An Honored Guest

Wow, has it really been almost two weeks since my last post?! Things have been hopping around here. The weather is beginning to cool as we approach the official start of fall on the 21st. It's been really nice to have cool nights and nice sunny days without the near unbearable heat. This weekends weather was gorgeous, we even had a Carolina blue sky.

The topic of conversation at an after church lunch yesterday was the President's visit. Everyone here was excited for us that our President was able to visit the country God has called us to. The ranch where the two presidents met is only 18 KM (about 11 miles) away from us! Probably the closest we'll ever come to either man. However, the wives of both Presidents, drove right in front of our house!!! BUT we didn't see them, what a bummer. They were touring the old city, a world heritage site. The old city is only 5 minutes away and we can actually see it from the end of our road. A_____ was following them and tried to call us but our cell phones went down for the time of the visit. Oh, well.

Despite what you may hear in the news the majority of this country's people were open to the visit and very friendly to their visitors; just as they have been to us. The people who were speaking out against the President, and throwing stones, were mostly from the big city across the water. We are thankful that the President was extended the same warmth and welcome as we have had. It certainly is interesting to be in a foreign country when a world leader comes for a visit. Our military was said to have been a couple thousand strong here. Plus the planes and helicopters and secret service. The Sheraton out on the rambla was reserved entirely for this visit. One article said that this visit brought in more than one million dollars for this country. More than what is made in an entire week of their highest tourist season.

PS I'm not naming our home country or this country nor the names of those involved for the reason of search engines. I wanted to share our experiences without the ability for search engines to find this post as we don't want to get involved in political issues.