3/15/14: Day 13: Fun with mini Carlos

This morning we woke up at 6:30 and Della cooked delicious eggs and beans. About 7:30 Della got a call from Carlos asking me to go to the church building and watch as the workers fixed the roof. I left at 7:50 and just as I walked out the door a guy was walking by and he said “good morning” in English. We talked as we walked the three blocks, I told him we were living here in Ataco and that we were missionaries here and by the time we got to the church we exchanged numbers. At the church I helped when I could and read the bible and the dictionary. I stayed at the church building until 10:00 and then Carlos and his dad arrived so I went back home. Della and I went to all the gringo shops just so we would know what was where and then we found a cheaper pizzeria for lunch.  We got back to the house at 1:00 and Della was tired so we took a nap. I woke up at 1:30 and Della woke up at 1:45. Mini Carlos rang the doorbell at 2:00 and told Della to go to the church building to meet Rosamilia to ride the bus with her to Hector’s house. Della attended a women’s bible study/ baby shower for a sister here from 2:30 until 4:30. Mini Carlos (age 10) was over the entire time Della was gone. Mini Carlos wanted to take everything I had and eat all the food that we have. When he didn’t get it he would go hide under the table and pout. We used Google translate to talk to each other. I managed to teach him the rules to Blockus in Spanish. While mini Carlos was over big Carlos came and worked on his motorcycle that he had wrecked a few months ago and so was storing at our house. I tried to help him but I broke it even worse, I felt terrible and told him I would pay to fix that part but he just laughed. Carlos managed to complete the repairs and left me with mini Carlos. Della finally arrived home at 5:00 and mini Carlos helped her translate a prayer for me to say tomorrow. It is almost too late for me to manage memorizing it for service tomorrow. We ate peanut butter, banana, and honey sandwiches for dinner and then Skyped and studied until time for bed.