Happy St. Patrick's Day and the 6 Year Anniversary of Lon's Heartattack.

     Another week has come and gone.  Time just seems to fly by.   We actually had a busy week for us lately.  On Thursday morning, the 13th,  as we were walking to the Temple, we met Brother and Sister Mazariego.  They serve in the San Salvador, El Salvador Temple.  They came to our Temple here in Guatemala City because their Temple is closed for the two week cleaning.  They serve on the Thursday AM shift there and brought with them other obreros from that shift, 9 women and 2 men all together.  What fun to see so many of our friends from El Salvador at one time and get to visit with them.  The Padilla's (mother and daughter), the Fernando's (mother and daughter), Bro. and Sister Figueroa, Bro. and Sister Mazariego, and three other women came.  I am sorry to say that the names of these other women have escaped my memory, however, their faces and their stories have not.  When I get home, I will look up their pictures in my journal and insert their names here.  It brought tears to our eyes as we embraced and fond memories passed through our minds.  It was indeed a very special day.
     Elder Thompson wanted to do something special for two couples that have helped us so much since we have arrived.  However, I am not up to going out to dinner on any day but Monday yet.  I just have enough strength to serve in the temple then I am done for the day.  So he decided that he would walk over to Pollo Campero, our favorite fried chicken restaurant, and bring home a bucket of chicken for lunch after our shift on Saturday.  He spend Friday afternoon making a macaroni salad and a Jell-O salad to go with it.  (I actually lasted 3 hours Saturday morning, twice as long as last week).  The Robert's and the Murri's came for lunch.

Elder y Sister Murri go home in October and Elder and Sister Roberts have only been here about two months longer than we have. 

        Elder Thompson continues to do all the cooking.  We've really got to get him his own apron when we get a chance to visit the local Mercado when I can get around better.  But he is so cute fixing breakfast Sunday morning.

     During Sacrament meeting today, the 16th, I sang with the Relief Society Choir in honor of the Birthday of Relief Society.  When we arrived home, we found this picture of Sister Roberts and I singing on our computer.

  We told Elder Roberts that we wouldn't tell anyone who took the picture.

     Today we decided to thank Elder and Sister Burbidge for all they have done for us since my accident.  She is the nurse at the CCM (MTC).  They take us to all our doctor visits and have come by to check on the legs whenever we have had questions.  We walked to the CCM for my walk for the day and met them to go to lunch.  They chose a restaurant that was just next door to the CCM that we didn't know about and had never visited before. (We have only gone out to dinner once since our arrival in December)  So we were able to walk to the Tocontento and had a delicious lunch with two new friends.  We talked for over two hours then home to ice the leg and ankles and Elder Thompson took his walk. 

                           

                                      

     We haven't been able to get on the internet for three days now and Elder Thompson has been going through withdrawal as he has not been able to check any sports scores.  He needs to get his NCAA tournament brackets filled out as he and Ginger are seeing who can pick the best teams.  He figures that Ginger is the only one that has worse luck than he does, so he expects to get a free meal from her when we get home.   

     Well, that is about all from Guatemala City for this week.  We are enjoying our service here and love making new friends.  We send our love to all, Lon and Nancy, Grandpa and Grandma, Dad and Mom