Rainy Barbeque..

Helloo,

We fed the speaker yesterday. He was very nice, and had brought his cousin. She's 17 and named Erica. Sweet girl, although she and her cousin were so close you would think they're dating if you didn't know better. We exchanged email so that we can keep in touch.
Brian, Vince and Samantha, came to have lunch as well which was very nice! They're great people:)
Around 4 o'clock we went to the park to the bqq with the congregation... the sun made placefor dark clouds cropped above us short after we arrived but according to Brian it wouldn't rain. And if it would it was my fault for I was from the rainy Netherlands haha. And then it started to rain..
So everyone went back into the car, some tried to hide underneath an umbrella which was not that comfortable..and they still got wet.
After ten minutes the rain staopped, leaving us with a soaked field. We played volleyball, little children played in the kindergarden next to the field and other sat down just to talk. John and Alan Jr. grilled the hamburgers and hot dogs. We said a prayer and ate together. sisters had made salads, and some had brought sandwiches and sauce. It was so nice to associate with each other. You get more time to talk and rally know the brothers and sisters.
I talked to Lesley, she's from chili and married to Alan Jr. She lived in Chili when they started dating. He was 18, she was 20 and still in school. So she wanted to finish college, and so she had to stay in Chili. Talking on the phone, and traveling back and forth was kind of hard, but now they're married she says she's even more happy to be with him.
She studied to be an elementary teacher, but has to do a presentation to get her final degree. So that's what she'll do next year when she and Alan are visiting her family in Chili. She's in the States for 2 years now. And she's looking for a job now, but she's still not that comfident with her language but she wants to try. I think she could do it, she speaks enough english to make children listen to her.
Sister lucky keeps telling me I'm another daughter for her. So now I've got two Alabama mama's, A 'lucky' -one, and a sunburned-one haha.
Birdie's face and neck are getting les red and so is my back. Its still red but not that sensitive anymore. I'm more concerned about Larry's legs. He had a huge blister on his left leg. Birdie went to town to get a description from the docter for it, I hope he won't get more of 'em, because it's really painfull, especially when they break!

love merel