Wednesday, May 22, 2013

          Piano practice was at the top of the list this morning and it was awesome.  I actually stayed too long and shortened my study time.  Oh, well.  It was worth it!

          Temple attendance was light today in great contrast to the last several days.  It gave me more time for study in the temple, and gave Glade’s back a much more comfortable shift. 

          The new couple—temple missionaries—were switched to our shift today, so we were there together.  They are a very interesting couple; I’ll leave it at that.  However, Sister Starkey and I studied together this evening and she was very helpful.  She speaks quite a little Spanish, but is learning all of the temple Spanish from “scratch.”  She was very helpful and shared great ideas.  This was only the third day for her and her husband, and yesterday she had a “melt-down” over a miscommunication and left sobbing.  She told me she wanted a ticket home—yesterday—but she just hadn’t bought it yet!  The experience is not what she had expected.  However, she shared all of this with smiles and great animation; I’m sure she will be just fine!  She is determined to memorize everything ASAP while I will be happy to just read the hard stuff adequately and for as long as necessary!

          There was a storm today that poured rain and sent wind ripping through the trees punctuated by thunder and lightning.  The wind drove the rain right into the temple foyer and soaked the carpet.  However, we missed it again, since we were involved in temple activity.  I would love to experience some rain!   This is supposed to be the rainy season, but three weeks into it have seen no rain and one sister said many people are very worried about a drought.  If there is no water, there is no food.  There is no back-up.             

          We love walking home together and sharing our experiences of the day.  This opportunity is blessing our lives in areas that we didn’t expect and the strengthening of our relationship is one of them.