We woke up still tired from yesterday. I started the church
website, but it is not worth putting up a link yet. I got a phone call from
Lucky asking us to go to the church to paint at 9:00 AM. We discussed the
classroom situation with the team and decided that it would be good to have the
teen class at our house this Sunday due to the noise and traffic through the
room at the church building. After the discussion Carlos and I went to get
paint and I got a pipe to use on the washing machine. Then I was given the task
of painting a large shelf. I painted for 1.5 hours and then went back to the
house to prepare lunch for everyone. We all ate and then resumed painting until
1:30. Della stayed home because of the fumes and cleaned. She also went to the
market by herself for the first time thankfully she made it back safely. Then I
used acetone to clean off all the paint on my arms and hands. Then Della,
Hector, and I went to Ahuachapán to get more paint. We
compared prices at two stores and then bought paint for the church and ordered
paint for our house. On our way back we saw a member of the church walking and
we gave her a ride. We got back to Ataco at 3:45 and I was exhausted so I went
back home for an hour nap while Della went on to Hector’s house in the car so
she could avoid the bus. After my nap I went to the bus stop and got on the bus.
When I looked up from reading the Spanish dictionary I was surprised to see
Lucky and Carlos. They asked if I had paid already, I hadn’t so they told me to
change buses, to one that would travel closer to Hector’s house. We all arrived
at 5:30 and Carlos told Della that the old lady that thought I was her son had
passed away today, very sad. The study lasted until 7:00 and then Della,
Carlos, and I walked in the dark to the bus stop. We waited in almost complete
darkness for 20 minutes to catch the last bus of the night.
There will be more painting tomorrow!
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| Hector hardly working |
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| I forced a smile for the camera |
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