This has been a great weekend. My team member, Jamie, who worked with me during the Winter Olympics in SLC, and I went shopping. While on our way to a local mall, which is pretty much like any indoor mall in the U.S., we saw a wedding party with an elephant leading the way, then a couple of bands, then the bride being carried in a "litter." Very cool. Next we went to a "Holiday Mela" put on by the American Women's Association, which was also a fund raiser for various charities. We had breakfast at a little cafe, and then lunch at another place. Very nice, very relaxing. We took taxis instead of auto tuk-tuks. Much nicer! And it was a lot of fun to hang out with Jamie.
We went to the Embassy church branch today. The District President was there and did most of the speaking. He (and his family) have lived in 7 countries over the past 20 years. (Can you imagine all the packing and unpacking?!?) We figured he was either military, or the military that protects the embassy, or working for the State Department. He spoke of when they were in the Phillipines, there was a guy who had stopped going to church. He was a butcher and only made about $70/week working 7 days per week (an average working wage). Then he decided to stop working on Sunday, go back to church and pay his tithing, and he found he was making almost $150/week. Faith PRECEDES the miracle, but Heavenly Father will ALWAYS bless us if we keep his commandments.
More Random Thoughts
14. Having to soak all your fruits and vegetables (the ones that aren't peeled before you eat them) for 20 minutes in a special solution to kill the parasites - yuck!
15. The tailor with his sewing machine on the sidewalk.
16. The clothes presser with his fire to heat his irons, also on the sidewalk.
17. The barber with his chair open for business, also on the sidewalk!
