Woke up at 5:30 and rushed to get ready. I picked up Hector,
Edgardo, and his family and drove to Sonsonate. The drive was super steep and
we nearly died when I decided to pass a bus while there was a truck coming from
the other direction. The study in Sonsonate was at a small business that was
owned by a member of the church in Ataco. The owner believed a weekly bible
study for all his employees was important so we are blessed to be a part of it.
There were about 15 people at the study. When it was finished, one of the
leaders got up and said that he expected me to be leading it by four months in
Spanish. At 8:00, Rachael (Hector’s wife) took Della to Osvaldo’s house so she
could spend the day with Luz Elena (Osvaldo’s wife). After the study finished
my crew went to Hector’s step dad’s shop for him to determine what was needed
to fix the van. He said he needed to keep it for a while to fix it so we will
have to drop it off tomorrow. We continued on to San Salvador and everyone said
I was driving way too fast. On the way, Hector got a call from the translator
saying she needed Della’s passport expiration date. This was very frustrating
because we had brought our passports to her when we dropped off the papers but
she said she didn’t need anything from them. I called Della and she had to arrange
for Noé to come get her and take her back to the house (1 hour round trip) to
get it. While I was driving to San Salvador I got redirected from the main road
due to construction and we got lost for a bit. We finally navigated to Hector’s
grandparent’s metal shop for Edgardo and his family to inspect and consider
buying their “food home store” setup. The setup included: several display
cases, two coke refrigerators, and a bunch of packaged food products. We waited
until about 11:50 when Della called with the expiration date. We immediately
rushed out to the lawyer’s office to get the papers before the translator went
on her lunch break. I parked at the mall and Edgardo and his family went inside
to wait while Hector and I ran across the street. When we got to the office we
checked all the papers thoroughly. Then we ate the most amazing fried hotdogs
that were smothered in mayonnaise and ketchup. We then ran back across the
street and we all waited while Hector tried to get the money for Lucky from the
bank. We waited for half an hour and then Hector said it was a fail because he
was missing some information. On the way back to Ahuachapán all my passengers
fell asleep from the heat. Rachael met us with Della at the foot of the
mountain to Ataco and we traded passengers. Della and I got home around 3:30. We
were both tired from the day so we took a nap for 45 minutes. When we woke up Della
was craving soup and we were out of food so we went to a restaurant nearby. The
owner spoke English and said he was from New York. At 5:15, I left for the
small group bible study and led it on Leviticus chapters 1-8. The study went
well and Hector interpreted very well. I got back to the house at 7:30 and a
student from the school (Bryan) was there waiting for me to play him in chess.
He taught me the Spanish names for the all the pieces and played an intense
game. Della made peanut-butter cookies and distracted him just enough for me to
get the lead for a while but in the end I got beat by a crafty checkmate. Then
Della was feeling amazingly sacrificial because she helped me explain the rules
for Carcassonne in Spanish. We had a great time playing until 9:30. Tomorrow we
will hopefully get the van fixed.
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