July 30th through August 5th

July 30^th through August 5^th:  Wednesday we went exploring and visited Sumpango.  It is a small town about 1 ½ hours west of Guatemala City.  As we were leaving, we noticed the name of the town was written Tzumpango on the municipal building .  In the Kaqchikel mayan dialect, "tz"is pronounced as an "s".  All the maps now use Sumpango.  

Town plaza from the 3rd floor of the market building.

A group of women sitting at a food booth having breakfast.

I was trying to get a photo of these children watching a cartoon video on the steps.  Quite a nice selection of videos.

The women selling their vegetables.

Looking down on the vegetable vendors in Supango.

Two old friends having a morning chat.

Chris paid $1.50 for these roses, plus the privilege of taking the photo.  The vendor was really more pleasant than she looks, but she had very bad/missing teeth and wouldn't smile for the picture

45 years and she still loves me.

Inside the Sumpango church.

The municipal building in Sumpango--but it is spelled with the Kaqchiqel spelling--Tzumpango

In the afternoon, we tried to go up the hill to a doctor appointment and the traffic was so bad we gave up and changed our appointment to next Tuesday.  On Friday we went to dinner with President and Sister Hill and celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary with them.  

Thanks to President and Sister Hill for inviting us to dinner.  And it just happened to be our 45th wedding anniversary.

Friday evening, the Santa Lucia District had a special couples fireside.  It happened to fall on our anniversary and we were happy to share our testimonies of eternal marriage.

We spent a lot of time in the temple this last week and enjoyed a Saturday that was very busy.  Sunday afternoon I took the missionaries to our monthly "Break the Fast" dinner.  

Always lots of good food.

Always nice to be with the Area Senior missionaries for "Break the Fast".

Mom stayed home and had a conference call with all the committee members for the family reunion next summer of the Edgar and Elizabeth Norman descendants.  We expect about 130 people will attend. The weeks are flying by and we continue to feel blessed beyond what we deserve.