I was glad the prophet spoke on gratitude today at conference. I have been complaining about the toilet seat down here (to myself of course). The seat and the lid are both broken and separated from eachother. You have to hold on the the seat for dear life so it won't slide
off while you are on it. But on the otherhand I am grateful that they have indoor plumbing and a toilet that flushes!
After the first session of General Conference we ate lunch at Wendy's. It tasted good to me,
but I would have preferred the Honduran food. It has so much flavor. Nothing bland about
it. They make a little fat sausage from pork they call "jeriso'' pronouned like cherriso, but then you have to trill the "r's"' with your tongue. Not even sure how it is spelled.
Tomorrow I am going in to town with my friend, Frank, who I am helping with his schooling.
He is an orphan and a woman in the neighborhood has been raising him but she can't pay
for his schooling. For those of you who don't know I have set up a foundation in Tom's name,
called, ''Nino's de Carlos". With some of the money I have bought a lot of books for kids in
Spanish because you don't see very many down here. But I am thinking about dedicating
most of the money for educations for the kids in the neighborhood whose parents can't
afford the unforms and the books and fees. It's really not that much money and I think it
would be a good use of the money.
That is a great idea! Some folks make continuation of the school fee payments contingent on good grades, which gives parents an incentive to let the children have enough time to do their homework after school. This is especially important for girls, who are often given a very heavy load of housework at home.
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