Sabbath Ramblings

Another good worship service today. Our pastor is away in the US for a couple of weeks so a couple of the other men preached. The morning message was on James 1 and how sin takes root in our lives.

We are slowly figuring out “who goes with whom” at church – mothers, fathers, kids, singles. It’s interesting to see people who remind us of folks back home in their personalities, interests, age, etc. Thankfully, this is not too hard since there are only about 50 people in the church. Esther will be interested to know that there are at least 5 people from the DR in our church. One family is from Mexico. They have a new baby with the most amazing swatch of soft black hair.

We were invited for dinner next Lord’s Day, which I’m looking forward to!

The nursery worker told me today that Lily was hiding behind the curtains and periodically poking her head out saying “Hola”! She is not afraid to be in the nursery, likes church, and is improving overall at sitting through worship, for which we are very thankful.

Mariah, who quickly recovered from her fever a few days ago, is trying very hard to crawl. She is so strong she can straighten her back legs as if she was trying to do the bear walk (but she always takes a nose dive first)! She also tried peaches this week and is not sure if she likes them or would rather stick with rice cereal.

We cannot find yeast in any of the grocery stores (no, we weren’t shopping today. This has just been a week-long quest). In one store, I was able to make myself understood, only to notice that the stock-boy had a display box for yeast packets in the cart of things he was removing from the shelves. He produced for me one little and very beaten up packet of yeast that had been buried and abused at the back of shelf. Yes, that was exactly what I wanted. No, sorry, they didn’t have any more and wouldn’t be getting any. We’ve been advised to try Sam’s Club, Costco, or a local bakery (haven’t been to any of these yet). They do eat yeast breads here, so we aren’t quite sure what the story is.

Ben talked with the shipping company this past week, and it looks like our shipment (the stuff that the packers took before we left) may come by the end of this week. I am really ready for my own pots and pans!

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