tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41259069119583528942024-03-12T19:02:29.352-07:00Wetzel-Missionrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-88981234933713881932015-08-06T18:04:00.000-07:002015-08-06T18:04:02.293-07:00El FinThe end came soon. We had to pack up the house, pack our stuff, give away a lot of things we could not bring back in the suitcases, and say goodbye to many families.<br />
We left our house Monday July 20, 2015 - our 40th anniversary. We traveled to the mission home to turn in our phone. The mission president met us there and had us paint our handprints on their special blanket that has all prints of the missionaries.<br />
Then we headed to Guatemala City, about a 5 hour drive. After turning in the car we spent the night in a hotel. Their bus took us to the airport at 6:00 a.m.<br />
The flights went smoothly, with a 4 hour layover in Los Angeles.<br />
When we arrived our whole family was waiting for us. Since most of them live far away they printed pictures of everyone who wasn't "there".<br />
We spent the night in Corvallis with Ben and family, then drove home on Wednesday.<br />
Since then we have been unpacking the house, working long hours hauling stuff up from the basement. We have the whole family coming and we need to have beds, food, etc. ready for them (21 of us). It could be real fun! ☺☻<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAke-YG3KjBl_ZRgNlCI8BxuQbptD0GykNpPIBif-svrED2HFQoybPjQ0-IfbA_FPvQUixVxPQu-I-cXTpqNZ_3P-KYuIM69H0lqgDscy9Vmdbt5TIzcygtGohQ47W_3BgNb5z085k_v4/s1600/IMG_1256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAke-YG3KjBl_ZRgNlCI8BxuQbptD0GykNpPIBif-svrED2HFQoybPjQ0-IfbA_FPvQUixVxPQu-I-cXTpqNZ_3P-KYuIM69H0lqgDscy9Vmdbt5TIzcygtGohQ47W_3BgNb5z085k_v4/s640/IMG_1256.JPG" width="640" /></a>So this is the end of our saga. It was full of challenges and wonders. Would we do it again? Yes! We already miss the people (but not the heat).</div>
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We would encourage any couple to consider serving a mission.</div>
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We think a temple mission would almost be like a vacation, adventure.</div>
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So, . . . hasta la vista.</div>
rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-55067628157082666172015-07-06T11:45:00.002-07:002015-08-06T18:10:04.721-07:00Julio 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For July 4th I thought of buying a big roll of firecrackers, but then I would not be following the rules. So the forth was just another day here.</div>
Today is Monday the 6th. This week we have just 2 of every day left: 2 more Mondays, 2 more Tuesdays, etc.<br />
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Sister Puac with her daughter and son who both served as missionaries.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found Miriam & Omar shopping in La Torre store. We have tried to visit them but he works crazy hours. We hope they can go to the temple next month.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Escobar and her husband work as seamstress and tailor. They made a lot of ties and skirts for us. Here is an old treadle sewing maching (Regina) that she has used for 14 years, with the treadle, not a motor. You see a lot of them in the tailor shops.<br />
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She is quite adept with the treadle machine. Her husband uses a Brother with a motor,<br />
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Our favorite S tree from the other side.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yulisa Camila's mother was expecting her when we arrived in the mission. Now she walks and is starting to talk. We have seen the whole process, so I guess it is time to leave ☺☻<br />
Below is the whole family.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Wetzel reading stories during Primary in the small branch in Ocos.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today there were 24 in attendance, about average.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keep your fingers away from him. He talks pretty good. "Hola, Bonito, Bludvin (the son)" along with other words and whistles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw this family get baptized last year. They will be going to the temple next month,<br />
Oziris, Martin, Bludvin, Asusena, Maybelin Rodas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to the Temple this morning, then instead of coming home we took the road to the mission home to welcome 13 new missionaries. This is the Volcano Santa Maria. There is a little one on the other side of it that always has steam coming out of it,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice side saddles ☺☻</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Omar and his grandmother</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Omar and his mother. He was baptized over a year ago. She came to church on Sunday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Wagner Otoniel Rodriguez. We saw him grow the lasst 8 months.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moroni and Jorge - his 8th birthday and some little presents we gave him,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jorge, Teresa, Moroni, and Jorgito - who just turned Eight.<br />
We taught them for several months helping them to grow stronger in the gospel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zuri just turned Eight, along with her brother, Javier, and sister, Dana.<br />
Parents are Zulma Cardona and Edgar Castillo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Velvet just went to the temple - with her3 children, Tito, Molly, and little Dieguito</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rambutan is an exotic fruit grown here to export to U,S, Here we can buy a dozen for cheap. In the U.S. they cost about $1.50 each. But they are really delicious.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cocoa pods are almost ready to pick. Go back to last year to see the cocoa cut open. They take out the seeds inside and roast them to make cocoa powder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anselmo Perez is a faithful member of the church. This is his little store, where he also lives.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elmer and Marleni with daughter MaryJane. 2 sons not shown.</td></tr>
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We taught this family several times. We wish we had a few more weeks to prepare him for baptism.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milli, Rosa, Carlos, and Luis Rodas, our next-door neighbors and owners of our house.<br /></td></tr>
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<br />rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-59162958147193225472015-06-23T09:29:00.000-07:002015-06-30T08:54:25.043-07:002015 JuneJune: The rain has started, but not as much as last year. It is good, the temperature drops about 10 degrees. The places we visit to work with the small branches and teach some members do not get much rain, so it is still hot there, around 97º most days.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got permission to travel to Antigua, an old city about 5 hours drive from our house. This is on the way. The city we visited sits at the base of 2 volcanoes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are headed up the mountain - these weird land forms intrigued us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mercedes, Karen, and Amparo - 3 generations of daughters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cardona Family - Zulma, Danna, Javier, and Zury</td></tr>
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Yuri, Sergio, Lesvia, Mishel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While waiting in the car, Vicky took a picture of this moth on our windshield - about 2 inches long,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went up over the mountains to do temple interiviews in 3 small branches. This is on the way back down the mountain.<br />
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You can get a first class shoe shine for 25 - 30 cents, 2 or 3 Quetzales<br />
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Ever wonder where palm oil comes from? From palms, duh. But it is this group of small grape sized fruit that grows in the palm that they harvest and take to the factory.<br />
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This cloud has a silver lining ☺☻<br />
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Sisters Drismy and Heidi in their Guatemalan skirts, at church.<br />
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This isn't the worst one. Sometimes you can barely see the bus, truck, or car.<br />
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May day. Did you hear the one about the sink-o de mayo? If not let me know. ☺☻<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Monday about 4:00 p.m. Vicky came into the
room saying unintelligible gibberish, finishing with, "Come on!"
So I ran after her, following her outside. There we found our
neighbors looking up at our roof. As we exited the house I looked
up and back to see fireworks coming out of the pipe where the
electric wires enter the house from the telephone pole. There
were loud pops and flashes for about 10 minutes. The other end of
the wire at the pole popped loose and was hanging on another wire,
to end the fireworks. Our neighbors (the owners) called the fire
department and the electric company. They came quickly, looked
things over and left. We had to leave for some appointments -
there wasn't anything we could do, but we now had no power to the
house.<br />
About an hour I got a call from Br. Tono Barrios, who works
maintenance for the church. Our owner had called him. He told us
he had gone to the house and would be over at 8 in the morning to
fix things.<br />
The next morning, Tues. eight o'clock comes and no Tono. I wait
till 9:30 and call him. He is far away in another city and can't
help us. We call the electric company and they tell us there is
an order for someone to come to the house, but they can't tell us
when it will happen. We have to go out anyway, so we went to the
electric company in person to see if we could find out anything
else. Nope, only that there was an order to do the work (we
thought). So we go back to the apartment to wait. About noon a
young guy on a motor cycle shows up, but all he does is take out
his little phone and take pictures of the damage. I was getting
frustrated, along with Luis, our owner. He said he would be back
to fix it, but needed to get the materials. So we wait for him to
return, not knowing when he would come. Here you cannot leave
your house unattended, unlocked. You don't let anyone into your
house unless you are there. So we felt tied down. We did a lot
of reading and prep. Finally at 6 pm he shows up with the wire
and a new meter (the old one got fried - and it was actually the
cause of everything). But since it was late he was just going to
drop off the material and come back in the morning. Luis and I
got upset. I told him we had waited all day for him to show up,
and now he comes without the tools he needs to get the job done.
2 days without power and you haven't done one thing, I told him.
Luis started calling people he knew. The guy then said he would
go get his things and return. I asked how long that would be. He
gave a vague answer, and I asked specifically how many minutes
till he returned. He said 15-20. I told him I would give him
20. He returned 45 minutes later. 3 hours later at 10:30 he
finished (it gets dark here at 6:30). He started at the pole,
working with live wires in the dark. Then we pulled the wires to
the house and he hooked them up to the meter. He tore out the old
meter and behind it was all black and charred wiring. That's when
we knew that the drama was not over yet. We needed to get an
electrician to put in new wires from the meter to the power box in
the house.<br />
That took another day. The electrician came and said he would
have power to the house in about an hour. It took all day. One
setback after another, but he was a good worker and kept at it.
