
water in the center and cold on the peripheries. This time we wanted to try a wall
converter. It also had a typical shower
head so we hoped the water might be more concentrated. At any rate, our bathroom is ceramic, so to
hold the water heater, Dwaine had to build an external holder and wire the
box. When it was finished, Dwaine took a
shower, and he said it was great. There
must be enough water pressure for it to work and with all the rain sometimes we
have a couple of days without water. For
my studies, Reina was not home so we were not able to study. Amalia was home, but she did a guess who had
walked from another community about 30 minutes away. We did visit and pray, but we didn’t study
since she had company. With a little
extra time, we walked up to Erlinda’s but she was sleeping. Finally, to end the day, we had the New Converts
class. We were delighted that Sara and
Marion came. And, Carolina came. Additionally Ana and Marina came as
well. I had asked Ana if she could study
on Wednesday, starting the lunch break, and she said she could. Tonight I asked if George, her husband, could
join us as well and Marina. They all
hear some lessons, but they all need a focused lesson on conversions. They were excited to come and Carolina is
going to come. I am hopeful she can grow
in evangelism and she has a great place to start in her home. We did have an interesting meeting in that
another storm rolled through and the lights went out….and the water to
follow. We did a good portion of the
study by a lantern that Christina had sent us.
Toward the end, the electricity returned, but it was all very dim. We unplugged computers and this dim lighting
continued for hours. I am sure that is
tough on appliances. We had never seen
anything like that. Also for this day,
Clifton had been working on a paper for his work experience here and it sent it
to Ricardo for review. Afterwards, his
computer died, as he knew it was about to go.
He was glad he got his paper off, but he lost some files. He is hoping maybe it would come on at some
point in the future, as it has had trouble turning on during this last semester
in school. Dwaine stayed up for an hour
or two working on baptism certificates for our new converts. Next Sunday, he and Cesar had planned a
ceremony to honor the 7 baptisms we have had since March.
My Precious Aunt Nell
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