Cranky Mothers Day!!!

Well mothers day is very big here - actually starts it seems at midnight and keeps going all day. We were woken up by the loudest music at 3 am on Sunday morning - someone had a stereo on the back of a truck blaring out Ï love Mumma¨type music until it abuptly stopped at 6 am. If you ask me it would have made all the mothers cranky but I guess it could have been worse - like heavy metal or something.Lisa and Doug said it was the same in their street so we were all a bit tired out in the ministry. I had decided that a good payback would be to go and bang on the door of the offending house at 8 and wake them all up - but that would have done no good cause they were still up and partying - just quieter!

Anyhow both Mark and I came home feeling happier with the conversations we had with people out in the field and Mark has an appointment to do an RV this afternoon so he is excited about that. I went with young Rachel W and I think because I was not have to concentrate on the conversation between the doors - I was able to focus on my presentation so I was not so frustrated with myself.

Back to Mothers day - it was a funny sight coming home on the bus and seeing all these guys carrying cakes for their mothers. Looked quite cute.

In the evening we were invited to a ¨Gringo Party¨and it was an evening to remember. There was even Sis Jones there who you will have read about in the Awake earlier this year. She and her husband look after ther Assembly Hall here in Cuenca so I am looking forward to talking with them some more. She reminds me a bit of my mum a few years ago - a no nonsense, just do it kind of woman.

Also there was our C.O Peter, He is Canadian and his wife is Ecuadorian(although you would never Know it cause she sounds so American) They have just returned from being in Canada for a year as he had a Brain Tumor and had to be operated on. What a story they tell - makes you realize even more how Jehovah manovers things and how he really takes care of us all. Mark and I were just so encouraged by the conversation with this bunch of people who have changed their lives so dramatically. Everyone has their own story but what comes through is their real joy at being here. What was nice was how they told us how we had encouraged them coming all the way from NZ and not knowing any Spanish, so that was nice. The whole evening was upbuilding and it was so neat to not have the conversation revert to the mundane things of life. It will keep us going for a few days - probably not past the next weekend though as we have a two day assembly. It´s hard enough getting through a 2 hour meeting in spanish let alone 2 days!

¨G¨came and picked us up in his taxi and we made him take some money. He is so kind - gives us rides all the time so we said to him that it would make us feel better if he took a contribution this time. We got home to a little present of a bag of corn left at our gate. Don´t know who put it there but they are all so kind it could be anyone.

So this cranky mother ended the day very happy and so pleased to have the opportunity to be here!