Last week when we were riding with the Mortenson's, Paul mentioned that Spencer should be called, "Spencer, el bautista" (as in John the Baptist). Last week he mentioned that he had been called in extra and performed 554 baptisms. A day or two later he did 456 or something like that. He frequently is called on for baptisms because he is bigger and stronger than many of the Guatemalan men. Sorry no picture available of him in the font! :) Some interesting people for whom the ordinance work was done recently. I mentioned the Korean woman born in 1326. Well, on Friday night Spencer and I were doing proxy sealings of daughters to their parents. We were the parents. Spencer was proxy for the King of Portugal. I was proxy for three different wives. One had 14 names in her name! Don't know where she was from. The next wife (mother) was Princess of Austria and the third one was the Princess of Luxemburg. Pretty interesting--not our normal experience! Interesting king--I know nothing about Portuguese history, so I can't shed any light on his life at all. But in reality--all of us our of royal birth as children of our Father in Heaven!! Now THAT is REALLY humbling. That beats royalty here in mortality any time! We teach some beautiful little children every Saturday. You have seen many group pictures, but sometimes you might want to see faces up close! They are darling. Our Mondays (P-Days) surely vary. As you know two weeks ago, we were at a resort in Lake Atitlan. Last week we were doing some deep cleaning and shopping. Tomorrow we will be stuck at home. It is the Guatemalan Independence Day and the streets are packed and the stores are closed. No shopping on that day. We will watch the parade on the local TV channel. Today after church (in a different chapel/ward, because of congestion making it difficult to get to ours) we watched the equivalent of the Prescott Kiddy Parade--lots of schools and sports teams. Kids were dressed in amazing costumes. It was great. Then later in the day they had the competition to select Miss Guatemala. It is held here in Quetzaltenango rather than the capital. The reigning queens from the other countries in Central America were also here. It was similar to beauty pageants in the US, except here, people aren't so anorexic and bolemic. The contestants all had sort of heavy thighs and hips. I found myself with mixed opinions--I was glad they had healthier bodies; but I've been programmed--like most all Americans--to not think that was as attractive! Guess I'm too influenced by the world! Live continues to be wonderful here! We love the people--and they love us. But recently I was realizing that there are losses and gains in types of missions. This is VERY rewarding, being in the temple everyday. But if we came back to visit in five years, it would be hard to find anyone who remembered us--maybe some of the employees would still be around. But workers and presidency would have changed. We don't spend time in the homes and get to know people on an intimate basis. When we returned to Chiquimula and Esquipulas we were well received and well remembered. I think they will remember us all of their lives. I think we could even return to Colorado and Kansas and be remembered--unless people have moved away. So-o-o-o, as much as I love this mission, I realize that the intimate relationships are with the other missionaries, and in October, we are losing half of them! I dread that day because I have come to love them very much! It is important to share our love with people in every setting and circumstance--not just the underprivileged (like some of the saints here), but also those who have an abundance in life. We are all children of a loving Heavenly Father.