Feeling very needed

It's the rainy season here. It's rather nice when you are inside and covered. If you are not, you get soaked to the skin in just a few minutes.
Today is Sunday. This is the day when we feel like there are not enough of us to go around. I called the branch Primary President yesterday to tell her I was here to help her however she needed me to  and asked if she would be here today. She said she would be....she wasn't. I had planned on teaching the children the songs for the primary program which will be on Dec. 16th. They know none of them. There is a little store in the same building as the church that sells snacks, like bags of Cheetos or Pringles etc. The kids buy them and bring them into church and eat them. Wait...first I have to tell you that the children come to church by themselves. They walk probably two miles each way to and from the church by THEMSELVES! They are 10, 8 and 5. The snacks are most likely their breakfast. When church was over it was pouring rain they had to walk home in. I wanted to take them home but we had been invited for lunch and the children lived over the river....talk about tugging at my heart strings. Such amazing commitment from these children. Church starts at 9 so they have to leave their home at least an hour or so earlier to get there. Anyway, I took all the snacks away and said they would get them after primary. They sat so quietly and sang and sang! It was such a privilege to be able to teach them. I will be glad when we only have 1 hour primary though, cause that second hour gets a bit long when you are the only one teaching. Dave was in there with me and managed the CD player since there is no piano. The last 15 minutes he did a synopsis of what the lessons were for each month in sharing time. It was great!
After church we were set apart as the YSA leaders with beautiful blessings. This is another area where we wish there were more of us. There are 159 baptized YSA and only three come. One of the great challenges for us here is that google maps does not recognize any of the roads or addresses so finding member's homes is very difficult without someone else to help us. We have lots of time but others don't so we can't go out and find people as easily as we did in Nebraska and Mississippi.
If any of you are senior couples reading this....YOU ARE SO NEEDED! If we can get the YSA,Young single adults truly converted to the church it will change their towns and communities. They are our future leaders and parents to raise up a solid generation of Saints. The church here is in the "Kirkland" stage of development and there is lots of work to be done.

These pictures will just be in a random order...

I'm pretty sure this is the rooster that wakes us up every morning at 5:30. 

You see chickens roaming all over the town.

 This is out on our back deck, yes, the stairs are THAT steep! I am finally talking to one of our kids at our own apartment because we were able to find a neighbor that is letting us pay them for internet!

 This is the river that divides Mackenzie and Wismar. We go over the bridge but many people take these boats back and forth. We need to do that one of these days.

 Sunset on the river looking from Mackenzie to Wismar. 

We live in Wismar but the church is in Mackenzie.

 Our favorite missionaries walking to our home from their apartment a couple streets away. 

Elder Dapat and Elder Bramdeo. 

Goats are everywhere! 

These guys were here when we got home from church!

This is the primary! Such darling beautiful children! I love them already so much! The little guy in blue, the girl in yellow, the boy in the tan shirt scrunching in his seat and the girl in blue in front of the girl in yellow are the children that walk to church.  starting left to right:

Jamacia, Aaron, Randy, Amus, Sarah, Me, 

(on my lap) Lumar,  Kelwyn, Tiffany, Joshua

(front) Colis (in pink shirt) Onandie, Shanika, Jamaine. 

This is the whole group of missionaries and 

senior couples on Thanksgiving.