Spanish Church Services

I would like to be able to convey just what it is like to be in church meeting that you can't understand anything that is said. Sacratment meeting isn't too bad because they do have a translator most of the time. He just picks parts of what is said, I think. Because the people will talk for a long time and he won't say anything, then he will make a statement. Anyway, it is interesting. The spirit is so sweet. You can feel the love the people have for each other and the Lord.
Relief Society is totally in Spanish. It is SS here. Sociedad de Socorro. They meet in the cultural hall that has a soft type floor that is better for sound. Anyway, they put a table cloth on a table and always have live flowers that were brought for Sac. meeting. They have a board that they put the title of the lesson on and pictures that go along with the lesson. They hand out a small summary of the lesson to all the sisters. In English for us and Spanish for the rest of the sisters. There are probably about 40 sisters that attend. Only 8 of them are us that are missionaries. They dress very nicely and are very happy to be together. The teacher usually has a good discussion on the topic, and uses the white board for notes etc. during the lesson. I guess what I am trying to say, is it is very much like in the States. I think Kim's branch has a much harder time than they do here. Oh, the music is led by Elder Godoy's daughter who gets up and hums a few lines of the song, then says ono, dose, trace and off we go. There is one other sister who sings alto, so we make a joyful noise. I love to hear the teachers go on and on and today realized that they don't take very many breaths when they are talking. They can go on and on. It takes a lot of energy for me to say their words, so I have to take a lot of breaths. I am finding that there is a great spirit there, even if I don't understand the words, I understand the tone of voice, the gestures etc. I really do enjoy it.
There is a big soccer game today at a stadium quite near our area. All the way home we saw police people at each intersection. There was even a riot truck, we decided. It was big and had two fire-type hoses on top. It probably held water they could squirt if needed. There were army guys too. I guess they get pretty excited here about their soccer. Also, someone said that gangs like to rome around on these days and terrorize neighborhoods. Sis. Rameriz had to cancel her piano lessons because the young girls were afraid to go out on the streets in this area. We just don't know how the rest of the world lives, do we?
We just don't know how protected we really are there.