Recently President and Sister Perez had all of the North American missionaries come to their hamburger joint for a free lunch. They are choice people and we will miss them. While we were there, we felt a pretty significant earthquake. The second strongest one we've been in since we arrived. We didn't learn anything about the epicenter or magnitude, but we suspect it was out in the Pacific Ocean. Lots of them are center away from the land--thank goodness!
A new couple from California has arrived. Carl and Lynnae Knapp. They are very enthused, but a little naive. They speak very limited Spanish. When the MTC called them to offer language training, she turned them down because the call didn't say anything about it being a Spanish speaking mission. I just looked at her (hoping my incredulity didn't show on my face) and asked "What language did you think you would be speaking in Guatemala?" But they are super nice people. They are in the foreground on the left at this picture on our typical Saturday night group date. All of the North Americans go out to eat so we can enjoy speaking only Englis
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We had to say good-bye to the Hintons. They were to be here until October. But she got some blood clots in her lungs, spent two nights in the hospital, and returned to Hurricane, UT. We had a farewell breakfast for them. It was nice. I will miss them. She has been my special friend and Spencer liked visiting with Gale. This has been a challenging mission for them. They are in their early 80's. Temple missions give you more free time than some other missions, but they are very physically challenging--something most people wouldn't suspect!
All of the people in this pictures are meaningful to us. But since you don't know them, I won't try to include all of their names. We told the president this breakfast can count as a farewell for us, the Meadows, and the Maes as well. We all will be leaving in the next few weeks.
We have had fun visitors here in Quetzaltenango the past few weeks. Paul and Patricia Mortenson's daughter is married to President and Sister Galvez son. They live in KY, but came down to spend 4 weeks. They enrolled the younger kids in school so they could learn Spanish. Good people.
Hermano and Hermana Almesan prepare meals here in the comedor. They are wonderful friends. He is also a temple worker. They gave me the ride to the wedding I attended recently. Here they are with a couple of their employees. They prepared the farewell breakfast.
A new couple from California has arrived. Carl and Lynnae Knapp. They are very enthused, but a little naive. They speak very limited Spanish. When the MTC called them to offer language training, she turned them down because the call didn't say anything about it being a Spanish speaking mission. I just looked at her (hoping my incredulity didn't show on my face) and asked "What language did you think you would be speaking in Guatemala?" But they are super nice people. They are in the foreground on the left at this picture on our typical Saturday night group date. All of the North Americans go out to eat so we can enjoy speaking only Englis
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We had to say good-bye to the Hintons. They were to be here until October. But she got some blood clots in her lungs, spent two nights in the hospital, and returned to Hurricane, UT. We had a farewell breakfast for them. It was nice. I will miss them. She has been my special friend and Spencer liked visiting with Gale. This has been a challenging mission for them. They are in their early 80's. Temple missions give you more free time than some other missions, but they are very physically challenging--something most people wouldn't suspect! 
All of the people in this pictures are meaningful to us. But since you don't know them, I won't try to include all of their names. We told the president this breakfast can count as a farewell for us, the Meadows, and the Maes as well. We all will be leaving in the next few weeks.
We have had fun visitors here in Quetzaltenango the past few weeks. Paul and Patricia Mortenson's daughter is married to President and Sister Galvez son. They live in KY, but came down to spend 4 weeks. They enrolled the younger kids in school so they could learn Spanish. Good people.
Hermano and Hermana Almesan prepare meals here in the comedor. They are wonderful friends. He is also a temple worker. They gave me the ride to the wedding I attended recently. Here they are with a couple of their employees. They prepared the farewell breakfast.
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