Where do I begin? That is the
first line to a famous song but also a very good question for our blog. Our last entry was May 20th. And
since then Charlotte has been sick most of the time. She did go to the Dr at the end of our block
last Saturday and he first thought she might have Dengue Fever which is pretty
rough. He prescribed some blood tests
and some medications but the tests showed that she did not have Dengue but now
he believes she has had two different types of stomach flu’s one after the
other. She has rested most of this week
but had tried to keep going until the last few days. On May 21 we had the ladies event in
Salcoatitan which she attended and also cooked for. On the night of May 20 we had our first men's
only event. We watched the movie
Courageous. The first session was in
Salcoatitan and there were only 3 visitors.
The next Friday night, May 27 we had the same event here in Juayua and
had a really good turnout. We have
several brothers in the congregation here (about 10) and about 12 visitors,
several for the first time. On Tuesday
May 24 Charlotte and I went to San Salvador to pick up Clifton from the
airport. We both were feeling like we
needed to stay home near the bathroom all day but we made it through pretty
well. We even made a Walmart stop as
well as a couple of other short ones on the way back. On Thursday night our weekly home meeting was
at Jose and Kelly's again. Charlotte had
stayed home both Wednesday night and Thursday night with her illness and our
numbers for both meetings were pretty low.
Clifton got to attend the men's event as well as a youth event here in
Juayua last Saturday afternoon. He said
it went well. On Sunday we had a
combined 5th Sunday service in Salcoatitan with Juayua, Salcoatitan,
and three other visiting congregations.
There were about 125 adults and over 150 total with the kids. After the service we had a catered
lunch. Sunday evening was the big event
for us. Mario and Sara got married here
at our house. Despite being sick,
Charlotte pushed through and cooked a beautiful 2 layer cake as well as chicken
salad and wedding cookies as well as decorating our living room on Sunday afternoon. It was a fairly long and very beautiful
ceremony and all went well. I think till
the end of the wedding Charlotte just willed herself through and after it was
all over she was completely spent. She
has been home all week so far and in bed all day Monday. She did have several visitors today and is
pretty tired from all the talking. I
went out with Cesar and we studied with Delmy and then passed out invitations
to the Ladies' event that will be this Saturday here in Juayua. After all the visitors Charlotte did stay
home and rest tonight rather than going to the services. We sure are thankful to have Arnoldo and
Linda to teach the children's classes when Charlotte needs to be off. Clifton got to work with Ricardo and Yoli
yesterday and today and today he was gone about 12 hours, from 8:30 am to 8:30
pm. He was pretty worn out but said it
was a good day. We are thankful he is
getting the experience. Our internet was
out from last Friday till yesterday morning.
It was broken somewhere on our roof but we have no idea what happened to
it. We sure do miss it when it is
out. We went to an internet cafe on
Saturday but only got to speak with Christina and then we went back on Monday
night and got to speak with everyone again.
Anyway, that is a catch up and hopefully Charlotte will get back to
normal and we can try again in June to be more regular.
Ladies Event in Salcoatitan
Alba decorating a cake for her mother-in-law.
Dwaine driving in the parade with Isela
Clifton did arrive!
Sunday combined services with
Salcoatitan, Juayua, and two visiting congregations for about
150 total
Wedding for Mario and Sara
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