We were at the temple on the 13th for Presidency meeting and were told that Elder Sorensen was there and was looking for us. Elder Sorensen is the grandson of Dick and Gudren Johnson, the son of Martha. We had ran into him at one of our conferences last year. He was at the temple for the last time and would fly home on the 14th.
We waited for his session to end so that we could say good-bye to him. He has such a special spirit about him. We know that he has been a great missionary and has touched many lives. The Elder taking the photo was more interested in the name of the temple than in the faces of the people. I tried to zoom it in.
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We are a little fuzzy but you can see Elder Sorensen better. He sure does resemble him Mother. He felt like a giant here. It is hard to believe that he is home now.
We went to breakfast on the 15th with Elder and Hermana Wilson.
We went to the Ihop and again we were parked in the "senior" parking place.
We had a wonderful breakfast and then went shopping for some dress shoes. Only President Thompson found a pair so we didn't go home empty handed. We also went grocery shopping at the large Paiz Shopping Market that is in the same mall.
We had thought that we only had one more speaking assignment, but on Friday morning we were assigned to speak at the Molino Stake Conference on Sunday, the 17th. We had spoken at their conference 6 months ago so we had two days to come up with new talks. The Stake President apologized about the short notice, he had forgotten to call.
We went downstairs to wait for our ride. It was a beautiful, clear morning. Moroni showed up very well. It is so fun to live so close to the temple.
President y Hermana Crapo, the mission president of the East Mission, picked us up. It was a wonderful conference and we were delighted to see a lot of temple workers there.
When the meeting started, the chapel and cultural hall were not even half filled, by the time the meeting ended, the building was full.
1st Counselor Hno. Espinosa, President Mendez, 2nd counselor Hno. Portillo, Los Thompsons
The choir was very good and asked us to take a photo with them. The pianist is on the end in the red dress, Hna. Tarin Barrera and the director is in the black, Hna. Mendez, both of them are obrera's.
This is the family of Brenda Baltrons, one of the temple secretaries.
Hna. Estrada is also one of our obrera's. She has a novio so we don't expect her to be serving for too long. She is very sharp and so fun to serve with. (She is wearing 4 inch heals so she is really not as tall as she looks)
Hna. Quevedo, Hno. Vaszuez, Hno. Moreno, Hno. Diaz and Hno. Alverado were all there but we didn't get photos.
Our attendance in the temple this week was very small. It was Family Week here and the Area Office had scheduled activities for each and every evening for the stakes. The only problem was that they didn't schedule the temple. We had very few obrero's and even fewer participantes. It just breaks our hearts to have the temple so empty. We pray that something that we say in the Stake Conferences will inspire just one family to put attendance in the temple on their priority list. And then that through their example, a few more will also become converted to attending the temple regularly.
We still have no counselor to replace us when we go home, but we are going home. Our tickets have arrived and we will leave here on the 15th of June. We are heading straight to Atlanta, Georgia to spend some time with Mindi and Justin and their family. It is always hard to think about leaving but we are excited to be with our family again.
We pray that you have had a wonderful week. You are always in our thoughts and prayers. We send our love to all Lon and Nancy, Dad and Mom, Grandpa and Grandma
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