Finally about 4:00 pm we had power. <br />
During this last day Vicky cleaned out the fridge and tossed the
things that had gone bad. So now we have a clean fridge with
power to it. ☺ And it only took 3 days. As long as it lasts 3
months it will be okay (we will be home then).<br />
~ray<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Usually it is so overcast and cloudy that we don't see the sunset.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pulling into Pajapita, on our way to teach 2 lessons. This is 30 minutes from our house. There are about 180 active people in the branch - more than any ward in the stake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last week Pres. Ruiz released his first counselor, Brother Maldonado, who had served well for 4 years. His new first counselor is Brother Maldonado, his younger brother.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the sisters. Sister Maldonado is Stake Relief Society President.<br />
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Here is a video showing our favorite tree. We call it the S tree.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I set apart Elder Barrios (center). The next day he was in the MTC in Guatemala City, headed for a mission in Nicaragua.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to a banana plantation with the zone on Monday. Here is the entrance to about 2500 acres of bananas. As we arrived our stake president said, "Welcome to the sauna. We walked around inside the plantation. Under the banana trees there is no breeze. Very hot and humid.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The very bottom part that looks like a beet is built like an onion, with lots of layers. Inside each layer are little tiny bananas. Each layer will open and you can see the bananas above.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They build these metal rail systems in the groves, then hang the cut bananas on it and pull it to the packing plant.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even before the cut them off the plant, rubber dividers are placed between each layer to protect them from bumps and bruises. To be shipped to the US they cannot have any defects. If they have defects they get shipped to El Salvador, but for only 1/15th of the US price.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then they run through a water bath, then packed in boxes, then the boxes are stacked in a refrigerated trailer and hauled to the other side of Guatemala. Then they are shipped by boat to New York. The process is continual.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the missionaries walked 500 yards to the beach.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This comes from Akatzin Lopez, from Woodburn. He is serving a mission in North Carolina.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was Michel's 4th birthday. She got a Pirate Dora the Explora.<br />
Her sister is Leah. Their parents were baptized last year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When they invited us to the party I took my violin so they could sing Happy Birthday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Laiche helped baptize the Rodriguez family a year ago. She is going home to Peru next week.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their Little Baby Wagner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As we finished the visit the missionaries got in a "taxi" to go to their appointments.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we are at the beginning. The way up was very steep. Took us about 1 1/2 hours to get to the top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the halfway point. The trail is ahead thru the trees.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way up we took the trail to the observatory deck on the ridge, then went down 600 steps to get to the lake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The local folk bring flowers for offerings, and plant them on the shore in the water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were 70-80 people total. This outting was in commemoration of the restoration of the <br />Aaronic Priesthood. Here they are just getting the program ready.<br />We decided to leave at this point and head back.<br />Within 15 minutes it started to sprinkle. Within 5 minutes it was more steady, and 5 minutes later it became a big downpour.<br /><br /><b>Question: What do you do when it starts to rain in the middle of your hike?</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You keep walking ☺☻<br />We walked for over an hour in the downpour. At first it wasn't bad, but the longer it rained the more water was running down the dirt road, like a flood, so it made walking difficult.<br />But we made it.</td></tr>
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rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-49389782453366811322015-04-03T11:59:00.001-07:002015-04-27T10:13:17.184-07:002015 AprilNo April Fools Here. But my brother sent me an email and I fell for it. I will have to be more careful next year.<br />
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During semana santa people dress up in rags and scary masks - somehow to represent Judas. They have little cans that they hold out in front of cars to collect coins.<br />
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On Thursday night and Friday they make carpets - out of colored sawdust. <br />
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They use sheets of cardboard with designs cut out, place it down and fill it in with the right color, then repeat it.<br />
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The clay figures are little people at the local plaza. Nicely done.<br />
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This one is in memory of a small boy who passed away<br />
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Here they are just getting started. Later today there is a procession, like a parade, and the people walk on the carpets, destroying them. Then they use shovels to scoop it all up and leave it clean.</div>
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There is an ecological park in town that we have been meaning to go to for a year. This morning we finally did. This is the skeleton of a Chicharra, the little animal that makes such a loud high-pitched sound.<br />
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The roots jut out long and thin</div>
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Sister Juarez works for the association that does the upkeep here.<br />
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This butterfly was hard to see because of its green color. There were several big, bright blue butterflies, but they never get close.<br />
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We collected seeds and planted this flowers outside of the house. Lower right is a variety of Oregano. Here it is a suculent, with a milder flavor,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the left behind the father is Sister Mildren Osorio, from the Ocos branch, She is the first missionary from the branch to serve a mission </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a site of small ruins called Tak'alik'abaj about an hour's drive. Been meaning to check it out for a year. Nice croc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are about 100 acres that have been worked. There are another 5-600 acres on private land that have not been touched. These are the oldest ruins in Guatemala, dating back to about 500 ad.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Steiner just arrived in our mission. I found out we know his grandparents in Klamath Falls, where we used to live. Dery and Shirley Johnson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Linares family was baptized April 2014. They never miss church.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Quiñones family. Their children are very smart. He sells pizza: Bakes it in his home then delivers it on his motorcycle.<br /></td></tr>
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The Barrios family, with their daughter Vilma.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can roast a whole pig in about 3 hours. They put them in taco stands on the street. If I were younger I would probably try one.</td></tr>
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rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-5398257286918519962015-03-06T19:20:00.000-08:002015-03-30T13:27:17.091-07:002015 March <br />
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This is 12 year old Karla who was baptized a few months ago, The foto is to show how most people cook. The table is wooden, full of ashes. There is usually to pumic blocks, then some kind of grate or something to put a pot of beans on - often there are 2 spring leafs from a small car (but not in this pic), If 20,000 homes cook this way, 3 meals a day, how do you think it affects the sky?<br />
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Finally mangos are here. As we drive around Vicky will look at the trees and say, " Look at the mangos!" It is her favorite fruit. She says she is going to eat 4 each day from here to May.<br />
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Another fruit stand. The yellow stuff in the foreground, with a little stem on them, are pods of cashew nuts. You peel off the outer layer and roast the pods of nuts inside,<br />
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People can't spell very well.<br />
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This is spring and the trees are flowering. The yellow ones are usually the tallest.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The yellow trees are Palo Blanco, They use it a lot in making dressers and wardrobes. I want to bring a small piece home.</td></tr>
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As we got home last night there was this huge toad. I got one picture, but wanted one closer up.<br />
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Just as I shot the pic it jumped.<br />
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In the background is the entrance to our gated community. These are the guards. This morning they had a possum - big one!<br />
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The guards say they have killed about 40 of these in the last few months. It is the first one we have seen.<br />
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This is a snake that was run over by cars - a coral snake. Now Vicky is really worried, although we have not seen one snake in over a year.<br />
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Bryan turned 10 this month. He was baptized a year and a half ago. His mother was baptized in October last year.<br />
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Our gift to him was this tie, made from "tipico" guatemalan cloth.<br />
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More people from the mountains going into the city. These are like buses, only they are small pickups.<br />
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Sister Enma and her husband Leonel live over an hour away. We go to teach them twice a month. They just finished repainting their house. When we came Sister Enma seemed to be wearing the same colors as the paint.<br />
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Most of the meat eaten here is chicken. This is how they transport them.<br />
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Alejandro and Josie from Silverton - must have some relatives down here.<br />
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For my birthday we took a trip and Vicky bought cloth to make skirts with (the last part by her ankles). Then she added a blouse and an apron. She looks very "Chapeen" - slang for Guatemalteco.</div>
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As we entered one of the little shops, a little girl 2 years old grabbed a skirt and held it up for us to see, like she has seen her mother do hundreds of times. She looked up at us with big eyes like she was saying, "This is nice. It would look good on you."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When Vicky has fruit skins and seed to toss out, she often tosses them over the wall to a vacant lot. We found a squash growing from those seeds. Here is the first fruits of her garbage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got permission to visit a site outside the mission. Lake Atitlan is almost a 4 hour drive. We stayed in Panajachel. This is the garden outside our room. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bouganvillas abound and bloom year long. This area is about 5100 ft. elevation. Where we live is around 2000.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The day we got there was foggy. You could barely see across the lake (2+ miles). Still it was a cool site.</td></tr>
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I always thought bananas grew the other way,<br />
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There was a cool sunset even in the mist.<br />
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The next morning we were blessed with clear skies and a wonderful view. There are 3 volcanoes on the other side of the lake. They are bigger than the picture shows - like Mt. Hood.<br />
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We played tourist and went to the market. These 2 kids saw us coming and wanted a picture. I think they spend the day with their mother in the market.<br />
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These are all t-shirts for sale.<br />
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We bought some scarves here. This is typical dress for the local women.<br />
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There is one volcano behind the other. Down below is where we stayed.<br />
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Now you can get a sense of how big this is.<br />
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We stopped by the temple to pick up a few things. It is beautiful, and sits on top of a tall high, so it can be seen from far away.<br />
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Sister Elsa Lopez was just released after serving 31 years as Relief Society Pres.<br /> She has 3 sons. This is her little store. As we dropped in on her she said she wanted us to meet her oldest son, Christian. We walked into the bedroom where he lay. He is 39 years old, very alert, but his body is misshapen. He is not a vegetable, but he cannot use his arms or legs, nor can he speak. But he understands what is said, and he is always smiling.<br />Elsa told us that after her third child her husband left her for another woman. Since then she worked and raised 3 sons, and 3 other children of her sister who went to the U.S. and left her children with her. The older 2 are married and living on their own. She considers it a great blessing to be able to care for Christian. Through all this she was R.S. President, serving with 8 different bishops She is very happy, willing to help others in any way she can. And after all this her husband will not give her a divorce. Meanwhile you can find her in her store most days, but not Sunday. </h3>
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<br />rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-7245364838551378422015-02-02T11:00:00.002-08:002015-03-06T18:54:18.015-08:002015 FebruaryLast week we completed a year in our mission. We went to the temple to mark the occasion. We tried a new restaurant in Quetzaltenango - one of the best meals we have had. We don't eat out much because we can't trust the cleanliness of the places and the way the food is prepared.<br />
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Things have been happening in the mission that affect us. The mission president said we might have to move to help take care of some small branches on the other side of the mission. I know he doesn't want to move us if he can help it. We hope to know for sure this week. <br />
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Elder Ochoa of the 2nd quorum of 70 is the 1st counselor in the Central American Area Presidency. He came to tour the mission last week. On Thursday night we had a dinner with him and the mission presidency. The meal was good, and it was good to get to know the other members of the presidency.<br />
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On Sunday, 3 days later, we had another meeting with Elder Ochoa and all of the Stake Presidencies, Bishops, and Stake Relief Society Presidencies in the area - probably 3 hundred attended. He and 2 local area authorities laid out the plans for this year, the areas to focus on: Conversion, Retention, Reactivation.<br />
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This is our house, next to an empty lot. If you look closely you will see a guy in his 40s up in the coconut tree. He just cut the bunch of coconuts that is falling down, It is better to cut them than to let them fall and cause damage to whatever they might hit - like a car.<br />
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Shot thru the windshield, a grove of rubber trees. Some 20-30 years ago a mission president served here. When he went home he brought back a new industry - rubber. At the base of the tree is a cup and the rubber runs into it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A week ago we saw 2 wooley caterpillars parked on the ceiling in the carport.<br />
2 days later they had their cocoons finished (below)<br />
Now we will wait to see what kind of critter comes out.<br />
2 weeks later: We were gone for 3 days on an assignment. The critters have hatched and gone, so we don't know what they were.</td></tr>
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When we have rinds, orange peels, etc. we throw them over the wall into the vacant field next to our house. 2 months ago we saw a vine growing and started watering it. 2 days ago Vicky harvested her water melon.</div>
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It tasted as good as any she has bought in the market,</h3>
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This is a melocotón. We are not sure what kind of fruit it is but it sure smells sweet. Inside is yellow, like a pumpkin, but texture of a cantalope, with rows of black seeds.</div>
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So, my new name tag got here. You probably can't see it: Presidente Wetzel, 2nd counselor in mission presidency. It reminds me of when President Hellewell was chosen to be the new Stake Patriarch. He remarked, "It just shows that, in this church, if you wait long enough, anything can happen ☺☻</div>
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Field of tobacco. You can see the racks of it drying in the sun,<br />
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I had an asignment from the mission president to travel to Tierras Frias (Cold Land) to do some temple interviews. Sat. afternoon we traveled 2 1/2 hours to San Marcos (about . The next morning we left after 6:00 a.m. to get to Rio Blanco by 8:00. This is taken from our hotel window. Rio Blanco is just on the other side of that mountain, at 8700 feet. Where we live in Coatepeque it is 2000 feet - hot and humid. Here it is cold and dry.<br />
