Saturday morning rolled around and we packed up our conference stuff and headed to Mario's house. Remember that one? (He lives in the zoo). We spent the morning at his house looking at and playing with the animals. After an hour or so I was really tired and ready to go get food and head to conference. It took us forever to leave his house and then we couldn't find a guagua to take.. And to add to the adventure, it started raining on us. Finally we got a guagua and a taxi and headed to the church. We got there just in time to hear the end of Elder Hales talk. I was really sad we missed the first part of the session, but thankfully with modern technology I can watch it again. Conference was amazing! We watched it with all the Elders in the area. After the first session they came with us up the street and joined us for lunch. After lunch it was back to the church for the next session. Being able to watch conference here in English is such a blessing.
After all the sessions Emily and I decided to go to the store. We set off in the wrong direction, but soon remembered how helpful technology is and looked up the fastest way there. We ended up walking down some little roads and going through parts of town I would normally avoid, but it was still light out and I didn't feel too sketched out. We made it to the store, got what we needed, and headed outside to find a taxi home. A taxi driver met us at the door and we asked how much it would cost to get to El Javillar, the little outskirts we live in. We didn't say another word to him the whole ride and he drove us right up to our house.. We were a little confused as to how he knew exactly where we lived, but I guess when you travel with a group of American girls the taxi drivers learn where we live really fast.
Sunday morning we got up and made a bean dip and salsa for conference. We even made it to the church on time! In between sessions we had the Elders teach a couple of us how to play Dominos, Dominican style. It was a goal of mine to learn how to play before I left. To be able to learn from someone who speaks English was a dream come true. Everyone and their dog her knows how to play. It's crazy, but I now see why, it's so fun!
Conference was amazing! I was really sad when it ended. It was really nice to have a meeting where I could understand what they were saying and I just really love General conference. Speaking of that, during the first session Averie turned to me randomly and said, "No wonder you like conference so much, it's all old people!" I laughed for a good few minutes about this, but had to admit deep down there was some truth to that. Granted not all of the speakers would be considered old or Elderly, but she had a point. It seems me love for Elderly people has become apparent even though I have only known these girls for six weeks. My love for conference goes way beyond the fact that the leaders of the church are older and wiser, but I thought it was a funny comment. After conference we had to take a bunch of pictures with the missionary squad we watched with, but then we headed home to enjoy the rest of the sabbath day and ponder the words of the Lord's servants.
Adventures of the week: walking in the rain, finding a neighborhood pharmacy, learning Dominican dominos, taking the backstreets to the store, tropical storm, and making salsa.
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