Making one day of school count

Due to lots of rain and mud, Tuesday was the only day we could have school this week so we made it count by inviting all the kids to join us for computers after English class. (Usually, we have half of the kids on two different days.) Of course, that meant we had to double up on two of the computers since we had eight kids and only six computers.

However, it worked great and our English class went awesome with the promise of computers to follow at the end of class.







Candela chose to draw for part of her computer time since sharing a computer is not always easy.

Great memories with these active kids...


We got a thumbs up for the day.


Last meat grind:
We want to remember grinding hamburger in our little grinder. Roque brings the meat ground, but we like it much better ground fine. This is probably our last time for this regular chore and one we'll probably miss since the meat is amazing and not to be found outside a cattle ranch.


Gregg has taught gospel doctrine a number of times since we've been here but today was the first time to pitch hit in Spanish with no advance notice. Amy says he did awesome!



Elder Lujan on the far- right- below is being transferred. He has been so good supporting Amy in her valiant attempts to speak Spanish. Elder Lujan is a native Spanish speaker whose brother learned English and taught him. His goal was to talk to Amy in English as much as possible and compliment her for her tremendous efforts.


Feliz Dia de la Madre (Happy Mother's Day) is celebrated in the spring in Argentina, the third Sunday in October.

Homemade boxes full of candy...

...and handmade aprons were given to each mother


Los Perales:
You have to know how amazing Vanesa is. Remember the pattern Amy helped her with last week? Well, without help, she finished the blouse which as you see below included a collar, pockets, top stitching, buttons, and button holes. Anyone who sews knows that this is a tremendous job especially for it being her first try.


We weren't able to have class due to bad roads this week and Vanesa was not happy, but when she sent us this picture of her finished blouse, we knew that her confidence was growing in leaps and bounds as she succeeded on her own. What could be better than that?