Sat 29 was a bit of a “catch up on living” day. We cleaned, Joan had a Spanish class from her relief
society president. I colored Joan’s hair and she went and had it cut. She had me to tell the hairdresser to cut the
sides and back shorter than before and then I left for another errand. Joan only knew how to say, “poco mas” meaning
a little more so it ended up way too short for Joan’s liking. 
That evening we had been invited by one of
the secretaries, Gabriela, to come to her daughter’s baptism. Her name is Chiara (pronounced Keyara) and we
have the picture that was on the program that was taken at the Buenos Aires
Temple and one afterward the ceremony.
It was a lovely baptism with many of Chiara’s non-member friends. Gabriela gave a wonderful talk and she was
very sweet and asked me to stand in the circle when Chiara was confirmed. Gabriela had been the primary president in
this ward but had recently moved. On the
walk home we stopped to buy flowers from a member and met her relative, a young
man from Ecuador, who had just arrived to look for work.
You can see the top of Joan's head in the background. I was taking the photo, and in the foreground is Yamila, our other secretary, with her son Lorenzo, that we have talked about before.
Sun Jun 30 The highlight from our gospel essentials lesson is
on the parable of Jesus and the adulterous women – when Jesus asked if he would
follow the law of Moses and stone her we have all heard that He said let him
without sin cast the first stone – it was pointed out that Jesus was the only
one without sin. (I had never thought of
it that way.) All left and rather than
cast a stone, he told her to go her way and sin no more. Which is a lesson and a hope for each of us.
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