Monday, November 18, 2013

          It was a major grocery shopping day to not only stock up on a low inventory of food items, but to prepare for our part in the FHE Thanksgiving dinner that is planned for our group next Monday on our P-day.  Of course, we will be working in the temple on Thanksgiving Day.  Everyone will contribute to the meal and it will be in the cafeteria downstairs so we will have plenty of room.  There are seven couples—the temple presidency and four missionary couples—four of whom are North American.    

         There were actually a few frozen Butterball turkeys in La Colonia—our 14-lb. bird cost about $35!   But we bought it anyway to bring the season home and smell it cooking in our own apartment.  The turkey that Pres. and Sister Cazier purchased for the FHE dinner cost them $65 so we didn’t feel so bad.  We also found a little canned pumpkin, which means we can have dessert as well.

          Perhaps I have mentioned this already—sorry if it is a repeat—but the Honduras general election for a new president is this next Sunday and it appears to be a heated competition and a close race.  There are lots of negatives on both sides and it seems to be a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.  Anyway, there are concerns about violence and all the missionaries are confined to quarters for three or four days on the week-end.  The temple will be closed on Saturday and there will only be one hour of Church on Sunday.  We have been told to stay in our apartment and to not go anyplace which means today we had to stock up for a couple of weeks since we can’t go shopping next week-end. 

          We decided to do a little decorating for Christmas and found a tree and a few lights and decorations at our grocery store.  English Christmas music was coming from the speakers and it made the shopping tempting.  Originally, I was just going to skip the decorating part, but I realized it would be a nice change of pace and create a taste of home here.  This next Saturday when the temple is closed for the election will be a perfect time “deck the halls”!