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In the hotel where we stayed they had some cool antiques. Vicky's mother used to use an iron like this, where you put live coals inside.<br />
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There is the Mr. Potato Head we used to have. In the middle is a Campbell soup doll.<br />
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None of the sewing machines were Singers. One this one has a wooden handle on the wheel that folds in when not in use.<br />
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Welcome to Rio Blanco, Land of Apples. This is where a lot of this kind of fruit is grown - apples, peaches, etc. On the way here we started at 7º centigrade, then dropped to 1º centigrade as we hit the mountain top, then went back up to 7º.<br />
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Somewhere over the mountains in the background is Mexico.<br />
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The 2 Elders to the right were our guides and came with us to take us to Rio Blanco. There are no maps, few road signs, to tell you where to go. It is common to stop and ask someone, "Which way to Rio Blanco?" or wherever, and they will give you directions<br />
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We went to a Quetzal refuge site. The Quetzal has been voted the prettiest bird in the world. The are almost extinct. I want to see one before I leave Guatemala. We saw a couple of Tucans this trip. This was about 40 yards away, thru the branches, 12x zoom.<br />
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A circus came to town. They pulled these guys around as advertisment.<br />
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Last month Elder Ochoa from the 2nd Quorum of 70 came to tour the mission. Here he is with the mission president and wife, and our zone in Coatepeque. The next night we had dinner with him and the mission presidency.</div>
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I finally got a picture of a whole pig, cooked up for tacos. In one night it is served up and gone. There are several of these around town.<br />
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One of the branches that I am assigned to visit is Ocos. There are about 24 members who attend on Sunday. It is on the pacific coast, right on the border of Mexico. This big buganvilla needs a trim.<br />
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Yesterday there were 2 of these birds across the street from our house. HIs long black tail is hanging thru the palm leaves. This is at 20x zoom</div>
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We took another family to the temple. Here are Carlos and Gaby with their children and her grandmother.</div>
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The Jimenez family lives out in the mountains. They have 3 other daughters, one on a mission<br />
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Happy new Year! I don't have any new pics, other than the ones I just added to December. On Jan. 31st I woke up with pain in my joints, from head to foot. I hoped it wasn't Chikungunya, but it was. It is a new disease in Central America - like dengue. I use repellant but Vicky gets the mosquito bites, yet I get the sickness. So new years day was spent in bed as well. Compared to others here who have had it (many people) I did not have it as bad as others. For this new year I am hoping to be healthy, not get sick any more, and return home whole.</h3>
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Last week I was called to be 2nd counselor to the mission president. There was a time when I would have balked at a leadership calling here, as I would prefer to be in homes teaching the people instead of in meetings. However the mission president has so much to do and I am willing to do what I can to help. It doesn't change our mission: We won't move, we still go home in July. I was assigned 2 branches to supervise (part of the mission, not any stake). Each branch is isolated, and takes us about 1 hour and 20 minutes to get there. They are in opposite directions from our house. Both are in hot areas, and I have to wear a suit when I go. We went on our first visit yesterday to Ocos, west of here, very close to the Mexican border, right on the Pacific Coast. It is a small branch - 24 were there counting us. 2/3 of those are one extended family, the Riveras. They have been members for 20 years, and the 2nd generation is looking good.</h3>
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This time of year there is little rain (so far only a little drizzle for a half hour), The birds are coming back. These are dark green parrots that fly in flock of one to two hundred, and chatter all the time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took a different road to Quetzaltenango. There are 2 volcanos along the way. Santa Maria is over 12,000 ft. high</td></tr>
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Another place with onions, beets, tomatos and drinks. We don't drink much soda pop, but the people here do. The basic choices are cola, pineapple, grape, 7up, and Orange - and they are all too sweet.<br />
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Vicky likes these colors. I think we will buy a red car and paint the house pink when we get back,☺<br />
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Coconuts are everywhere. If you want just the coconut water they will lop the top off and either pour it into a plastic bag, or stick in a straw. But you can ask them to peel it, and with a small machete he goes to it. When he is done you have a white coconut about the size of a softball, with the water still inside. Vicky loves these, takes them home and cuts up the meat to feed on during the week.</div>
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Here is a short video of the guy peeling the coconut. I posted more pics above the pink house.<br />
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We never had an artificial tree in Oregon, land of Christmas Tree farms. But in our small place we wanted a bit of Christmas touch.<br />
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Our son and daughter-in-law sent us a nice set of pipe chimes with music for several Christmas songs. Here we are teaching the zone Silent Night.</div>
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Here we are in a family home evening with 17 people. It was the birthday of Dalmaris (9). We went in the morning and practiced with 5 other kids, then that evening for a birthday surprise they played this song. Can you tell what it is? Little Diego on the left did not practice with us, but wouldn't be left out, so we let him play. He hit the pipe whenever he felt the urge.<br />
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Here is Dalmaris. The song from the video above is Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. I don't think they have ever heard of it.<br />
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We have been hold Christmas Family Home Evenings with as many families as we can schedule. So far that is about 10. This is the Zuñiga family (the dad had to leave before we took the picture), The Elders had been in the area one day. As we drove up to the house we saw the Elders working on the street and invited them to come and join us.<br />
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Kendy, on the right, is a less active member. The lady in the middle is Alicia, her great-grandmother. She says she was born in 1901 which would make her 113 years old. The town where she was born lost the records in a fire, so she has a birth certificate with an approximate date.<br />
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The first time we met her was 3 months ago. Today we were passing by and she was outside. Vicky loves all of her wrinkles. Her mind is sharp, her eyes are very good.<br />
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Last week as we left one morning the Guards were unwrapping a christmas tree (they come wrapped with twine. When we returned they had it decorated. It is over 10 feet tall, looks like a scrawny tree, and the needles don't have that christmas scent. But they did a good job. In the middle is a little house with Santa Claus.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made and delivered about 12 christmas baskeets, several to families who live off the beaten path. I don't know what kind of tree this is, but I love the colors.</td></tr>
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We helped another family to get to the temple. Milton and Ingred Zuñiga, their children, us and Bishop Melara.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few miles from the temple we finally found a "mercado" where they sell artisan things. Here is a nice wooden Nativity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last Sunday 14th and yesterday 21st Ray performed 2 numbers on teh violin with a multistake choir and orchestra. Here are the members warming up. The new stake president in Coatepeque (where we live) makes his living working as a manager on a banana plantaion, but his passion is music. He plays a nice guitar, piano, clarinet, the bass. He gives lessons in his spare time.</td></tr>
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Here is the Nuevo Look. I thought I would try a flat top. The biggest problem is there isn't that much to be flat on top ☺☻</div>
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At Christmas midnight they light off lots of big fireworks. It looked like the whole city was being bombed. Three houses on our block were shooting big fireworks over our house. And not one fireman around. Things are so humid and damp they don't catch fire. Houses are made of cement.</div>
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On Christmas I wasn't quick enough with the camera to get the good shots. I asked if on new year's the fireworks were as good. "Oh Yeah" So I stayed up till midnight. But none of our close neighbors had fireworks. Well, there's always next year (not). The whole city was like this. Different houses had their own displays. It would be like in Silverton if there were 100+ houses lighting off skyrockets.</div>
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Nice sunset over an area where we are teaching several families.<br />
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These little pigs went to market. Three of them. Will be tacos by the end of tomorrow,<br />
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rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-58195745412619280942014-11-17T10:38:00.001-08:002014-12-15T14:30:05.865-08:00NovemberNovember. We have past the half way mark. It is all downhill from here,☺☻<br />
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Here is a link to a video called "Glorious" by David Archuletta. Pretty Good.<br />
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Here is a link to a video by David Wetzel, our son, called, "Hilarious" - he calls it the un-cover of Glorious.<br />
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We email to each other as a family all the time. Here is David's latest letter.</div>
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Hi--</div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416204391038_6336">Mom and Dad, I love reading about your mission</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416204391038_6339">every
week it's the same thing, but I love it. I love thinking of you
serving. I love thinking of you happy. I think of Mom's grin as she sees
how Dad loves the people and how the people respond to him. You
(plural) were born for this moment! This is a beautiful culmination of
your life.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416204391038_6352">my
week highlight is that I posted a video on youtube. go to my facebook
and follow the link to youtube. I recorded in a studio...you'll have to
check it out...be sure to give me a "like" on facebook and youtube--it
will up my publicity (and this is definitely a publicity stunt...)</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416204391038_6393">have
I mentioned that I agreed to coach an ultimate frisbee team? We had our
first practice this week. We have some incredible talent. I was really
impressed. I came prepared as a coach with an instructional video on how
to throw a backhand from the world's best-known ultimate frisbee
player, Brodie Smith. As soon as I said we were going to watch it, all
the boys said "I've already seen it." Then I checked their form, and I
was just thoroughly impressed. For bragging's sake, I need to say that I
bested them all in accuracy except for 1 young man. And when we ran
lines, I beat every single one of them. That felt good. Still got game!</span></div>
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was lots of fun having everyone over for Leti's birthday celebration.
Really enjoyed having the house full of cousins and jonathan and stefi
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416204391038_6410">Spoke in a ward today and that is always fun... (he is on the high council)</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416204391038_6397">Primary
program today. I threatened Izaac that if he didn't sing loud enough I
would flunk him and he'd have to do primary again. He did well, so I
guess this was his last primary program. Fun to hear him and Junior say
their parts in spanish. I missed Maria's little part b/c I was at the
other ward speaking...</span></div>
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1
week ago we were still enjoying 60s. Tomorrow the high will be in the
30s. Next day, too. After that back to 40s, but looks like winter is
here to stay. Can't fight it. Must embrace it. Embrace it. Embrace it.
Let it blow through you. Breathe it in. Live in harmony with it. Dance
gracefully. Then go to St. George for a weekend...</div>
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Elder and Sister Spjut were in our mission for 5 months before they left to be mission presidents in El Salvador. Here she is making tortillas like they do here - over a fire with a griddle.</h3>
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She said that she went with the sister missionaries, who were like mountain goats.<br />
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It looks like Guatemala, just futher south ☺☻<br />
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They get 2 full crops of corn here every year. Here is the same field,<br />
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Sometimes they leave the corn stalks and plant beans next to them, so the beans climb the corn stalks.<br />
Maybe Disney should have called the movie Jack and the corn stalk.<br />
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Last week we went to Malacatan for the first time. It is over an hour away on the Mexican boarder, This volcanic peak sits behind the town,<br />
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While there we saw an alley with something on the ground.<br />
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Next time you drink coffee check to see if there are some pebbles left in the bottom of your cup ☺☻<br />
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Last week we had Stake Conference, and there was a change in the stake presidency, To celebrate over 14 years of service there was a dance festival that Wednesday - 2 hours of great dancing. Each ward and branch was assigned a country from Central/South America. From there the wards and branches came up with the costumes and choreagraphy,<br />
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This first one is actually from a ward talent show last month,<br />
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On Saturday and Sunday Elder Ochoa from the 2nd quorum of 70, and Elder Morales, and area 70, presided. Their talks were very inspiriing and unlifting. The Stake President was released. The new president (Valdez) was the 2nd counselor. His new counselors are both from the local ward we attend once a month - the bishop (Sarat) and a high counselor (Brinker). Nice Stake Conference.<br />
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Poinsettas grow year round here, like they did in my home in Los Angeles. Just this month they started turning red. This one belongs to our neighbor, right in front of our house.</h3>
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Here are some Poinsettas that are over eight feet tall.</h3>
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<br />Last Feb. I met a new member of the
church who works on the coast. I asked him about fishing, and he
told me that in November was a good time to catch Red Snapper and
Black Sea Bass.<br />
So yesterday I went fishing. We got up
at 5 to be on our way at 6 and got there at 7. Then we had another
ways to go before we got to his house. Br. Ernesto Arreaga lives out
in the boonies where he takes care of 3 huge reservoirs of shrimp.</h3>
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We used all of that for bait.</div>
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I asked Neto what bird this was. He said a Garza (same in English). Then Otto asked, "Have you ever eaten one? Does it taste good?" He asked that several times as we encounter different things. It seems the rule here is, If it moves, eat it.<br />
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Reminds me of "Freckles" and the Limberlost Forest.<br />
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There was another tree with about 100 pelicans sitting in it. These are garzas.<br />
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A flock of pelicans on the shore.<br />
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This is where we fished. You can see the open ocean in the background.<br />
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More fishermen. Our boat was about twice as big with a small outboard motor,<br />
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The tree branches send these shoots toward the water, where they sprout and become more growth,<br />
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About a third of the catch. Red Snapper on top.<br />
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<br />It was like a Safari boat ride, gliding
down a murky river with over hanging trees, roots sticking out of the
water, lot of different kinds of birds, and water life.<br />One of the first things I saw was
something about 10 inches long quickly skipping away from us on top
of the water, although it was so quick I couldn't see it, just the
water skips. Ernesto (Neto) told me it was a Cuatrojo, later I
figured out Cuarto Ojos, or 4 eyes. It is a kind of fish with a long
tail like a lizard. Each eye is divided in 2, so it can look up out
of the water, or down into the water as it glides along the surface.<br />The boat ride was about an hour long.
