Back to EAST Los Angeles

After our days in Springdale, Arkansas, we returned to East Los Angeles, where we stayed in the hall, Centro Evangelico, of the Spanish speaking assembly there.

The believers were very very kind to us ... and showered us with many blessings: food, fruit, dinner with the believers after the Bible teaching meeting each night, as well as their love, friendship and fellowship.

Staying at the hall was such a blessing. The boys were able to do a few days of solid schoolwork, as well as time for Willians to study, read and prepare for the Spanish Bible conference on the weekend.

(The children loved staying in the hall, as there are bedrooms, SS rooms everywhere with hallways, doors, bathrooms off rooms, nooks and crannies everywhere ...  which they made the most of to play hide and seek in the dark with a flashlight when there was no one in the hall ;)



East Los Angeles - Sala Evangelica



The kitchen at the hall





The same kitchen looking from the sink towards the stoves on the left and store room on the right.



The dining room area, where the boys did their schoolwork each morning.



The hall area for the meetings.

Timothy used his creativity to make some spinning toys from plastic cups. 

He let it fly from the roof of the hall in this cool video.

Outing to Olvera Street, in Downtown LA, where the city of Los Angeles was first established as a mission from the catholic church. 

Oldest existing house in Los Angeles, built in 1818





the inner courtyard ...




kitchen outdoor





 living room



kitchen indoors




formal living room, used for a funeral or wedding




main bedroom



the children's bedroom








Mexican food for Lunch ...



Some were delighted at the thought of delicious Mexican food!!

Walk through Downtown LA to the Walt Disney Hall ...

and a play in the park...

Shiloh Legacy Museum in Springdale 2019

ON our last day in Springdale, Willians and the boys went to visit the Shiloh
It focuses on the history of the region, especially on the American Civil War. There were many important battles during the war which happened right there in the region. 

Timothy said, "it was really interesting how they had lots of old houses out the front that you could go inside of them, and how the barn had real live cat living at the museum.They showed what it was like inside the houses, the gardens outside, as well as the ways of living of the people many years ago.  I would like to go there again!!" 

There was a special exhibition about the importance of music for the people of Arkansas, including a section of home made guitars. Timothy enjoyed playing one of these original guitars. 

There was also a little jigsaw puzzle/ random pieces of wood that were cut up and you could stack them up on top of each other to make a log cabin about the size of a laptop. 
































They successfully built the log cabin.

https://shilohmuseum.org/

Other fun times in Springdale: 

Bike riding in the park with David Cohen and Santiago... 

A Visit to Harrys and Rebecca Rodriguez's home in the countryside just out of Springdale.

One happy little girl holding a hen.

At the end of the chicken coop, was the rabbit hutch :)

Where this mamma rabbit had given birth just that morning to 7 baby rabbits!!

Very interestingly enough, the day before the mamma rabbit, pulled her hair/fur out to fill the wooden box with her hair/fur. Later, after giving birth, that same fur would provide warmth for the baby rabbits while they grew their own fur. 

spot the rabbits... 

Rebecca kindly held a baby rabbit (only a few hours old) for us to see :)

And so ended a beautiful visit to Springdale Ak.