Catching up, Sunday, June 20, 2010

Catch up time: Last week we took a drive to Momostenango to diagnose dental needs for 10 future missionaries in that stake so they could complete their mission papers. They had this beautiful chapel in their tiny town.We stayed in Quetzaltenango at ANNA INN. We borrowed a car from the Church Office because ours was still in the garage--again. It was a nice drive. We saw rock and mud slides all the way there from the Storm Agatha. Often the traffic was diverted to the other side of the road with cars going two directions on the same side of the highway. Luckily most of the way had nice divided highways so there was room for two- way traffic. Occasionally they would stop one way until traffic going in the opposite direction had passed. It made the trip a little longer.

We first went to San Francisco Alta where Paul took a picture of the fabric in the market place 20 years ago. He later painted that picture . It looks very different after 20 years and he could never have taken the same shot now. We were really on top of the clouds when we drove up to the San Francisco Alto Market.

Cool house at the end of the street!

We caught these cute little pigs where we parked in San Francisco Alta. This is not an uncommon sight. Hey Justin, and Nathan and Max and those who mow lawns, we saw these lawn mowers along the way too. You should get some! Ask your Mom!Native lawn mowers!

The hills are terraced with crops all along the way. Every place they can plant corn, they plant right up to the road.

Hats anyone! I thought of Max and Justin and--- Brock, didn't you wear one too?

Paul stopped along the way and bought me flowers.

Monday when we went to the Clinic, this single beautiful gerber daisy was growing in a pot in our garden patio waiting room area. Later that afternoon, it rained really hard and it was beaten down. So we took it home.

This is the Alberts. He was the builder for the dental clinic and spent 5 months in Guatemala last year. While he was busy with the building she created two beautiful mosiac murals for the clinic. They are amazing. We really enjoyed visiting with them. They stayed at Victoria Suites while they were here. They came back to Guatemala to see about building some schools.

My HAPPY kitchen cupboards!

So that was last week. This week we spent the entire week helping the new couple that came Monday night get oriented and settled. We went to the airport to pick them up and even though they told us the plane was on time, it wasn't. Because of a storm, they diverted the flight to Honduras and they didn't come in until 12:00 that night. The next few days we shopped with them and tried to get internet set up to no avail. They are Ron and Judy Tobler from Las Vegas. They speak no spanish but are very eager to learn. They have already served a mission in Cambodia several years ago. We are looking forward to serving with them.

Saturday we went with the Tilleys and the Graffs to the little branch they attend and Paul gave a dental hygiene presentation. It was a fun experience and we enjoyed meeting with them. They all had fun with the disclosing tablet demonstration.

I'm sure my children are all wondering how I treated their father on father's day so here are a few pictures to prove that I treated him well: He had a bananna split Saturday night, Cinnamon rolls for breakfast and a turkey dinner for dinner. We had a father's day celebration with Victoria Suites and it was a full course Turkey Dinner.