We stopped at a little village along the way to get some things, then
continued downstream till we were at the river's mouth where it
empties into the ocean. We started fishing at 9:30.<br />
I got out my collaspible rod and reel
with 6 lb. test on it and they thought it would hold up. It wasn't
long before we were hooking fish. Twice I had big ones bend the rod
down good, maybe 5-6 lb. Fish. We caught red snapper, black sea
bass, cat fish, and 3 other kinds that I couldn't indentify. We
probably had 25-30 fish. 3 were about 15 inches long, the others
were small, around 6-8 inches. I would have thrown them back but
here they use everything they can get. The small ones are for soup.<br />An hour boat ride back, another while
to get home, about 3:30 – tired but content. It may never happen
again.</h3>
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Last Saturday we went to the temple with a ward that we attend once a month. 4 new families went to be sealed. We worked with 3 of them over the months to help them get there. We count 35 - we are in the back.<br />
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Carmen and Brian came also. He is 9 and was baptized last year. Carmen did not want to get baptized, but she accompanies her son to church most Sundays. She has been going to church for over a year. We started teaching her and invited her to be baptized, and she accepted. The day of her baptism was the day we went to the temple, and they came along also, even though they had to wait outside.<br />
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We love the Poinsettas.<br />
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The Stake had a Bazaar to raise funds for EFY. This is Dulce. Her parents were baptized 3 months ago.</div>
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Some things in the bazaar. In the fore ground is an embroidery of the Temple here.<br />
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This purse was made with candy wrappers.<br />
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Every ward did a special number. Here is Lila Galindo. She and her husband went to the temple for the first time last month (see pics above).</div>
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Here are the sisters with Nery = from our ward, in Gardenias</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woke up on Monday to clean house and found this on the screen outside. It is a bit larger than life - about 3 1/2 inches across, Beautiful moth. Last week as we were going slow in the car a butterfly flying next to us, about this size. It's wings were irradescent blue.<br />
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This is a new cornfield. You can't see it, but the stalks from the last harvest are still in the field. They plant beans next to the old stalks - it holds up the beans, so it is a beanstalk ☺ They plant corn 2 times a year - 2 harvests per year.<br />
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These are not grapefruit, but a type of lemon. <br />
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This is a branch of a cinnamon tree. If you crush a leaf it smells like cinnamon, When they take off a bigger branch they cut it into thin slices, lengthwise, Then as it dries it curls up like a cinnamon stick, So, cinnamon is not bark like I thought, rather it is wood, How do you like the tie? It is made from leftover material from Vicky's skirt, below<br />
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Now she is a "chapin" - a guatemalteca. This is typical guatemalan material.</div>
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Sariah was cold, so I gave he my coat.<br />
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Helaman wanted to wear the coat, too. It is big enough for both of them,<br />
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You may have heard of Noni fruit, noni juice - from Tonga - the miracle fruit that cures everything. It grows well here too,<br />
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This morning across the street there was this bird (woodpecker?) eating the bugs off the back window of a car. He kept sliding down the glass, so was fluttering about trying to keep his balance.<br />
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Last night there was a talent show in a local ward. Here the sister missionaries do a dance. The one in red is from Hawaii, the one<br />
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I like the sign behind them "Show de Talentos" is Talent Show. But the TA fell off, so it is "Show de lentos" - Show of<br />
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The brother played a couple fo nice numbers, then this sister (not his wife) sang a crazy song anout It's Going to Rain (hence the umbrella).<br />
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Wagner Otoniel Rodriguez has finally arrived. We have been working with his family since March.</div>
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Here is the crib we bought for him. In Spanish it is called a Moises - Spanish for Moses.<br />
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Here is the Rodriguez family.<br />
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Karla was given permission by her parents to be baptized. It took 2 months for that to happen. She is 12, the same age that Sister Wetzel was when she was baptized.<br />
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The other day we went to the far corner of our Stake to visit members in the branch in El Amparo.<br />
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Nice Sunset behind the trees.<br />
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This morning as we stopped for a red light there was this clown juggling machetes. I just caught the end. Maybe David could learn this, but it might cost him a finger or two. ☺<br />
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I type about 30 mistakes a minute. My skills have not improved and I don't like to type, so I have posted a lot of pictures. However I will take some time and share some experiences. I think I will go with 2 groups: <span style="color: blue;">Good </span>and <span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So</span> (good). You will have to check back here for the next 10 months as I will keep adding to it.</h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - The people here are friendly, at least outwardly. You walk down the street and everyone you pass greets you, "Buenos Dias or Buenas Tardes". With a smile, a warm greeting. You are expected to reply. So if you pass 4 people walking single file you greet each one - with a smile.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So</span> - <span style="color: #4c1130;">They are poor. I saw poverty in Mexico, but not to this extent. Many of the people live on q2000 - q3000 quetzales a month (300-400 dollars). Electricity is expensive. The 2 of us pay about $70 a month, but we have a washer, dryer, a/c in our bedroom, fridge, electric stove, and lights in every room. They have 1-2 lights, and 1-2 outlets, and maybe a fridge, and nothing else, and they pay up to $30 a month for electricity. Most people cook over fires. I need to get a pic of that on the blog.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - They are hard working, and don't complain about it. Most men get up at dawn, eat and head to work, returning at dusk - 10-12 hours a day, 6-7 days a week. There is more machinery here than I had expected (Caterpillars being used to build highways), still there is mostly manual labor. In making houses and buildings they use a lot of pumic block, cement, and rebar. I have been surprised at how fast the work goes. I have put pics of people carrying firewood on their backs. I have not heard anyone complain that they have to work.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - They have to work for 6-7 days from sunup to sundown, and they make so little money that it is a trial to come to church on Sundays. Many make 50 quetzales a day (7 bucks) so they feel they have to work on Sundays. We teach them that the Lord's blessings to those who keep the Sabbath Day holy are worth a lot more than q50. Even for those who are active, doing more than going to church on Sunday doesn't happen much. Hometeaching and visiting teaching visits don't happen. They can't go during the week because of long work hours, and Sunday 3 hours for church, then cook dinner over a fire, eat and go to bed for the next day (it gets dark here at 6:30). It is good to have work (many don't), but it is sad so many can't do anything else.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - There are quite a few return missionaries here. Thinking back on my mission in Mexico City 43 years ago I cannot remember working in any ward or branch where there was a return missionary. Here a typical ward of 100 active members will have 2-5 return missionaries. That is a good resource for the leaders - missionaries who have served in different parts of Central America and know the gospel.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - There is a high percentage of return missionaries who are not active. They come home and have to find work and they take what job they can find, often having to work on Sundays. That begins the decline. Often they marry someone who isn't a member and are so in love they don't care whether s/he is a member, or even getting married. Years later they find they have a family who knows very little about the church. We have met some who have been excomunicated. It is sad that having served a mission that someone else probably paid for, that somehow what they taught for 2 years didn't sink in.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - They have speed bumps about every 100 yards or so throughout the area. It keeps the cars from driving too fast. In Mexico there are no speed bumps and cars go too fast. Here it is slower. Most of the time we go between 15-25 mph. So our gas mileage is low.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - They have speed bumps, even on some back streets that are full of rocks and pot holes, and you can't go over 15 mph anyway - they put in a speed bump! Sometimes I don't see the bump till we hit it, then hit the ceiling. It is worse when it is dark and raining. I hope we don't break our neck because of speed bumps. ☺ </span><span style="color: #4c1130;">I will love going 65 mph on the freeway when we get home ☺</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - The climate is such that anything grows here. It is cool to see the different kind of vegetation here.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - The climate is such that anything grows here. A doctor explained that if you want to grow bacteria, this is the perfect environment - hot and humid. So there is a lot of illness here. We take great pains to be clean, especially with what we eat and how we prepare it. Many people here don't understand basic cleanliness, like washing your hands before you eat. We wash our hands first thing when we come home. Missionaries carry hand sanitizer with them. Think of all the dirty hands you shake during the day, the mini buses you take for transportion (not clean), the money you handle all the time, . . . So people here seem to get sick often.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - Buses here are 1.5 quetz in the city. That's about 20 cents. In other cities it is more.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - Part of mission rules for cars is that we cannot give rides to people, unless they are going on visits with us. We have helped take some people to baptisms and to church. Most have never been in a real car except for the mini buses and taxis. We tell them to get in and they gently pull on the handle and nothing happens. I tell them, "Use some power", and they pull harder and the door pops open. The same scenario to get out. The younger kids especially are full of wonder when they get a ride to church. Today we took some pictures for a baptism invitation, and one girl said, "I want a picture with you two, right here with the car". ☺</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - Missionaries in our mission baptize about 250 people each month, give or take. They are really pushed to work hard and baptize.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - There is a high number of less active members. Our first week here I asked the bishop how many people came to church on a given Sunday. 150, sometimes more. Then I asked how many were on the rolls of the ward. about 900! I almost choked, and I had to ask a clarifying question before I understood what I had heard. </span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Assigned Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching routes don't exist as we know them. Bishoprics and R.S. presidencies make diligent efforts to visit people, but the rest of the members aren't involved. Which means the members don't get visited, so many of them go less active after a short time. Or sometimes after a long time. </span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">So I tell the missionaries that our teaching has to improve. I tell them, "If you love them, teach them so they can understand the doctrine and stand on their own 2 feet, because if they need support they are unlikely to get it." Less than 30 percent of baptized members stay active.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - We went to visit a less active sister 6 weeks ago. After 14 years of being less active she has been coming to church every Sunday. She is SO happy. She has a 9 year old daughter. We have been teaching the mother, but when we do her daughter and nieces and nephews gather round to hear us. The missionaries have been teaching the daughter, Karen, preparing her for baptism. Her date is tomorrow. Today the missionaries went to fill out the baptism forms, and they asked her, "Who would you like to baptize you?" Right away she responed, "Elder Wetzel!" The Senior companion said that he would like to baptize her, and his companion said that he would like to baptize her. She responded, "Well I guess I will have to be baptized by all 3 of you ☺" I will post pics of the baptism next week.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - When we first got her we didn't have a car, so we took the mini buses and mostly stayed in this area of town, going home when it got dark. About week 2 some missionary mentioned something about all of the bolos (drunks). We told him we had only seen one. Well since then we have seen a lot. It is sad. One day we were buying fruit in the street market, and laying right there was a drunk, laying down on the road. As we were getting the pineapple and melons, I saw his eyes flutter, and in a few moments he pushed himself up and started walking slowly down the road, but would lose his balance and almost fall, catch himself, over correct and zigzagged about 15 yards. Then he fell hard, hitting his head on the pavement, then layed still. Someone had to move his legs so a car could get by. We see drunks during the day (like him), and during the night. Doesn't seem to matter.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - I hear the rolling thunder. When it rains, it pours! For about an hour it is gushing downpour. Even with an umbrella you get wet from the waist down if you stay out in it. Many people seek shelter and just hang out there for an hour or so. While it is raining the streets are empty. As soon as it lets up there are people that come out of the woodwork. There is lots of thunder almost everyday. It seems the lowlands produce the warm air, which heads up the mountain and meets the cold air from the higher regions, and the booms and claps of thunder happen along the whole mountain range. We see plenty of lightening close by. Vicky still jumps at the loud claps of thunder.