April 15th

April 2^nd through April 15^th:  These last two weeks have been pretty average with not much to write about.  We all enjoyed conference weekend and we once again watched conference in the comfortable chairs and surroundings of Pres. Crayk’s home.  In between sessions on Sat. and Sun., we had pot-luck dinners with the Latin Missionaries joining us.  The messages were inspiring and I now have them all downloaded on my I-Pad.

I made wings and chicken nuggets for Saturdays meal.

Saturday's lunch.

Saturday's lunch.

Saturday's lunch.

Sunday's lunch.

We said good-bye to the Winkfield’s and the Dibb’s.  They will be greatly missed.  We will lose two more couples this coming week, the Bradshaw’s and the Delgado’s. 

The Winkfield's and the Dibb's on their way to the airport.

Saturday we had 12 young men come to receive their endowment. Ten of them will soon leave for their missions. That is a record for one day during the time we have been here.  But it seems to be happening all over the world as people “catch the wave”.  It seems like every day, at least one new missionary  comes for his or her endowment.  The young people here in Bolivia are also catching the wave.  We went to the Villa Moderna Ward yesterday.  It was fast Sunday so I only bore my testimony, but mom had to give the Relief Society lesson on preparing to come to the temple.  She said she talked for 40 minutes.  Her Spanish has really improved.  Next week we will go to Oruro for a stake conference and we should have some good pictures. 

The days are getting shorter and we are seeing some beautiful sunrises on our morning walks.