Hola from La Palma! It is Saturday afternoon here, and we are taking it easy. Rachel and Tony left La Palma at 3 am so Rachel could get to the airport for her early flight. A person we know and trust drove them down. They arrived safely and early. Rachel’s flight has landed in Houston and she should soon be on the next leg to Columbus, OH. The later group left at 7:45 and arrived safely at the SAL airport. They are now on the plane enroute to Houston, and the computer shows them leaving the gate early.
Two young men from KC, Brandon and Isaias, stayed with Morris, Doug, and me to try to get the container here and unloaded. We have plenty to do until it arrives.
This morning we visited Erika (much better), Fatima, Legia, Pedrina (the boys enjoyed the ‘tire trail), Sondra, Marta’s mom, Yolanda and Jocelyn, Deysi, and others. Everyone enjoyed it.
Last night after the wedding we had a ‘goodbye’ session for those leaving. We then talked about how the trip affected us and what we would take home from it.
The wedding last night was terrific. Tony performed the ceremony after coaching Jesus and Jose about how to do it. They wanted him to demonstrate, so he did. The girls from KC, along with Gladys, had done a great job of planning, and the event was quite an ordeal, complete with tiered wedding cake! I will follow up with photos of it.
Morris has accomplished a tremendous amount of work to create storage for the school and church. We know there will be more requests, but for now the situation is good. Rick was disappointed last night that the video conference system did not come up when first booted –but he later found that it was working and the test station he was using was down. He was then a happy camper—about 8:30.
Yesterday afternoon there was an activity for the sponsor program children. Most of them had made gifts for their sponsors, and those went home with Rick for distribution.
Some are napping now and the rest of us will a little later. I wanted to keep you updated on travel and events as much as possible. Now that things have slowed down a little, I will do better.
Those of us here are well and healthy. God bless you and the people of La Palma. Ralph