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - It rains a lot. It is hard to get around in a downpour. Sometimes we have been teaching a family when it starts raining, so we just hang out there till it lets up enough for us to get out.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - It rains a lot. When it doesn't it heats up to 93 degrees. When it rains it will drop to the mid 80s. </span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Not sure - Mixed in with the Spanish there is a lot of English. "Car Wash" is common vocabulary. On billboards with commercial signs there is lots of English. Now that I remembered to write about it my mind went blank - come back in a few days and I will rewrite this.</span></b></h3>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">There are lots of English names among the people . William (instead of Guillermo), Nancy, Brinker, Brian, Byron, Karen, Catherine, Henry, Elmer, MaryJane, Heidi, . . .</span></b></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - The new members don't receive callings very often. It is difficult to extend a calling to someone who only comes to church 2 - 3 times a month. Their reading level is low so its not like you can give them a teacher's manual and tell them to teach a class. One branch president expressed his frustration that he didn't feel he could ask more that 12 different people in his very large branch (attendance between 150-190) because the others don't know the gospel, they don't come all the time, and they chose to drop out of school so now they can't read. I like the branch president. He is a bit older but has long experience in the church.</span></h3>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Not sure - I am surprised how many people from here go to the U.S. The attitude strikes me different than in Mexico, where they know it is wrong and there is danger along the way. People here don't sense any wrong in going where there is work, spending a few years there, and coming back here to family and country. It is surprising how many people we meet who have lived in the states, and they greet us in English (I think) - their English is not good. There is a new member in the ward here who was born in Boston, and at 16 years old he came to Guatemala with his father. 12 years later he speaks Spanish like a native. I don't hear him speak English.</span></b></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - Some young couples make plans to get out of poverty. Their plan? He will leave his wife and children and go to the U.S. to work for 6 years, return to build a house and start a buisness. What usually results is disasterous. But it is hard to tell them that their life will be worse than it is. We met a guy who followed that plan, lived in L.A. for 12 years, always keeping enough money to live on and sending the rest to his wife and children here in Coatepeque. The money he sent them was used to build a house, which they did. But when he returned he found his wife with another man, they kicked him out of the house that his money had built, and now he is homeless. I recently heard a talk from a local leader here that emphasized that couples should stay together. So many men go to work in bigger cities in Guatemala, coming home on Sat. night, for one or 2 nights every 15 days. Not a great plan and the results are not good.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - There are more Spanish speaking missionaries than Americans. Most come from Honduras and El Salvador and Mexico, with some from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Peru. About 40% are American, with a few Canadians. Reminds me of a church video (film) where Pres. Spencer W. Kimball explains what he thinks missionary work could look like in the future - - > Today.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - The branch and ward leaders don't have administration manuals, and their counselors don't either. The bishop and R.S. pres. usually have them. Those who have them don't read them. They are doing the best they know how, but it could be better. I ask them, "How can you learn your duty if you don't have the manual where the dutys are?" They ofter defer to someone who was a leader years ago, who probably doesn't know what the manual says either - refering to former bishops and current high council members. I have no authority, but sometimes I will point things out in the manual to them.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Good - You can't drink the water out of the tap, but we have 5 gallon bottles of water we use for drinking and cooking. The new top song on my list is, "COOL, CLEAR, WATER" from the Sons of the Pioneers. Nothing beats a tall glass of cool, clear, water when we come home. There is always a glass in the fridge that I can tip back let drizzle down my parched throat to cool me off.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Not So - There are not enough jobs. A decent job requires a person to finish the equivalent of Middle School. Then they could work in a store like Pizza Hut, or Wal-Mart, and make ok money and have a full time job. But so many don't have the schooling and can't even apply for something like that because they don't have an 8th grade education. We know several adults who are trying to finish 7th and 8th grade so they can have a job, but how do they pay the rent in the meantime? We tell the youth to get their studies done while they are young.</span></h3>
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rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-88478381518104856452014-08-29T11:53:00.002-07:002014-10-04T15:20:18.633-07:00SeptemberLast month we got a package from our children. The best thing they sent us was the pictures.<br />
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The grandkids are a great-looking bunch. Our joy.<br />
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No team can beat this team ☺</h3>
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A ward family that we visit: Alejandra, Rosario, Maria<br />
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We found a nice plaza. The marimbas were across the street. I should have gotten closer because you can here the water splashing in the background. I love the marimba. It looks like one big one, but is actually 2.</div>
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We learned a bit about their country, their flag, and music. Here some Primary children are dressed in typico guatemalan clothes, doing a dance. </div>
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The Young Men put on a native dance.<br />
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Relief Society Sisters Dancing<br />
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The bishop called me the day before and asked me to come and play some Guatemalan music for them. I found some good songs online.<br />
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After the program Molly and her friends drove away together. This is very common, The most I have seen on a motorcycle is 5.<br />
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Just to illustrate - that if you plant a stick in the ground it will grow. Soon this will be a natural fence.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peluqueria means Barbershop. I get my hair cut in Elder's Barbershop. Only q10 ~ about $1.50 The last time was by the owner, a guy named Elder, about 35 years old, I asked him where his parents got his name. I bet they knew some missionaries years ago.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you need anything announced (stake conference, for instance) this guy will do it for you. Those are LOUD speakers, and a cd player has a recorded announcement.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We parked downtown to go get some prints made. As we got out of the car we were in front of a marimba school, and they were taking this tree inside. All of the leaves are hands of the teachers who have worked there. This will be a year long project for me after we get back and settled - 4 kids, and 13 grandkids.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is Vicky with some youngsters where we visit. She is holding a cocoa pod, Kiddingly, I asked the sister if when you broke it open there would be a candy bar inside, ☺</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When it is cracked open there are a lot of seeds inside (the side of an almond still in the shell) and they are packed together in some kind of goo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and suck the goo off - it is a nice sweet taste.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then they let them dry in the sun - the one on the right is dry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here are 2 dried seeds, cracked open. I tasted one - it is very bitter, just like baking chocolate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amparo and her daughter, Karen. Amparo was 12 years old when she was baptized 15 years ago. After 3 years her parents took her to another church. We first met her 6 weeks ago and she hasn't missed church since - very excited to be back. When the Elders went there to fill out the baptism papers, Elder Sanders said he would like to baptized her, but she said right away, "Elder Wetzel". Elder Ellgren said he would like to baptize her, and she said, "Well I guess I will have to be baptized by all 3 of you".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More bamboo used in constuction. The walls are up and they are going to pour the second floor. So even inside the house there is bamboo supporting the wood where the cement will be poured. That is a lot of weight, but bamboo is strong.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Machado left from the ward we attend here, to serve in the Coban mission, in the northeast part of Guatemala. He has been in the mission 4 months, and has been a member for about 2 years. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tatiana is another girl I baptized this month. Her mother is a member. The sisters took us to the house to get some information about her baptism. We just met them that night. When the sister missionaries asked her who she would like to baptize her, she pointed at me. I guess I am a novelty: old, white, american. Tatiana is 9 years old and quite a fireball.</td></tr>
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Coming home last week there was a nice sunset, but the thing that caught my eye was the two kites up high. They are made of thin plastic and they were reflecting the sun, almost like mirrors in the sky. You can just see one, Looks like a bright spot,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to the cemetary last week to help a brother try to find some dates - when his children died. He wants to go to the temple and have them sealed to him and his wife. You buy a lot (like 1 meter by 3 meters) and build on it to hold the remains. There is space for more family members when the time oomes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to Genova, where there is a branch of 75 active members, Vicky wants to paint our house this color. I like the 2 trees, grown together, with a square entrance cut out between them.</td></tr>
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Julio Diaz baptized his son, Helaman. We are teaching the parents the lessons to prepare to go to the temple. Hopefully that will happen on Oct, 11.<br />
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Sariah giving a wonderful talk on the Holy Ghost. She is 10.<br />
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The small branch in Genova. This is Priesthood Meeting under the Mango Tree, The tall American Elder is brand new to the mission. This was his 5th day here. Although his Spanish is better than mine was 43 years ago as a new missionary, he doesn't understand much of what they say. His companion next to him is from Mexico, so he will learn fast,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Mattson is 6'4 inches. After 2 weeks in the mission field he gave his first talk today - a very good talk. He still can't understand a lot of what people say, which is normal. Inside of 2 months he will be feeling more at ease, on his way to better Spanish understanding.<br />
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<br />rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-60755054126461878412014-07-26T17:40:00.003-07:002014-08-31T21:18:45.433-07:00August - 6 monthsI should explain that I do not walk around with the camera in my pocket. We keep it in the car, so on trips it is ready to take pics thru the window. Sometimes it is in my pocket for different activities, and I might come across something else interesting while it is in my pocket. I don't take it out to make a spectacle, I just try to take pictures discreetly.<br />
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We have been here 6 months now. Now that I feel good we are able to get a lot done, and time goes by fast. President Ruiz has us visiting the ward councils to give them a training related to missionary work. Last month he put us in charge of training the new missionaries and their companions. It boils down to driving to the mission office 4 times every six weeks and running a training session that lasts 4 hours. 2 weeks ago in a meeting with the Stake president, we were asked to go to all the ward councils and train them how a ward council meeting is supposed to happen. We had a month to finish. Now only 2 weeks. So we are spending more time in meetings than I like. We still have time to visit people.<br />
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Pollos Rey - that's how you pronounce my name (Ray) in Spanish. It means King, like King Wetzel. Has a nice ring to it ☺ Below it says, "A practical way to say I love you. Ray's chicken. I haven't tried it yet.<br />
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Went to a wedding Aug. 1st. Both are return missionaries. He is from Honduras and served a mission here, then returned with a good job here. <span style="text-align: right;">They asked me to play the violin non-stop as people were coming into the reception</span>.</h3>
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The mayor is a family friend and performed the civil ceremony.</h3>
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Tomorrow they get sealed in the temple.</h3>
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Our wedding was 40 years ago.<br />
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We thought this was a piñata, but it is even better. After the ceremony the couple stands underneath, they pull the ribbon, and get showered with rice. Go back to the first picture to see.</h3>
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We were asked to supervise 46 missionaaries doing temple work. Here we are with Sister Pister, a missionary serving from our stake in Oregon. I like her skirt - typical mayan worn by the locals. How do you like my new suit?</h3>
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vicky taught the sisters in another ward how to make bread, & scones.</h3>
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The church here is gearing up for EFY in November. It costs q500 per youth to attend. That's about $70 - very expensive, like a weeks pay. So the wards have started to have fund raisers. Here is an exibition of toys. They sold food to raise funds. Most of these belong to one person.</h3>
