We had some people stop by the other day that we did not know. We heard a knock on the door and had no idea who they were when we looked out the window. They were looking for another missionary that lived here almost two years ago. They wanted help with their niece's english homework. She had a big test the next day and they wanted us to fill in all the blanks in her study sheet so that she could turn it in and study from it that night. Emma and I were not sure of this, and many times tried to get the aunt to see that we did not want to do the niece's homework for her. No, it was okay, she answered, they had another copy of the homework, and the niece would rewrite it in her own handwriting before turning it in. No, but... The niece had piles of homework to do.... and we were not getting anywhere with the aunt, so, with uneasiness, we did the homework. (Not as easy as it sounds. It was on some kind of passive voice, something we are told never to use in English. :) We gave it to the the aunts, and they were out the door, telling us that if we wanted cooking lessons to come on over and they would teach us.
A couple days later these same two aunts and the girl and another boy were back at our door. This time, with the aunt's famous Jello mold made from fruit juice, pectin, and peaches (it was very good!). The girl thanked us, as well as the aunts, and again they invited us to come over and learn how to cook. I still am not sure about the homework assignment, and did not want to start a precedent for doing everyone's English homework, but, I am glad that we got to meet that family, and opened the door that night.
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