When we arrived, we were greeted with a lovely spread of fresh fruit to snack on before getting settled in at our hostess' house. We started to get to know the people traveling from San Antonio and enjoyed sharing stories of previous visits that people had made. Our hostess was a lifelong member of the church (age 85) and had a sizeable house (with 5 bedrooms and two bathrooms) that was similar to a dormitory. She has hosted people for many years and was so kind. We put up mosquito nets and had small solar lanterns with us for the evenings when the power was out. I was glad I brought earplugs because between the roosters that chose to crow throughout the night (not just at sunrise), and the occasionally barking dog in the backyard who literally slept a foot outside my open window, it was kind of hard to rest well. Our hostess had a large solar battery (hooked to an array on the roof??) that would power her TV in the evenings (She liked watching soap operas), her refrigerator, and would allow us to charge our phones. It did not have enough power to run the water pump to fill the holding tank on the roof, so we were told when we arrived that we should not try to flush the toilet or take a shower until the power came back on in the morning and the tank could be refilled.
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