Corbett's Houston Helpers

 We have had so many wonderful experiences since my last post that I don't know where to start. We taught our last class of English Connect for the series on Thursday September 5th. We teach 25 lessons in total, and then start over with a new set starting from lesson 1. We teach two classes each night on Tuesday's and Thursdays, one from 5 pm to 6 pm, and the other from 7 pm to 8 pm. We had a cake made to celebrate them completing the course. The 5 pm class had 4 ladies that came regularly, and one that could only come occasionaly because of work conflicts. The 4 who came regularly came up to us after we had the cake and said in Spanish how much they appreciated us teaching them English and for the materials we produced for them. Nelsi, the one that did the speaking, said that they had each contributed to a small gift for us. They then gave us a Visa Card for $100! These people barely have enough money to survive, and yet they all contributed to this gift for us. It was so touc...

 I don't have any new pictures so I thought I would post our missionary picture that we had taken at the house last summer. Velyn looks like my daughter since my hair is so gray, and it is only getting more so. Instead of it making me look distinguished, it makes me look extinguished. We have had some more experiences that remind us of how difficult things can be for those around us. We have come to know a mother and daughter that work at Deseret Industries, that are from the Dominican Republic. Part of their training is to put together a resume, so they came in one morning for some help. The mother Julia, had recently been in the hospital with some serious heart issues. She did not look well at all and I asked her (in Spanish) what was wrong. She said that she had gotten into an argument with her adult son with whom she is staying with, and he wants her to leave. She is planning on going back to the Domincan Republic anyway in about 40 days but he wants her out. I asked why she di...