February 22nd through February 28th

February 22^nd through February 28^th:   Monday we did the usual things for a P-Day.  We ended with family home evening here at the house for all the missionaries that live here in the temple housing.  Elder Price taught about an ancestor from England who joined the Church and her great desire to do the temple work for her ancestors.  We all think about this a lot because of our assignment here.  Tuesday we had the morning shift and it is always fun because the missionaries from the MTC come on Tuesday morning.  Wednesday we had presidency meeting in the morning and then we stayed and did the afternoon shift.  Thursday we had off and we spent it getting the house ready and shopping for a dinner that we had in the evening.  We invited 5 stake presidents and their wives to dinner.  President Rosales and I hosted them.  President Rosado was on shift.  We had a delightful evening getting to know them.  We explained that we wanted their presidencies and high council members and bishoprics to all be restricted workers.   We have decided if we can get all of the leaders to be limited use ordinance workers when they come with their wards and stake, we won’t have so many problems of not having enough male ordinance workers.  They seemed excited to help. 

Dinner with the stake presidents.

Dinner with the stake presidents.

Friday we had the morning shift.  Saturday we did the afternoon shift and we had 4 full sessions to finish out the day.  The temple was very busy all day except for a couple of hours at lunchtime.  When we finished, we went to dinner with the Province’s and Elder and Sister Bake who have been staying with us.  They served their mission in Peten (up near Tikal) and are spending a few days here in the capitol city before they fly home. 

Saturday night dinner L to R Elder and Sister Province, Mom and me, Elder and Sister Bake.

Sunday we had stake conference in our home stake.  It was presided over by Elder Maravilla from Nicaragua.  It was a nice meeting.  Mom and I both spoke and afterward Elder Allred said that my Spanish was very good when I am speaking.  I replied, “It is easy to speak well with the help of the Spirit.” 

Stake conference, Guatemala Stake

The choir at stake conference.

I spent the rest of the day doing family history.  I found over 100 names and will print the cards to take to the temple next week. We talked to most of the kids and went to bed early.  Time seems to be flying by.  The days are long, but the weeks are short and we love every minute here.