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On Monday we traveled to San Marcos. We went most of the way to the temple, gaining several thousand feet, then made a left hand turn at the top and continued climbing till we crested and started downhill. It is high, and the area is known as Tierras Frias - Cold Country. We were expecting to see a little town of 5-10 thousand, but this is bigger, better than where we live. It is an area known for Mayan culture. You can hear the natives speak Mam sometimes. </h3>
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The Hodgemans in front of their house in San Marcos. They have been here for 18 months and leave in 6 days.</h2>
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This is the most common use of bamboo - to hold up the cement forms as they add another floor above.</h3>
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This has to be the next big franchise! It would make tons of money in the U.S. ☺</h3>
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Thiago turned 4 on Saturday. As soon as we got there he came to show us his Spiderman shirt and Spiderman shoes. Then his mother brought out the piñatas. He was one happy kid</h3>
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Thiago's brother is on a mission. There is a great future ahead for this family<br />
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Omar (12 yrs.) was baptized last October. He is always bringing friends to church. His friend <b>Dennis</b> is getting baptized on Saturday. Coincidently, one of the sister missionaries who is teaching him is Sister<b> Denis</b>, from Argentina.</div>
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The tall Elder Heiner finished his mission here. His brother is in the MTC in Guatemala City, just starting his mission. They got to see each other for 15 minutes before Elder Heiner went home.</h3>
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Just before we got to the mission home this week we were following this small pickup that had 6 full grown pigs in it. These little pigs went to market, . . .</h3>
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On Saturday we drove to the temple in Quetzltenango with 2 Elders. A year ago the Arreaga family was baptized. Now a year later they made it to the temple and were sealed together.</h3>
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Their story is quite amazing. We met them our 2nd week here, so it was nice for us to be with them.</h2>
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These are the 2 Elders we took with us. The Canadian is the one who baptized them last year.</h3>
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Marvin and Gabriela were married before she was baptized. It was a good ceremony, and a nice baptism, yet the ceremony we witnessed in the temple earlier the same day was much more uplifting. Still, in a year this couple could be in the temple, too.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Does Guatemala have a 4th of July?</span></h3>
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of course - right after the 3rd of July ☺☻</div>
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Colomba is a town up in the mountains, about 40 minutes from our house. The temperature is about 10 degrees cooler than where we are. We were there visiting some members when the sun went down.<br />
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It is rare to see these sunsets.<br />
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On our way to Quetzaltenango there are some volcanos. We have not been able to see them before because of the constant cloud cover. This day was better.<br />
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The objects in the foreground are not grass huts, rather mounds of dirt from a dump truck<br />
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Nice little town on a hillside. Good place to retire ☺<br />
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We went to the temple in Quetzaltenango for the 4th of July<br />
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She got her hair done. Only 250 quetzales and 3 hours! But she feels way cooler now.</div>
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Critters are everywhere. We don't mind until they come inside the house.</h3>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">This guy is about 2 inches long. </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">The other night Vicky opened the gate where we park the car. She bent down to pick up what she thought was a rock, but it was a toad. She screamed loud enough that the owner neighbor came to see if she was alright. By that time we were both laughing pretty hard.</span></h3>
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He blinked. She had her baby 2 weeks later.</h3>
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Thier kids. The one is yellow will be baptized next week by her father, Adonias<br />
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Maria makes torillas on the street. I like the tortilla stove, with the pipe coming up the back. The fire is inside.<br />
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I saw these 2 brothers with their kite and asked to take a picture.<br />
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Sister Flores with 4 kids and a niece.<br />
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Drismy, Heidi, and cousin Esmeralda<br />
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It is hard to see, but on the top shelf is a whole pig. Each day they come with a new one.<br />
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Little Mario's father builds cabinets, wood closets, etc. He built a truck for his son.<br />
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Heidi (in yellow) will be baptized this month by her father Adonias, who was baptized in March.<br />
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Heidi's mother is learning to read. Vicky was a reading teaching for quite a while.<br />
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I know it is not a great pic, but from 30 yards away I saw what I swear was a humming bird,<br />
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Vicky taught the Relief Society how to make bread.<br />
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Since most of them cook over fires and dont have ovens, they fried the dough and made scones with jam.<br />
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Some of their children<br />
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I like bamboo and there is plenty of it here. This bunch goes up another 15 feet above the picture.<br />
They use it a lot in construction. They will build the 1st floor of a house (with cinderblock and cement) then use 8 foot lengths of bamboo to support the cement roof they pour till it dries. Stout stuff.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">Sunday was our 40th wedding anniversary. Nobody knew, but Vicky got lots of compliments on her hair. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"> I got my hair done the same day but no one noticed. ☺ </span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"> William and Nancy have a nice family. The boys are Angel, Bryan, and William. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px;">Nice hispanic names ☺☻</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"> The Elders needed us to drive them up into the mountains for a baptismal interview. I am trying to find a way to take one of these ferns home next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">We still have another 30 minutes to get to their home. </span><br />
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Elder Garoz is from L.A., Elder Nelson from Canada, Elder Bejar from Mexico</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"> Heidy's birthday is on Pioneer day. They killed 3 chickens to feed everyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"> Sister Fave is a Tongan who lives in Fontana, California. Sister Peguero is from the Dominican Republic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"> Today Adonias baptized his daughter, Heidy Celestina Rodriguez Lopez.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px;">It was very nice service. Their neighbor came, along with 2 of his sisters.</span><br />
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Last month I got Dengue (den-gay), dangit. ☺ First I had a raging fever, and my body ached from top to bottom. I checked out dengue symtoms online and was pretty sure that's what I had. I sought advice from our zone leader who told me to get some "suero" and drink 2 packets in a glass of water every 4 hours, along with 2 tylenol. The suero is a small packet of powder that is full of electrolytes, potasium, and other good stuff. It comes in 2 flavors, strawberry and coconut. So in 3 days or so I was feeling much better. Then last week I had a low fever. I didn't feel bad, just the low fever. I also sweat constantly even though I wasn't hot. This week I finally went to the doctor. He is a member of our ward, recently returned from Texas doing Medical training. He is a surgeon, but does family doctor work in the morning. So we saw him on Tuesday. He had some lab work done on me and confirmed I had had dengue, and that I had dengue now - 2 times. He told me to go home and rest. and come and see him in 2 days. Also got some medicine to take, along with more suero. When I returned they took another blood sample. My placettes had increased from 109 to 115. The doctor then shared that I had hemoragic dengue, the worst of the 4 types. But because I was in good shape I didn't bleed or suffer the way some do. Last year the doc's placettes were down to 75 and he was hospitalized for 3 days. 2 days later I feel the best I have felt in a few weeks. So the bad news is I have had 2 kinds of dengue. The good news is that I have had the worst, and I am unlikely to get it again. It is interesting that Vicky gets mosquito bites 4-5 times a day, even with repellant. I get bit just a few times a week, but I got sick, not her (for which I am grateful).</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is our roof. Even though we have a dryer we like to hang clothes in the sun to dry. The yellow house is our neighbor's. Behind the clothes you can see our water tank. We are lucky. A lot of house don't have tanks (the roof won't support it) and they have running water every other day. So the days that they have water is when they wash clothes (by hand).</td></tr>
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Most of the time she kneels down with her produce within arms reach. She will offer to rip the tops off the vegetables (like beets, onions, etc) and throws the tops in a pile (to the right). She is very quick with numbers and adds up the amount as she puts things in the bag. Her scale in blue, under the silver pan. In Mexico I was used to kilos. Here they use pounds, and they sell cloth by the yard instead of the meter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alma and her son live around the corner from us. She has 2 twin sons about 16 years old. They are very nice boys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a fairly nice pole full of electrical connections. It looks worse than it is. Most of the cables are not 120 volts, rather light stuff for internet or phone service. What ever is left over seems to get tied in a knot and left there for future use.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simeon and his grandson. I think he is 77. He is a very nice man. He can't walk without the walker. His house sits nexts to the highway and he is usually sitting here watching people and cars go by. Everybody knows him. He has lived here for 25 years or more.</td></tr>
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As I was getting in the car I looked down and saw a line of ants, and each one was carrying part of a leaf they had chewed up. It reminded me of the song we used to sing as we hiked in Boy Scouts: The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah , , ,</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On May 21st we had a meeting with Pres. Duncan of the first quorum of 70 and his wife. He is the Area president over Central America. These are about half of the missionaries in our mission. We have a lot of Guatemalans, Hondurans, and others from El Salvador, along with a few from Peru, and U.S.<br />
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Last week we went exploring a little. Took a back road out of town heading north. Along the way I caught a picture of this guy flying his kite, winding the string on a tin can. The kites are made with twigs or straws, then covered with tissue papers, or plastic from garbage sacks.</h3>
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We live somewhere in the lower valley. Here in the middle of nowhere is a nice soccer field.</h3>
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These fern fronds are 4-5 feet long.</h3>
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As we came toward this tree we could see dozens of butterflies flitting around it, looked like swallowtails, but weren't, and some other black and red species.</h3>
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Same tree. I can't see the butterflies, can you?</h3>
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Just outside of the town on top of the mountain we found this. The soil here is clay mixed with a lot of sand (volcanic). Most of the work like this is done with a machete. Climbing those stairs would keep you fit.</h3>
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Near the beach Vicky had me stop so she could take a picture of the house. The whole thing is made from palm/coconut leaves. The walls are split leaves with the green removed, the roof is thatched. The air is able to move thru the house and keeps things cool.</h3>
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After 5 months we finally saw the ocean. It is about 1 hour 20 minutes from the house.</h3>
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Vicky said it was nice to put her feet in warm water.</h3>
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The water is brown for about the first 100 yards or so. Vicky thinks it is that way because of the rain. I think it is brown because there is a good sized river (like the Willamette) that is very muddy that empties into the ocean just a mile or so away.</h3>
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There is lots of wood, some driftwood, but also lots of twigs, lots of plastic bags, plastic bottles, and flip flops. After we left I mentioned to Vicky that there were not any seagulls.</h3>
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We went exploring a came across this chapel. I had just asked Vicky if there were missionaries in Ocos (where we are). It is a very small town, but this is where people come to the beach.</h3>
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It was about 100 degrees this day. I like the 2nd floor - open on 4 sides, with the thatched roof, the coolest part around.</h3>
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In this small village someone did a nice job with a variety of flowering plants.</h3>
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These are birds nests hanging from the power wires. Kind of like a long sock, but woven with straw. </h3>
