Thursday, November 19, 2015 -- Month #9 - Week #40 - Day #276 - Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Weekly Planning! Always a fun 2 hours. Had lunch, then headed off to lessons. Then we ran into Hno Rene (the very less-active member that drives us around in his moto-taxi) in a bakery as we were wanting a pastry to eat, so we talked for a little bit and actually shared a scripture with him and invited him back to church. He's a really good guy, just works too much. And doesn't remember my name (although I've been here for 4 months now and see him on a very regular basis, I think he does that to tease us). We shared the machete scripture in 3 Nefi 13:31-34 that we used on Javier, and he agreed that it was quite powerful. We'll see if he comes to church on Sunday.

Hno Rene of the moto in the bakery, eating pastries!

Then we did some more lessons, and passed by Esperanza (I love that lady!) to say hi and share a quick scripture, and she ended up giving us some food! We got some beans, tortillas, and carne asada with a lime slice and a chile. So good!

The meat was kinda tough, but it's been over 7 months since I went to Hijo de Cacho with Hna Robles, and I was so happy! I really miss steak and kebabs and grilled chicken and broiled fish and everything from back home.

After visiting Esperanza, we passed for some other people, but weren't home / didn't receive us, so we went over to our dinner appointment with the previous bishop's family, Obispo Reyes (the newly sustained bishop is Obispo Bardales, of the family that gives us dinner in the church on Wednesdays). And, with it raining and all again, the light went out for a good 10-15 minutes. The water and light have been going out a lot. Grrr.

But we got to give some service! Hna Escobar studied accounting in her college studies, and was working in that field before coming on the mission, so is very good at Excel. Obispo Reyes is a high school teacher, and was entering all the grades from this past cycle into a form in Excel. So I read off the numbers as Hna Escobar entered them into the computer. She also put in some formulas and password-locked the document and everything to help him out. So he was very pleased and would like for us to come by during the week to teach him how to use Excel better. Go education! I got the English-Science-Literature standpoint down, and Hna Escobar's got Math-Computers-Public Communication. Whoo!

We have also had these leafcutter ants running around again, this whole week they've been hauling leaves out by our gate outside. So we get to step over them every day as we leave and come back home. Good little workers.

And I think I somehow pinched a nerve in my lower back this morning, so that's kinda bothering me. Hna Escobar finished up her pain medication as well 2 days ago, and we're waiting until Monday for the results on an exam, and then she can start another round of pain medication. So we're just a pair of awesome little missionaries right now! We're also still without water in the house, and the light goes out occasionally throughout the day. The guy that comes by and cuts the grass hasn't come in a month either, so we're wading through a forest to get to our house. We're just kinda in a holding pattern right now.