We Just Want a Pizza

Tonight for dinner, Greg and I picked up food for Elijah, then came back to the room so we could order a pizza from Danny's Bagels. We have heard that Danny is actually from New York and the pizza is quite good. We started phoning at 6:45, knowing that they took their last order at 7:30. We got a busy signal for 45 minutes. At least we think that was a busy signal. Here the only difference between a ring and a busy signal is the length of the tone. Finally at 7:30, someone picked up the phone and laid it on the counter. I stayed on the line for 10 minutes, but no one ever spoke into the phone. We were so disappointed. We put Elijah down to bed, but it is 9:40 pm and he is still lying there awake. I left the boys here in the room and went to get sweet and sour chicken. It took forever, but at least we have eaten now.

One thing that is very difficult about being here is answering some of the people's questions. They will ask how many children we have. When we tell them 3, they tell us how lucky we are to have such a large family. We are not sure how to respond to this. We know we are blessed and thank them. In the USA, 3 children is not considered a large family, just slightly above average. You aren't talking large until at least 4-5 children. My heart breaks for these people.

A positive thing happened today. Greg got to present the gospel to one of the shop owners we have spent quite a bit of time with. Nothing more than a discussion, but neat none the less. Tomorrow we will worship with the saints here again. We are looking forward to that.