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All along the highway the trees are trimmed to cover the road, I suppose to provide shade.</h3>
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Anyone want a coconut?</h3>
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This is the size of a cantalope. They are not fruit, but the insides are cut out, then used as a water container.</h3>
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Last month the church had a presentation where the whole city was invited to come and enjoy. I bought this for $65 and played a couple of numbers with some others from the church.</h3>
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Sister Virginia lives out of town a few miles. After she gets off the bus she walks over a mile down a trail to get to her house. She took us to meet some church members where she lives. She is always in church on Sunday.</h3>
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Most of the Merida family. The oldest son is serving a mission in Honduras. Freddy the father was Branch President in La Blanca a few years ago.</h3>
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Maria and ? her little sister live 5 miles or more from La Blanca. They either walk or hitch up the horse to the trailer to go to town, or church.</h3>
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rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-17244607693973797252014-05-04T18:28:00.001-07:002014-07-16T23:51:35.436-07:00MayMay Day. <br />
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In my day it was the day Russia paraded all of their military might across Red Square in Moscow. The good ol' days.<br />
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Sister Felipa turned 89 today, so we took her some flowers. She was baptized last year. When the Elders wanted to teach her she said, "Why do want to teach me? I'm old, I can't read, I can't walk without a walker, and I can't hear very well." They told her she was a daughter of God and had infinite value. She is very sweet.</h3>
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As we left Felipa's, these kids came down the steep street there and this is where the skateboard stopped. They were tickled when I showed them their picture.</h3>
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This was the farewell gathering for Alex, who reports to the MTC in Guatemala City on the 14th. He has been a member for about 3 years. Right now he serves as secretary to the Bishop - as an 18 year old, This is his mother, Brenda.<br />Since they have very little, 2 weeks ago after church the bishop listed on the board things that he needed for the mission - pants, shirts, ties, garments, shoes, etc. Volunteers signed up for everything except the suitcases. This night those things were given to him, He will be a strong missionary.</h2>
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Today, Sunday, we went to La Blanca again - over an hour from here. Looking for a member's house we passed this on the roadside. I'm not sure which is the pig that went to market, but 10 mouths to feed and she is a single mother ☺☻</h3>
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I like all the trees with different colored flowers. This is an Acacia - reminds me of Acapulco where there are lots of them,</h3>
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One of our friends is a goat herder. He takes 8-10 goats to downtown every morning where he sells the milk, then takes them back here - about 3 miles each way. His daughter, Brisney, is 5.<br />
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Adonias works hard at what is does. He makes a better living than you might guess.<br />
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The Billy goat. I like the beard ☺ Those are not milk bags .</h3>
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This is the pen where the goats are kept. Their pasture is nearby. The family lives in town, not here in the mountains.<br />
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I think most people think bananas grow hanging down, but they grow up.<br />
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There are plenty of streams around. Most of them are polluted - full of garbage, plastic bags and bottles. People wash their clothes in them also, so soap is in the water. This stream is in an area where there are not a lot of people, still you can see a bit of garbage and soap below. So no fish.</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elders Bagley and Coello in their stocking feet next to our car. It poured buckets for about an hour before. They are soaked from the feet up. They were in water up to their mid thigh and had to turn around and go back.</td></tr>
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The center 3 are brothers, the wingmen are their cousins, all riding on a homemade cart.<br />
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Elder Coello & Elder Bagley. Most days it pours buckets for about an hour. When it does the streets fill up. Here they are at the bottom of a long hill where the water doesnt drain as fast. Yep, they are in a street. I asked if there were any fish there, and they said they only saw a shark ☺ You can go up 3 slides and see them afterward, soaking wet.</h3>
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<br />rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274281944650548623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125906911958352894.post-27095914172555024002014-03-31T11:18:00.003-07:002014-07-16T23:51:57.442-07:00April April first. April fool's day. <br />
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In Spanish it is called Day of the Innocents, but it is not quite the same.<br />
If you ask someone to lend you $10 and they lend it to you, you don't have to pay them back.<br />
The 1st was Tuesday and also the day when transfers were announced. Transfers for the missionaries happen every 6 weeks. A missionary will get transferred every 5 or 6 months. Anyway, the zone leader got up and started announcing who was leaving, and every time he called a name there was surprise, and then sadness: "oh, elder so and so is leaving". At the end he told everyone, April Fools. When he called out the real transfers it was still sad to say goodbye to the ones who were moving somewhere else.<br />
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We were able to go to the temple in Quetzltenango last week. It sits up on the side of the mountain that surrounds the valley. Everyone refers to Quetzaltenango as Xela (shay-la). I think it is an old Mayan name for this place.</h3>
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Almost at the top of the mountains are field of vegetables - carrots, cabbage, onions, potatos, etc. Some of the fields look like 45 degrees, but nothing is terraced. Look close and you'll see people in the field above.</h3>
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We were driving to the chapel (in the background) and saw a family carrying firewood to their house.</h3>
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It is a verv common sight. The majority of people cook over open fires outside the house. The rainy season is coming next month, so you seem to see more people carrying wood, in preparation for the rain.</h3>
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It is hard to see, but this guy is carrying a log.</h3>
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Taken thru the windshield, these fronds are about 4 feet wide.</h3>
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Typical construction. Houses are all cement, no wood (termites). Vicky wants to paint our house this color ☻</h3>
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Here is their stash of firewood.</h3>
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A pueblo on the way to the temple. Cabbage growing in foreground.</h3>
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Rafael, in the wheel\chair was baptized 2 months ago. Last week his wife Mikaela was baptized (dressed in white).</h3>
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I think we should get one of these to take people to church. We could get at least 12 people in there. He delivers bottled water.</h3>
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This is a popular place. They have stores all over the city. Like Kentucky Fried chicken, but not as good.</h3>
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Last week was Semana Santa, getting ready for Easter week. They have some strange traditions here. I am not sure they are tied to any church, just local traditions,</h3>
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There are speed bumps everywhere, about every 200 yards. We rarely go over 25 mph, which is why our gas mileage is so low - we are in 2nd gear most of the time. So on Monday at the speed bumps were these people dressed in "rags" carrying pop cans in their hands, asking people for money. They are "Judas", and I suppose the money refers to 30 pieces of silver.</h3>
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Later in the week they reappeared. This is downtown. They look scary. </h3>
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<br />Friday morning we drove to the Stake Center, and these were on the road all over the city.</h3>
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They are "paintings" made with colored sawdust. Very beautiful.</h3>
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They are almost an inch thick, and looks like a carpet.</h3>
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That same day there is a procession to the church, and they walk on the "carpet". By the end of the day they have been swept up and the road is open to traffic again.</h3>
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The name of the chapel we attend is Gardenias, because they planted at least a dozen gardenias around it. It is one of Vicky's favorite flowers.</h3>
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This guy went over the speed bumps very carefully, <span style="background-color: #ffd966;">☺☻</span></h3>
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The entrance to a small town, just for Easter.</h3>
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The wood gathering continues. The rainy season is coming soon, so they have to get what they can before everything gets soaked. I wonder how she got it up off the ground onto her back,</h3>
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I had my first run in with a cement wall. Rats!</h3>
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We have been working in the outback with the members who live there. We saw these little calves rambling around with the herd. Milk cows are not like back home - no Jerseys. Saw a Brahma Bull today. that's what the milk cows look like.</h3>
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These are plantains. They grow kind of sideways (the leaves too), while bananas grow up (upside down). These plants are only 7-8 months old. On the big plantations they have them growning in different stages, so the harvest is continual. In the end, after the bananas are harvested, the trees are pulled out and the new shoots start growing where the tree was. in 7-8 months its time to harvest again.</h3>
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We visited the Martinez family and our conversation turned to yuca and malanga, both root crops. Little Angel went into the house and came to the front door with this - a big malanga that they had dug up.<br />They gave us a smaller one last week, but we haven't tried it yet.</h3>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Today is March 9th. We have been busy getting to know the less-active members of the church here.</b></span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>To clear up something, we have been asked to work with the less-active members of the church, along with the new members. So we are not looking for people to teach and baptize, although that will happen along the way I am sure.</b></span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">So we are meeting with the ward councils and teaching them about their role (most don't know). There are 22 wards in 2 different Stakes, one here, the other over an hour away. We have met with 3 ward councils so far. It could take us a few months (6?) to get to all of them. Then we will do a followup training and meet with all of them again.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">So Sundays are full of meetings. During the week we meet with less-active members.<br />We are the first missionary couple in either stake - making history.</span></h3>
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This is the Perez family. They were baptized last fall. The fathers's name is Wosbely. The mother is Miriam (she is way in the back holding a child with a green book. Vicky invited her to help us with some housework on Monday. The 2 hours she was here she sang and whistled the hymns of the church nonstop. Love at home was her favorite. She whistles quite well.</h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Here is a small poinsetta. We have seen them over 2 stories tall,</span></h2>
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The house next to ours has a small palm tree. They took some moss and wrapped it around the trunk, then planted orchids on the trunk. Very pretty.</h3>
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Here is the pad where we live. Behind the grill is a place to park the car, with the house behind that. Inside the house is painted all yellow. They use flat paint so it is ok.<br />
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<b>Yesterday we had to go to Guatemala city to get our visas. We are now legal residents of the country.</b><b>We also got our car - Rav4. Driving here is a real experience.</b><b>So in Guatemala City we took a walk in the zone where the area office is - they service all of Central America. The area 70 have their office here.</b><b>On our walk we saw this Rhododendron - 2 stories tall and a trunk and branches like a tree.</b></h3>
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We stayed the night in a Crowne Plaza hotel. This is the view out of one window. It looks just like any city.</h3>
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Looking out the window you could just barely see a volcano. They say this is the land of volcanos, but it has been hard to see them because of the haze in the air - from all of the sugar cane fields that they burn. <span style="font-size: 13px;">In the background you can see the purple trees. They are Jacarandas. Vicky's favorite color, and they have a wonderful aroma.</span></h3>
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I zoomed in to get just the jacaranda trees. They grow quite tall and slender.</h3>
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Here is a picture of the kind of bus that gave us quite a scare. The spare tire lays on top, but it is not tied down. It is just the tire, not mounted on a rim. In this pic it is right where the sun is reflecting.</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We left here early yesterday, headed to Guate. City with another
couple. The Spjuts were leaving the mission after 5 months to
prepare to serve as mission presidents in El Salvador. Their
picture was in the Church news 2-3 weeks ago. They were driving
the mission car (Rav4) back to Guate. City, and the car was then
