Elizabeth and Javier were away most of the day--their shop is open 7 days a week, and also they went early to the Kingdom Hall. We played a game of Scrabble, watched a movie and just generally vegged out. We are not too eager to explore Santo Domingo because it is 90 degrees out! And incredibly humid. We did take a short walk around the block.
At noon, Judith came and prepared our lunch. We were rather astonished that she had come all the way across town just to fix lunch for us. We were really glad to see her, as we have met her several times before. She is Chris' personal assistant when he comes. She's a very warm-hearted, open person and we really enjoyed seeing her again.
We spent some time on the blog and uploading Vincent's pictures, then Javier and Elizabeth came home for supper. Poor Elizabeth lost her voice, and we couldn't understand what she whispered without Javier repeating everything she said. It would have been okay, but we we're trying to find out when to go to the bus station and which bus to take. It turned out that she had it all organized, and we just needed to follow her (like ducklings their mama) and everything was okay.
It is actually amazing how well cared for we have been on this trip, even the unexpectedly long bus trip here. We feel like we must be on the right path, because at each step, the missing pieces have fallen into place. We are hoping to find out tomorrow if the buyer's inspection of the house on Friday went well. So exciting to think that after 11 months on and off the market, it might be sold! But sobering, too, as we have to figure out what to do next--where to live and so forth. We're returning home April 19th and need to be moved out by May 1. It's do-able but daunting. Tomorrow we'll be on the coast of Ecuador near a town named Manta. We never would have dreamed we would be in this place, even back in early January. God is good.
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Sunday, March 8, 2015 Connecting the Dots
Tomorrow a bunch of reports are due, with four artisan interviews to type up plus the report for the (busy) week. This morning, we worked on those and sent two of the interviews. Vincent also spoke to his father and brother by phone. Later we spoke to Shoshanna as she was studying in her dorm. She got accepted for winter semester in Oaxaca next year--yay! She's decided on a double major--Spanish and English. Great for her, she is so skilled in communicating!
At noon, we celebrated International Women's Day with a teleconference including Jean Houston, Marianne Williamson and Claire Zammit--what a powerhouse trio. Jean explained that the traditional feminine role is to take care of the house and the children, and that has grown to taking care of the earth and everyone's children. A turning point in human history is upon us and women are uniquely called to step up and help it be a new beginning, rather than the end of the human story. Marianne explained that we are to shine our light, not in the places where the light is already shining, but in the darkness, and urged women to get radically involved in overturning unjust structures. Claire shared her story of transformation of her life by committing to being the best person she could envision to be. Both Vincent and I were so inspired.
Now as we are coming closer to the close of our journey, we are beginning to wonder what is next. We have certainly learned a lot about ourselves and about the struggles of so many people just to stay alive. We've also come closer to the realities of being biological creatures on this beautiful and amazing planet. We're hoping the future does not hold much big-city living!
In the evening, I spoke to our daughter, Elspeth. We ended up texting back and forth because the internet connection was so intermittent it could have been called intermit. We sense the Spirit at work in our lives, though we are not tall enough to see over-shoulder what She is working on. Family, friends, a call to action and to stay connected to everything inside us and around us--these are the bones on which flesh must be put. It is a call to the earth community of compassion, connection, reflection and concerted action.
We will stay tuned.
At noon, we celebrated International Women's Day with a teleconference including Jean Houston, Marianne Williamson and Claire Zammit--what a powerhouse trio. Jean explained that the traditional feminine role is to take care of the house and the children, and that has grown to taking care of the earth and everyone's children. A turning point in human history is upon us and women are uniquely called to step up and help it be a new beginning, rather than the end of the human story. Marianne explained that we are to shine our light, not in the places where the light is already shining, but in the darkness, and urged women to get radically involved in overturning unjust structures. Claire shared her story of transformation of her life by committing to being the best person she could envision to be. Both Vincent and I were so inspired.
Now as we are coming closer to the close of our journey, we are beginning to wonder what is next. We have certainly learned a lot about ourselves and about the struggles of so many people just to stay alive. We've also come closer to the realities of being biological creatures on this beautiful and amazing planet. We're hoping the future does not hold much big-city living!
In the evening, I spoke to our daughter, Elspeth. We ended up texting back and forth because the internet connection was so intermittent it could have been called intermit. We sense the Spirit at work in our lives, though we are not tall enough to see over-shoulder what She is working on. Family, friends, a call to action and to stay connected to everything inside us and around us--these are the bones on which flesh must be put. It is a call to the earth community of compassion, connection, reflection and concerted action.
We will stay tuned.
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