Pretty routine

This week has been fairly routine, nothing special to note. Monday night we had Family Home Evening with the missionaries. They really enjoy meeting with us and having home made cookies. We had a short lesson on the Apostles to see if they could name them in order. They had fun with that and learned a little more about the church. Tuesday was Janet's English class. She does a good job with it and the students really enjoy it. There are between 15 - 20 who come each week. It is interesting; on 2 - 3 different occasions, we have been stopped on the street by complete strangers and asked about the class. It seems that people in the city know that there are two americans here that are giving classes in English. Learning English is a big deal down hear. There are a lot of language schools, but pronunciation is a problem, so we, as americans are very popular.
On Wednesday, I went over to play basketball, but none of the missionaries were there. There were some members and non-members, so we started to play. We found out later that the mission president doesn't want the missionaries playing with the members and non-members. There probably have been incidents in the past that have occured, so this is a preventative measure.
As I mentioned in one of the earlier blogs, we work with the Perpetual Education Fund. One of the more complicated things for me to do is getting all the information together to foward to the Church for approval. There is a lot of one on one communication that has to take place. That is sometimes hard for me because of the language. But it is also quite rewarding. The individual requesting a loan has a lot of work to do before he can even submit. Then to see his efforts rewarded is very gratifying.
On Saturday, we helped the Sister Missionaries with a baptismal service. Afterwards, we went to a party for a member sister who will be leaving for her mission this next week. She will go down to Sao Paulo to the MTC there and from there to her mission in the state of Sao Paulo.
On both occasions, I was asked to speak extemporaneously. At the baptismal service, I wasn't to good. I still have problems with conjugation of verbs to meet tense and who. At the farewell party, I was surprised at how easily things came to me and how well I spoke. Maybe I am getting better.
Sunday after church, we went to a member's home for lunch. It was really quite good. She had a really good dessert; much like flan. That evening, the young returned missionary came over and we had an english lesson. All in all, it was a good week. We are grateful for the support all of you give us and we appreciate your prayers.