Wanted to share a miracle with all of you. Last Wednesday I was discouraged. My music class the previous week had dwindled down to 5 students. (We began with 14.) I thought, 'They're bored silly" (with me trying to explain in broken Spanish just simple musical concepts that are necessary to understanding how to direct.) It was raining that day though and Bill kept telling me that was the big problem (Dominicans hate the rain), but I had promised them cookies and the 5 who came were delighted. Still, I felt that I was going nowhere with my teaching. Bill felt inspired to give me a blessing Thursday morning before my class. I felt much better and I brought chocolate this time! I'm not sure if word had spread about treats or what but I had 13 students. We reviewed what I've been struggling to teach the past 4 week; we had some contests and a little test and some of them actually got 17 out of 20 right! Voila! It was fun! So, I think I have my "groove" back and now we get into the meat of directing, aka...uno, dos, tres, uno, dos, tres and uno, dos, tres, cuatro, etc. etc.
Lots of hands on learning (and waving of arms) for the next 6 weeks and I'm determined to make it fun and simple. Must rewrite that wordy (especially in Spanish) course manual. But I'm so grateful for a sweet husband who listened to the spirit and could exercise the power of the Priesthood to calm my heart and give me confidence and courage again.
Oh, and it was testimony meeting this Sunday and I actually understood more than usual! Probably because I know so many of those words....but things are looking up! :)
More....
Garbage tends to pile up on the corners. Sadly, often we see people picking through it. The dogs are skinny here because I don't think there's anything edible left for them!
If we're in the Third World, who's in the Second? The Fourth? Just wondering....
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This is a common juxtaposition...between Third World and First. Push cart meets cell phone.
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| Selling shoes and shirts the hard way. |
The family car...saves on fuel costs!
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| Our favorite tree on our way to work. |
You could hide in there! Something probably does...just not sure I want to know what!
We went to another barrio (ward) Sunday to visit the YSA's. I popped my head into Primary with my camera and this was the result! Boy, do the kids love to have their pictures taken! They kept posing for more. They were adorablel! This was the entire Primary plus a few extras who wanted in on the fun. :)
Nothing like these brown faces and big smiles! 
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