December 12th through December 18th: Monday: We went into Quito in the morning and made reservations for a short trip to the jungle for the weekend over New Years.
Genevieve and Sam and their two daughters are coming to visit right after Christmas. It will be so fun to have them here for a few days. We then went to lunch with Elder and Sister Cameron. We have not seen them since Thanksgiving and since we were already in Quito it seemed like a good chance to catch up. Church travel had been in contact with us and we now have our tickets bought for our return flights home. We will arrive on Feb. 13th, our release date.
The nativity set was a gift from President and Sister Winters.
Things are going to go so fast now. The days are long but the weeks fly by. We did our weekly grocery shopping when we got home from lunch. Tuesday through Friday: Each day was the same. Up at 6:00am, breakfast, shower, to the temple by 7:00am, home by 12:30pm, lunch, a short nap, back to the temple by 4:00pm, home between 7:00 and 8:00pm, a quick snack, and then to bed at 9:00pm. Saturday: We got home from the temple at 3:00pm. Chris spent the whole day in initiatory. I split my day between initiatory and officiating a session. Saturday night we got some bad news. Charlotte's oldest son, Evan, fell on some ice on their driveway and broke both the bones in is lower left leg. Evan is a big guy and it took Charlotte, two of her neighbors, and Genevieve, to get Evan in the van. 
Metal rod in place.
2 comments:
We have given each of our grandchildren money for books for many, many years now. Because we haven’t know what they have or like it has been their “job” to do the purchasing. One wrote the other day and asked if she needed to wait until Christmas to read them.😄All of the adults combine their gift money to us and each other and we do service.
This year was our turn to “spend” and we were able to donate $1,200 to the Moroni Spanish Speaking Branch who have so many members and neighbors who lost work because of the bird flu in the turkey farms. We were a part of a larger group from the SLC area, the Catholic Church and Episcopal Church in Ephraim and were able to serve 80 families. Merlene
Great report! I especially appreciate your Christmas traditions. Awesome. Prayers for that big boy grandson of yours. We’ve got your return on our calendar. Nos Adelantamos con ojo de fe!
Garry and LaNell
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