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From: Jane boyce <janeboyce@live.com>
Date: January 30, 2018 at 8:20:54 PM AST
To: Jane boyce <janeboyce@live.com>
Subject: Update 8
A few tidbits that I keep forgetting to write down:
-Though man-made things lay in shambles...nature has quickly repaired itself! Leaves are fresh & bright green. Leaning utility poles have creeping vines climbing on them. Though some palm trees are tipped & big trees have a few bare branches...nature is far ahead of man!!
-Weather includes sunny, cloudy & rainy most everyday with temperatures between 70 - 90. Love it!
-The coqui frog sings to us at sundown and the pigeon coos as sunrise. Such a musical country.
Saturday was a special prayer day so we joined others for about an hour...then slipped out and called Lourdes to see if we could help her. She jumped in her car & in 15 minutes, we were following her up the mountain to her home. As we were assessing the situation, she came over laughing. Her 15 year old son had seen us drive in...noticed our gray hair..and questioned how much we could do. She told him, "Don't judge a book by its cover...these people know how to work!" And we did. Boys helped put in 3 windows & a door while the girls moved cement blocks, cement bags & cleaned up after the boys had chiseled the holes for the windows. Elsi and I also took time to visit with Lourdes' mother who'd recently lost her husband. She was very grateful. And so was Lourdes...her tears of gratitude were proof.
Someone had given Johanna fresh lobster so that's what she had waiting for ours when we got home. Who'd a thunk? I dug out our cards & tangram game & soon everyone was playing something. We not only know how to work...we know how to play too!!
