Ok i know you can't rely on much in a third world country but this is getting ridicules. Our internet has been out for over a week again. Our downstairs neighbors tried to fix it but it sounds like it's done for a while. They somehow got the password to another neighbors internet and brought it up to us today. I think they felt bad for us cause we said the internet was our only connection to our family. It's pretty slow but it's something.
I hate to say it but i'm really missing the snow right now. Oh how i remember those cold winter night curled up under one of grandmas big heavy quilts sipping hot chocolate. I miss my grandma quilt. And my grandma. It was pretty chilly at the meeting the other night and i did actually have goose bumps but it's still not the same when you are sweating by 9 the next morning.
We're supposed to have a Spanish test tomorrow night but we are on watchi man duty so sounds like we might have to postpone for another time. Whefff more time to study. My Spanish is coming slowly but it's coming. Every day i think i understand just a little bit more. Ok maybe every week but it's coming. My hats off to ya Kea, it's hard. Sarah is a really good teacher thou and she's making things easy to understand. Everyone talks so fast so it's nice when people remember i'm only learning and talk in small slow sentences. It's even nicer when i know what they are saying. It's amazing though how many people all of the sudden throw out a little bit of english. You have to watch what you say because you never know who can understand you. haha.
Today was a laundry day for me and i did hair for one of the sisters from the build. We have been trying for two weeks to get her hair done but she is in charge of the kitchen and never has two mins. to sit down. Sundays and mondays are the days off so finally today we had a chance. Yesterday was a congregation pot luck for both the spaish and the crole. It's so much fun when everyone gets together. It's amazing how many different languages you hear in one spot. There was so much to do, volleyball, badminton, boce, ping pong, foosball, dominos, cards and of course dancing.
Levi spent the afternoon on the beach painting, trying to drum up some business. He thought he was safe cause it was cloudy but when he took off his white tank you really couldn't tell. It still looks like he is wearing a shirt. The poor boy looks like a lobster but it's his own fault. Don't tell him i said that, he doesn't like it.
There's a market that sets up here every saturday so i think this weekend we are going to try and get a table and set up levis paintings and my jewelry. It's first come first serve for the tables so we'll what happens. We're starting to see alot more orange wrist bands walking around town so the tourist must be back.
Whew that was alot but i think i'm up to date now. Oh wait, the kingdom hall, how could i forget. The fence around the lot is finally done so the actual hall is now being started. It feels like now there is progress. The forms are done and the floor is ready to be poured, i think. My day on saturday started off by hammering and scraping dried concrete off the rebar pillers then i got to move on to painting and sanding again. A nice easy job in the shade. Levi on the other hand had to swing a pike all day again. Poor boy. But no for real the pike is the hardest job there. It never ends. So exciting to see the progress.
Ok now i think that's all and i think i've taken up enough of your day. It's time to take Pica pee and go to bed. Oh no levi's complaining that he can't move. I think it's going to be a long night.
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