Good morning😐  I have never been a morning person but since moving here I've been up much earlier.   Today was a little too early: 6am.  Not sure what woke me: dogs barking,  rosters crowing.....but my stomach was also bothering me so let's get up!  Sitting outside with George and its brisk out, maybe 55 degrees.

Yesterday was a big day.   We meet for service here at 8:30.  Yesterday was at the Kingdom Hall and since I've had a few weird experiences with the dogs by the river (that's a shortcut for me) I needed to leave a bit earlier to make it on time.   I met a sister on the way.   Here in Pana it would be very unusual not to see someone you know while your out and about.

Ok now George is comfy, he's not brave enough yet to sit on my lap.

Ok, so I went in service to Solola.  We took a pick up truck, about 9 of us and some locals.  This is one of the most beautiful rides in Panajachel.  You are going up,  up,  up so great views of the lake, volcanoes and waterfall.

 In Solola we did mainly business territory.  A sister and I went up in a small shopping mall and Elizabeth found a Mayan women who spoke English, she had been in California for one year.  That really impressed on me the need to really learn the language here.  The sister shared the Good News brochure and had her read each paragraph in English and had her read the scriptures in Spanish.  She did so good with reading English.  Elizabeth said after the first subheading  that we'd come again and the women said no I want to read the next paragraph!  So she did!  She gave the sister her Whatsapp number so they could continue the study another day.  As soon as I could, I downloaded the Spanish Bible.  Even though they speak and read English, I think the Bible in their native tongue helps.  A sister and I had to leave the group early to do the stand at noon.  So we found a chicken bus, ahhh.  Her daughter got sick on the ride home😔.  It's truly an adventure riding theses buses.  A sister and brother in our hall recently experimented by taking a chicken bus to Antigua, where are assemblies are, about 2 1/2 hours away.....they will never do that again!! She said the extra $7 per person is so worth it not to risk their lives😂.  She said to her new husband, I think this is considered an extreme sport!
So we made it back to Pana in one piece, except getting off the back of the bus I knocked my head really hard, ouch!  The sister took her daughter home and I needed a quick almuerzo (lunch) and a baño!  A pastry shop a little ways away has good empanadas I'm told,  so I head there.   Not today.  Ok maybe Sandras store has some fresh sandwiches.  Yes, only 8q ($1) for a flakey pastry with ham and cheese inside.   But they don't have water,  so no baño.  Walk down the main street Santannder to get an iced coffee and then use their potty.   Cafe Loco- closed Mondays.   Cafe Moka-closed but bathroom is open.  I need my own toilet paper and sanitiser, check.  Oh yuck someone missed and the floor is wet.  Oh well I really gave to go by now!  Ok heading to the stand but still need a coffee. I found a nice coffee shop I always  see lots of gringos at, so  I stop, order and within a few minutes a wonderful frappe! You have to understand usually coffee, food...takes a while to get so this was a treat to be served so fast.  I'm early to the stand,  so I sit with Gemma and Tim.  A young father from France? goes past with his son.  He stops and chats with us, Gemma has talked with him before, he sells homemade jewelry.  Very nice man.  Leianne comes and we are scheduled from 12 until 3.  We have at times 3 dogs by us, one was a dog that followed us last week all day.  Leinne shows videos to kids selling goods on the street and buys a wood alligator for her son.  You feel so bad for these kids, the girls were maybe 9 and 5.  We quit early because it started raining.  I didn't have any minutes left on my phone so I braved it and stopped at the Tigo shop and for 100q/$13 reloaded my phone for the month, I hope.  I met Rob and the kids on Santander so we could pay our electric bill, get Rob a Nit (so he can buy a motorcycle), get minutes on Robs phone.  Most things here can't be done online, so it takes time to do them.  Rob waited in line to get his Nit only to find out THAT he can do online!

Now over to Guajimbo for supper because we need to stay in town to pick up our laundry st 6pm.  Lo siento, your laundry isn't done, ok we'll pick it up tomorrow.   At some point Lydia needed the bathroom and I took her to the one at Cafe Moka that I used earlier.  After we got out Josh asks me , why to you keep using the boys bathroom? That explains a lot!! We walked home so we could stop at the Perrezs to pick up sheets and finger paints they bought for us at Wal-Mart in Xela.  Lydia is going to love painting again.  I now have 4 sets of sheets!!   (Two full sets are on our bed right Now because the mattress is less then clean)

Now we just need to find a house before Friday.....we just keep praying and Josh and I are going to go to a bunch of tiendas and ask the locals if they know of a house for rent.  We were told that really works good.  So we'll keep you posted.  Have a great day!! Miss you all😀😀