October 9th through October 15th

 October 9^th through October 15^th: Monday, since we took everyone grocery shopping last Friday and Saturday, we took everyone that wanted to go to the Popol Vuh and Ixchel Museum at the Francisco Marroquin University.  This meant that I made two trips to get everyone there and back.  Going home with the second group, we stopped and bought rotisserie chicken cooked over a wood burning fire. Yum Yum.  

Potatoes and onions are cooked in the trays where all the chicken fat falls.  Yum.

The Fisher's and the Ellington's.

Elder Fisher sent me this photo.  I don't get a lot of pictures with me in the photo.

We also had Family Home Evening where the Ellington’s introduced themselves and the Fisher’s talked about their trip to Xela, over conference weekend, to visit one of the families that Elder Fisher had taught and baptized 41 years ago.  The family Boj had 8 children, all the boys have served missions, all the children are married in the temple, and many of their children have served missions and are married in the temple.  They have posterity of almost 100 people who are active in the church.  It was very touching to see how Elder Fisher and his wife were treated like royalty by this family and thanked by the parents, children and grandchildren for bringing the gospel to their family.  What the Lord can do with one family is a miracle.  Mom and I then taught a lesson on preparedness.  

Elder Fisher telling about his experience in Xela.  The photo is of the family he taught.  The twin girls would sit on his lap as he taught them the lessons.  They are now mothers with children.

Mom teaching about preparedness.

Tuesday we went to our oil painting class and then did the afternoon shift.  

Mom says she is done with this one.

I'm now working on Miles.

Thursday night we had 7 sister missionaries stay at our house.  They were either the mission nurse or the companion of the mission nurse.  They were here for training.  Friday I got up and fixed breakfast for them.  While they were waiting for the bus to come and get them, some of the sisters sang a song in Kek chi.  The spirit of the young missionaries is powerful and we enjoyed having them in our home.  I sent a link of them singing to their parents and I got thank-you notes back from some of their moms.  

The sister missionaries that stayed with us.

Here they are singing.

Click below to hear the song in Kek Chi
Singing in Kek Chi

Saturday morning I went to the Area Offices and attended the Area Council meeting with all the area seventies and the area presidency.  This is the first time they have had all the temple presidents attend via video conference.  We counseled together on how to improve temple attendance.  Sunday I got up early and drove to Jocotenango, about an hour away, for a Coordinating Council Meeting with the Guatemala Central Area that started at 8:00 am.  I had almost an hour to talk about the temple and how we can work together to help the members of their stakes attend the temple more often.  In the afternoon we had a Family Home Evening with John’s family.  Mom had prepared a power point presentation on her dad and we shared it with them.  

This is one of the pictures from the FHE on grandpa Cornwall. Do you think James and his son Campbell look anything alike?  They could be twins.

I got in a long nap, 4 hours.  I have been up since 3:00 am and will get a lot of things done while mom is getting some needed rest.  It was another good week and we are so enjoying this assignment.  Can you believe that in two weeks we will finish our second year here?