July 23, 2016

Going our separate ways.  Dwaine and Cesar rented a van for the quarterly family event in Ahuachapán.  We had a good number going from Juayua, more than two cars could take.  Clifton and Dwaine both went.  Clifton had invited Paulo to come so they could visit one more day.  They left about 7ish and the event was supposed to be 8:30 to 3.  Because the speaker was native, there would be no translating.  Because Christina and Leanna cannot speak Spanish, I decided to go out with them for the day.  They still wanted to look for some souvenirs and we wanted to go out for lunch for Christina’s birthday.  We tried to connect with Seily for to go to a coffee shop of our friends here in Juayua, but she had to go to Santa Ana for the day.  So, we walked around Juayua for a bit and then had coffee at the shop.  They got to meet Oscar and Kayla and that was good. Next we drove to Ataco to look around and eat at a pizza shop there.  It poured down rain.  True to my memories, when it rains hard in Ataco, it floods along the sides of the streets and it is hard to cross from one side to another.  Of course when the pizza was due to be done, we were on the wrong side of the street and had to wade to get to the restaurant. For the rest of our time there, we dealt with flooded streets.  At one point, a shop owner brought us out chairs to sit and visit while we waited the rain out.  We headed home about 3 and Dwaine got home just after we did.  It was a nice girl’s day, which is an extremely rare event these days.  Dwaine said there was a good turnout for the event.  The topic was fidelity in marriage.  That was a good follow-up for all the visitors and members from here in Juayua after the campaign.