checked out to us.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
On the way there, we were passing a bus (like an old school bus
with a rack on top) on a bridge, when the bus hit a bump and the
BIG spare tire fell off the rack and hit the road standing up,
right in front of us. Everyone in the car saw it, but nobody
screamed. I just knew the tire was going to bounce right thru our
windshield. Br. Spjut braked hard, the tire did not bounce up,
just rolled in front of us and over the rail, and down (into the
river maybe). We all felt the Lord's protection.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">These are the fruit stands where we stopped. Good stuff. Lots of fruit you never heard of before.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">This is the entrance to a sugar cane refinery. They dot the land. Someone asked why they burn the sugar cane fields. In the past they would cut the cane, then strip each stalk by hand before hauling them to the factory. It took a long time. Now they burn the field so they don't have to strip each stalk. They lose a little product, but it saves them a lot of time.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Here are some sugar cane trucks, pulling double trailers, loaded very high</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">This is just one trailer. The trucks don't go too fast and everyone else on the highway tries to pass. On a two lane road you will sometimes see 3 cars wide. </span></h3>
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We came home for lunch a few days ago and I saw the neighbors little dashund chase something across the little street, and it ran up a tree\next to our house. It is well camophlaged. Look close. I saw our neighbor and told her there was an iguana in her tree. She looked puzzled till I pointed it out to her. "Oh, that's a cochete." It looks and acts like an iguana, but the head is different - it has some triangle growth on top and behind the head.</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was about 14 inches long. It stayed up in the tree all day, escaped during the night.</span></h3>
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During lunch outside, this bug appeared. Looks like a mini dinosaur, Those are not wings, just an extension over the head.</h3>
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Monday we went with the zone on a long hike to a waterfall. Does this remind you of the Waters of Mormon? The interesting thing is the water is not very cold. The sun was hot and I got baked walking 4 miles in and 4 more out.</h3>
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Next to the falls were some big bushes with red floweres about the size of your thumb.</h3>
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There were some little streamlets on the way and some crabs in them. Not very big though.</h3>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>This is the laundramat. Water is diverted from the river and you can wash your clothes by hand in the shade. When the clothesline fills up you can lay your clothes out to dry on the grass, or bushes.</b></span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Today, March 18 marks one week that we have had a vehicle, toyota rav4. The first day we had it we blew a tire. Today we got locked out of the car. It only took 2 hours for a guy to travel here, and in 10 minutes he had it opened. We wonder what else will happen in the coming weeks. Since car theft is a big problem, the cars are programed to lock about 30 seconds after you get out of the car. Dumb. I would rather have to lock it myself. When we got the car the office guy gave a key to me and a key to Vicky with instructions to not get locked out of the car. Today I just needed to run inside the church and grab something. I left the keys in the ignition. Some members came by and Vicky got out to give them a hug. When I came back I asked her if she had her keys. That's when we knew it was going to be a long afternoon. It could have been worse. 2 hours wasn't too bad. At least we didn't have to sleep with the car overnight ☺</b></span><br />
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The Relief Society Pres. lives on this deadend street. The city is making improvements. Instead of a dirt road they will have a "smooth" rocky road. The city provides the material, and one guy does the work - with about a 3 lb. hammer (like a small sledge with a foot long handle). He digs a hole for each one, then places it and makes it "level".</h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">On our first trip to La Blanca we took a bus. I talked with the man sitting next to me about the area. He mentioned that all they grow here are bananas. A few moments later I pointed to this field and asked what it was. Tobacco. These plants are about 4 feet high.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Outside the Branch Presidents house was this tree full of strange fruit. They don't eat it, but let it dry, make a hole in one end, clean out the insides, then use the shell to make maracas. So I call it the maraca tree.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;"> Before the General Womens Conference on Saturday we had the sister missionaries over for dinner. Vicky made flour tortillas (since you can't buy them here) and they had burritos, rice, refried beans, with a pineapple drink and some strawberies in the the jello, along with watermelon. Afterward we took them to the Stake Center for conference.</span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">I have been meaning to put this in the blog for a while.<br />The day we moved into our little house they took us around for kind of an inspection, to see if we had any questions. When I saw this shower head with electircal wires attached I had to ask the question, because to me electicity connected to water = disaster.<br />They explained the the houses here are not plumbed with hot water. To avoid having to take cold showers they have this special shower head. As the water flows thru it a little coil heats up the water. The slower the flow, the hotter the water. So it is ajustable. I am glad we have it.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Our first baptism: Adonias, wife Heidi, daughter Heidi, and little Brittany. Sisters Ostler and Laiche (from Peru). The sisters asked us to help teach them. I taught them about prayer and how to receive an answer. He received his and asked to be baptized - by me. Heidi called her mother to tell her about the missionaries and getting baptized - her mother replied, "You are already a member!" She was baptized as a child. She could remember a baptism but didn't tie it to our church. After the baptism someone said that they needed to get him a white shirt for tomorrow (Sunday). He replied that he had just bought one that morning. </b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">serving in the Guatemala, Retalhuleu Mission</span></i></b></h2>
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<b>Do we look hot? Well, you should put on a suit in 90 degree weather!</b><br />
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<b> This is as big as I could make it. If you click on any picture it gets bigger. We landed in Guatemala City, about 2 inches off the map. The trip to Retalhuleu Mission home is usally about 4 hours, but it took us 5. The narrow highway was packed with huge double truck-trailers hauling sugar cane to the factory.</b><br />
<b>We live in Coatepeque. Been traveling by foot, mini bus, and taxi for 2 weeks. We will get a car in 3 weeks.</b><br />
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<b> These are things we see as we walk to church. Bananas and Plantains (the bigger ones you have to cook).</b><br />
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<b> Tangerines, oranges, limes.</b><br />
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<b> Star fruit. I think they call them "carambola".</b><br />
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<b>Marisol is a member of our ward. She makes chuchos (tamales) once a week. She saved some for us.</b><br />
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<b><u>Some tidbits:</u></b><br />
<b>An interesting thing here are the names. Nobody uses their last name: Brother Alex, or Sister Mari. There are a lot of English names. On the high council and bishops \there is Walter, Babington, Jimy, Angel. In our ward we have Alex, Daniel, William, Nancy, Susi, Bryan, Byron, and others. I am curious why.</b><br />
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<b>They sell things by the pound here. I have yet to see a kilo sign.</b><br />
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<b>The use small mini vans for taxis. They are like a Toyota Previa. Behind the driver there are 4 bench seats. And they pack them in. I try to avoid the back seat cause my knees go thru the seat in front of me.</b><br />
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<b>The Catholic Church is not very strong, but there are tons of little Evangelical churches - like 2 on every block.</b><br />
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<b>Our Zone. There were 5 missionaries that finished their mission the next day and went home. 3 others were transfered to other areas. Some are from Guatemala, others from El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, & USA</b><br />
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<b>Sister Pineda and Sister Ostler are a great companionship.</b><br />
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<b>This is Colomba, about 40 minutes away, up in the mountains. It was at least 10 degrees cooler. To get here we walked down a set of stairs just like these, and had to climb up again to leave. There is a small stream at the bottom that overflows when it rains (torrents).</b><br />
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<b>On the way home from Colomba we saw a nice sunset. The sun was red because of the smoke, burning the sugar cane fields.</b><br />
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<b>Bouganvilia grows all over, different colors similar to azeleas.</b><br />
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<b>Avacado trees are all over. These are about 30 feet up.</b><br />
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<b>This is the way we get to church. The shortcut is about 1 mile from our house to the church. You come down a long hill and cross the dam. It is water control for when it rains.</b><br />
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<b>Then it goes uphill again. The dam is about 15 feet high on the downside. This is the path where the starfruit is.</b><br />
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<b>Today we went to the other side of the city with some sister missionaries. This house is in front of the chapel there. By far the best house we have seen. All the other houses around it are typical small, bare cement.</b><br />
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<b>All of the streets here are made with pavers. Not cement or asphalt. It would be easy to make repairs this way.</b><br />
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This is a mini bus. We got 20 people in one the other day. 4 were hanging out the door.<br />
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<b>Like this ☺ There are probably 15 more people inside.</b></h2>
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<b>I really like these trees. They are called "Palo Blanco" - white stick. They grown very tall, above most other trees.</b></div>
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Saturday we went to the Temple in Quetzaltenango with the Spjuts. It is an hour and a half drive, uphill all the way. The city sets in a valley at the top of the mountain.<br />
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<b>Looking the opposite direction over Quetaltenango.</b></div>
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<b>Here are 2 Elders getting in a TukTuk. Our grandson sent us a "Flat Stanley" for us to take around with us. It would be nice to have a TukTuk to get around in. </b></h3>
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<b>We went with the mission president (black suit) to a school where they were instituting a new reading program. Their textbook will be the Book of Mormon. This day they each received their own book - they are holding it up for the picture. Their were over 600 books given away.</b></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Yesterday, Feb. 25<sup>th</sup>, was a
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> We took a bus to Reu to the mission
offices, and attended a Zone Leaders meeting from 9-2 . About an
hour later the mission president took us with him for the rest of the
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The first stop was about ½ hour west
of Coatepeque in a town called Pajapita. We didn't really understand
what we were doing there – we just knew that we had a meeting in
Malacatan that evening. So at Pajapita we stopped at a school where
the president invited us to follow him. There was a big courtyard
with plastic patio chairs – over 600. Not many people, just some
of the school administrators. We recogized some of them as people we
had met in our stake over the last few weeks. What we didn't know
till later was that this was a private school set up and run by LDS
people. Most of the teachers are LDS. The principal is LDS,
counselor in the Stake Presy.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> The mission is really pushing the
sharing of the Book of Mormon thru the members. Our zone has handed
out over 200. Guatemala has a new program where the school picks a
book and every student reads the book at the same time, same schedule
– almost like a seminary reading schedule. It could be any book.
Since the principal is LDS, when he heard of the mission program he
said they could use the Book of Mormon as their school book.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> So when we got there it was 4:00 and
the local missionaries and members had gone to each classroom and
given each student their own Book of Mormon. Just as we arrived they
were dismissed to join us in the courtyard for a stupendous program
to initiate the reading of the book. Pres. Ruiz had been invited to
speak, and he did a wonderful job. Before that the director
introduced several people seated in front. When he got to us he told
them that we had come from the U.S. They cheered, and then he
added, “Yes, these pictures will get to the United States!” Then
there was cheering and applause.</b></span></div>
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choir with 2 violins that sang. Then we took our chairs and sat down
with the students to take pictures.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> We are hoping that there will be an
article in the church news.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> Speaking of Church News, last week the
couple here, Ron and Gail Spjut were announced as new mission
presidents for El Salvador-Santa Ana mission. They are the couple
that has helped us a lot here. They leave on March 10<sup>th</sup>,
then we get their car, a Rav4.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We are in the land of bananas. One of our grandsons sent us a Flat Stanley. We we are with a banana plant that has bananas</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here we are with the children of the Martinez family. Cute kids. They came to church on Sunday.</span><br />
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