At church today the choir director asked me to sing with the choir for the Easter program in a few weeks.  They had the first practice today & Dad agreed to sing with us also.  We are singing the Lord's prayer in English, I think I can do that one, and then a hymn in Spanish.  I am going to have to work on the pronunciation of that one a little.  I asked one of the girls how long practice would be and she said one hour or maybe just 30 minutes.  It was a total of about ten minutes and five of us practicing.  It will be fun to do and part of the fun is that it is nothing like at home.  The choir director asked me to say the closing prayer, I only knew she was looking at me and saying something.  Dad had to lean over and tell me of her request.  She said I could say it in English and then Spanish.  I said I could say it in English but she would have to wait a couple years for me to do it in Spanish.  So I said the prayer and then she said, in English, while still bowing her head.  "Now in Spanish, we don't want to wait two years."  Every Sunday I find another person or two that speaks English!  I am sure there are more here that speak English than people in my home ward that speak Spanish.  In fact I met a lady today that has taught English in secondary school for 23 years.  If I would have thought quicker, I would have started and ended the prayer in Spanish and the middle in English, then I would have fulfilled the request of Spanish and English.  

     We have a cute little lady that cleans are apartment every two weeks.  Dad met her as she was cleaning another apartment here and while I was in Utah, he asked her to clean our apt. just before I got back.  Her name is Fulvia and she charges 100 quets each time she comes, which is about $12. We finally got a picture of her the other day.  So here she is.



     I realized that I didn't have any pictures of the outside of our apartment building so the other day I went out and took some and have shared a few with you.  

     I ran across a BYU devotional today given by Brad Wilcox about Grace that I really liked.  He explained it so well, I feel I learned a lot from him.  It is one of the most listened to devotional talks so they have or are publishing a book about this topic and Brad's explanation.  Remember the book "Believing Christ" by Robinson and his story about the bicycle??  This one for me is just as impactful and memorable. I would really suggest this one to each of you and because he has been so involved with the youth and EFY it is really great for your kids too!  He speaks on everyone's level.  Here is the link:  "His Grace is Sufficient"  given July 12, 2011.  The link is also here about the Angel Moroni being placed on the Rome Temple.  That's a bonus.

     Women's Session of Conference was really good.  We had a going away dinner on the roof for two couples leaving in 10 days.  Then the women went to one apartment and watched Conference and the guys went to another apartment and watched a basketball game.  I am looking forward to conference this year because it will be a church meeting I can understand!!

Love to all,   MOM, Grammy,  Shaun