When you are in the service of your fellowman . . .

We started out our week in service to others . . . our FHE group needed to know exactly where the Pizza and Gelato Restaurant was for a get-together next Monday so we took it upon ourselves to find out.  

SUCCESS!  Sacrifice brings forth the blessings :)

The Parks took us to a Semi-Final baseball game Friday night.

My hearing has been impaired for life.

The Senior Couples treated one of our couples who goes home in a week to dinner at this Caribbean Restaurant out over the Sea on a pier.  The setting was fabulous - wish the food had been, too.

But it was an enjoyable evening being together.  Atmosphere!

By now you must be thinking all we do is play and eat.  Not so, we say!  But it doesn't make for an interesting blog to show pictures of Dad on the phone hour after hour, us driving around trying to find District names, addresses, etc., folding more flyers, working on the computer, and all our other daily missionary tasks.  But Sunday was a special missionary day at the Los Llamos Branch 1 1/2 hours from our apartment.  This is one of the wider roads in the town.

Elder Smith is the Branch President so he and his wife took us with them on our first adventure in this District.  This is their meeting place.  I got to play the keyboard for Sacrament Meeting.  During Relief Society, we took turns reading from the Howard W. Hunter manual . . . yes, in Spanish.  Sis. Smith and I took our turn, but were helped along with our Gringo pronunciations.  I also gave the closing prayer in Spanish (from my handy dandy cheat sheet).

Dad gets in on the discussion here in his little group.  Two young men have mission calls to Puerto Rico and another just turned in his papers.  Today finally felt like we were on a mission.

It's a very small Branch (approximately 30 attending today).  After Church Sis. Smith and I took these members around to visit all who didn't show up for meetings today.

Would you believe she can get about half the Branch in her car?  And yes, I know what a sardine feels like now!

As of last Monday, our Manager, Wagner Paniagua, has assigned us the 5 Districts to take care of concerning Self-Reliance.  We were thrilled!  Getting things organized will be a challenge, but we are happy to have a definite focus now.  We attended the temple Thursday and received a spiritual uplift.  Just wanted to also share my testimony of receiving answers to questions as I turn to the Book of Mormon and prayer.  It's a powerful book of scripture with help for everyone who chooses to use it.
TRY IT . . . YOU'LL LIKE IT!  :)

Until next week -
Your ever-loving Dad & Mom, Grandpa & Grandma