A Party, Blackout, Spider, Bat, and Snake.

That pretty much sums up our last week. Sunday we had the congregation party at Todd & Barbara Hollenbecks house. We had delicious food and a lot of fun with all the friends. Some played basketball or cricket, others played musical chairs. Later in the evening some of us started dancing. The Guyanese are very shy when it comes to dancing to American music. But Barbara put some on and after a while they warmed up to the idea and a lot of the Sisters joined in. Before we left, a couple of the Brothers were taking care of some stuff inside so the four of us, Barbara, and Michelle all sat outside and practiced some of the new songs. Was a really nice night. Except for those nasty mosquitoes.
Yesterday we got to meeting and were very excited to see the new Yearbooks! The audio download is great...but it's nice seeing all the pictures too:) About 10 minutes into meeting the power went out. It never came back on. Meeting continued as if nothing had happened. Once it was too dark to see everyone pulled out their flashlights. We took turns shining light on who ever was interpreting. (For future reference, Faith should not have been allowed to do this) I think having meeting with no power makes you appreciate it a lot more.
When we got home the power was still out. We all followed Faith into the house, since she was holding the flashlight. As Abi shut the front door behind her a huge spider ran across her hand. The rest of us were already upstairs and stayed upstairs after the loud scream that followed. She came running up the stairs as fast as possible. Attempts were made at getting the spider to leave and we pondered over the idea of killing it but the thing was so big that it could have easily fought back. Unfortunately, before we actually came up with a good plan of attack, it disappeared. Our front door is downstairs in Abis room. Which means the spider is still in her room, hiding.
This morning we woke up for service and Abi wasn't feeling too great. To make matters worse, the bat came back. He's been flying around all over downstairs and has tried to come upstairs but thankfully hasn't yet. Once again, Abis room is downstairs. And he's taken a liking to the darkness under her bed. We've tried to scare him out but he just circles around weaving in and out of doors and windows, past our heads, and then swoops down and under the bed yet again. One would think that a man eating spider and a bat both within 24 hours would be enough, but no. Once we came back from service this afternoon Abi decided to take a shower. Silly girl. Everyone knows nothing good comes from showering. A couple minutes after we hear the water turn on, I hear "Um...GUYS!" So we go down and guess whats hanging out in the shower? I kinda thought it would be a good sized frog or another spider. Nope. Wrong. It was a snake. Not a huge anaconda, but when you're in the shower a snake is a snake no matter how big or small. Abi took the broom and subtly scared him back up and over the wall. Hopefully he doesn't get any bright ideas and make his way back in.
On a different note, all of our studies are doing really good. Natalie is coming to Sundays regularly now. And Jems crazy Granny is just getting crazier. Today she escaped while we were there. Oops. I guess we should have shut the fence better when we went inside.