Today we went to Quel's parent's ward. We don't know what the name of their ward is... it's some kind of name of either Aztec or Mayan origin that neither one of us can pronounce. This was the first time Marie and Quel had ever been to church together. So we decided we needed pictures.
Upon arrival, Quel's mom asked the counselors in the ward if they knew if someone would be playing the piano during sacrament meeting (piano players can be scarce at church in Latin America). When they informed her that they didn't she eagerly volunteered Quel to play the piano. This wasn't altogether surprising (Quel seems to have to play the piano every time she visits any of her parent's wards) but this time Quel decided that she wasn't going to do it alone and roped Marie into holding the hymnal open for her (there are no spiral bound hymnals in Spanish, which can be problematic for the pianist). Three cheers for Marie for saving the day! Don't worry these pictures were taken while Quel was playing postlude music after sacrament meeting ended not DURING the meeting.
Ok, the highlight of the day occurred during Sunday School. We were sitting there quietly listening to a lesson about Alma and Amulek... Marie was especially focused trying to understand as much Spanish as she could. Then all of the sudden, out of nowhere, we notice this red balloon floating just above the tops of people's heads. The balloon had just enough helium to keep it afloat but not enough to let it rise to the top of the room. So, this balloon bobs around the room for half of the lesson and NO ONE (except for the two odd foreigners) seem to notice (much less be amused by) the balloon's behavior... which made everything even more funny for the two odd foreigners because everyone kept ignoring this balloon that would suddenly stop right in front of people. Really, at one point the balloon stopped right in front of this one man's chest and the guy didn't even flinch, he just sat there until it floated up again and no one around him even looked at it except for the two odd foreigners giggling in the back row. We anxiously waited for the class to end so that we could get a picture with the renegade red balloon. Unfortunately it looks like we are holding the balloon in the picture but if you look closely you will see that it has a will of it's own and is just floating midair.
Upon arrival, Quel's mom asked the counselors in the ward if they knew if someone would be playing the piano during sacrament meeting (piano players can be scarce at church in Latin America). When they informed her that they didn't she eagerly volunteered Quel to play the piano. This wasn't altogether surprising (Quel seems to have to play the piano every time she visits any of her parent's wards) but this time Quel decided that she wasn't going to do it alone and roped Marie into holding the hymnal open for her (there are no spiral bound hymnals in Spanish, which can be problematic for the pianist). Three cheers for Marie for saving the day! Don't worry these pictures were taken while Quel was playing postlude music after sacrament meeting ended not DURING the meeting.
Ok, the highlight of the day occurred during Sunday School. We were sitting there quietly listening to a lesson about Alma and Amulek... Marie was especially focused trying to understand as much Spanish as she could. Then all of the sudden, out of nowhere, we notice this red balloon floating just above the tops of people's heads. The balloon had just enough helium to keep it afloat but not enough to let it rise to the top of the room. So, this balloon bobs around the room for half of the lesson and NO ONE (except for the two odd foreigners) seem to notice (much less be amused by) the balloon's behavior... which made everything even more funny for the two odd foreigners because everyone kept ignoring this balloon that would suddenly stop right in front of people. Really, at one point the balloon stopped right in front of this one man's chest and the guy didn't even flinch, he just sat there until it floated up again and no one around him even looked at it except for the two odd foreigners giggling in the back row. We anxiously waited for the class to end so that we could get a picture with the renegade red balloon. Unfortunately it looks like we are holding the balloon in the picture but if you look closely you will see that it has a will of it's own and is just floating midair.
2 comments:
That's so hilarious that no one paid it any attention! I would die laughing. In fact, I laughed out loud at work when I read this.
Wow, girl! You sure know how to travel!! Hope you are having fun!!
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