Mission life has been flying by; Time to catch up

It seems we get busier every day and over a month has slipped by.  I will catch up with more pictures and less explaining.  We have had some great adventures, lots of work, spiritual experiences and mixed in is the "everyday" in a not so ordinary or everyday place.  We have been to Bariloche, seen some amazing people and are getting ready for a visit from two apostles and a seventy.

On the way to work you see where they have
torn down a home and building an apartment
complex.  They have have platforms to prevent
items from falling on the sidewalk pedestrians
and you are still not sure.  They toss most of
their materials up from one floor to the next.

From time to time we run into people we know.
Elder Hancock was on his way home and he first saw
 Sister Boyle walking by and then me and jumped up and said
I know you.
It is always a treat to find that the world of the saints is so small.

We always enjoy our home evenings with the young single adults.  I usually work late Monday getting ready for the Tues Area Presidency meeting.  The ward YSAs were planning on coming over to our apartment at 8:30 for FHE but some were sick and some had other obligations so we only had one, Zeida.  We had a wonderful discussion with her.  She is a pretty amazing young lady- probably 26 or 27.  She is a return missionary.  Came from Peru to get an education.  Works during the week and volunteers her Saturdays to work in the temple and Sunday she is one of the ward YW leaders.  She has the most amazing story of conversion and subsequent love and forgiveness.  She loves everyone.

YSA FHE

Here is Genisis giving her lesson.  Zieda is in the Orange

We made my oatmeal cookie recipe and Joan made brownies.  They brought deserts as well.  Our little hometeachee, Juanita Genesis gave the lesson and she sort of let it go talking a mile a minute with all her pent up feelings. It was a great FHE.

This was Yamila's birthday(with the hat) the other
Secretary for the Presidency.
Two of the most efficient young women I know

Another of the presidency's secretaries birthday.  .














Sunday after church we walk home with two or three other Senior Couple Missionaries.  It is probably just over a mile.  There is one home that is always cooking an asado (BBQ) as we walk home and we have made friends with him and his family.  He always invites us to have a sample - quite taste.  We always invite him to church and he says he will some day.  But he always treats us like his long lost relatives - always fun.

He is now cooking out on the side walk in front of his house

Here he is with Joan and the Switzers

Each Sunday we would pass this little restaurant that was decorated so lovely and had such a wonderful bread shop with it but couldn't go on Sundays.  One Saturday we were at the church for another event and on the way home we stopped and had dinner: