Thursday September 23

 

Today I slept in. It was almost 7:00 when I checked my watch. I went on my solo walk all stiff and with a sore knee but enough whining. It was cooler weather the flowers are starting to lose their blooms some trees are shedding their leaves but other flowers are still going strong and others are just starting to bloom. We went for our walk and I was the slow one. We had a nice walk but today I realized that in order to improve our language skills we need more interaction with others. The young missionaries are out there talking to everyone all the time. We only talk when we buy something or need directions. Not sure how to change this but it could be the key. When we got home we spent some time getting things back in shape funny how being gone even for one day things can need attention. At 5:00 we. Left with the elders for a town half an hour away to look up a member the branch president thought we should visit. Maybe we were supposed to visit her home to locate her family I am not sure. We found the home and the neighbors informed us she was dead not very long ago and assisted us in finding her son’s house. They were not interested in talking with us. We stayed in the town until dark visiting other members and I tried to understand and talk as much as was not a nuisance. Meanwhile poor grandma gets left out too much. One member had some neat flowers I think red and yellow.

I have mentioned how the cars park on the sidewalk but this seems a little extreme.

Especially since just around the corner is a large parking area at a park and where it has to go to turn around anyway. We came home in the dark and it was neat to see the groups of lights where the little towns sit on the hills. I need to take pictures sometime. I hope today was a day of recovery and we can get back to more normal tomorrow. I love you all.

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