It is Sunday again!  The weeks are flying by here in Guatemala.  I am feeling a little more at home in our ward.  There are more people that know a little English that I ever would have guessed.  One of my goals is to remember a new person's name each week.  These people are all so loving, they are always giving hugs when they greet you. Even if they can't speak English they give me a hug and say something in Spanish.  One sister asked me today if I would sing in the choir for the Easter program.  That is one thing I can do in the ward, so I told her I would be there and Gracias!

We went with the young Elders in our ward last week to visit a sister and help her get onto Family Search.  It was a great practice run for us, since that is one of the things the Bishop has asked us to do.... visit the inactives and see if we can get them interested in Family History.  We were there for an hour though and still didn't quite get the job done.  Problems with cell phones, email addresses and passwords.  We are going to try again later when her husband is there with his cell phone.  The Elders have us scheduled this Tuesday to meet with another ward family about Family Search.  These two elders are amazing, they are always on the go!  They are two Elders from the states and have just a few months left on their missions. 

In the evenings the city buses are VERY crowded. As we were driving home that night we passed a bus so full people were even hanging out the doors which isn't too unusual, but check this picture. On this bus there was a guy standing on the front bumper and hanging onto the side mirror and the front grill. This was in super busy traffic.  Probably something every young person has wanted to do.....hang onto the outside of a moving bus!!??? And every mother's nightmare!

We went to the Central Market yesterday. We have been there before but the new dentist, Jay and wife, Trudy wanted to see it.  It is a little like a flea market with all sorts of things to buy.  One area is all food, produce and fresh meat,  I have bought produce from there but don't have the courage to buy the meat.  The idea of raw meat just hanging out in the open doesn't look too safe.  I am always thinking...how long has that been hanging there and what bugs have landed on it, so I stick with the refrigerated meats in the grocery stores.  I am going to stay well!

We had an incident with one of the Mission Presidents here last Friday.  He and his wife (the Caffaro's) were out in one of the small towns having interviews with their missionaries.  President Caffaro was inching out into an intersection to see traffic because there were lots of cars parked in the way of his view, when a motorcycle came very fast and hit the side of his car.  The driver of the motorcycle was killed and the passenger put in the hospital.  These little towns are very close and I guess people were so upset they began banging on his car.  The police handcuffed him and took him to the police station partly, I believe, for his own safety, but also they always take people in an accident like that to the station to get all the information.  I don't think they handcuff them all, but I haven't seen any so I am not sure.  What a difficult thing to go through.  That very thing is a worry every day here as we travel.  The motorcyclists are always weaving in and out of traffic and when traffic is stopped they drive on, between the lanes to get ahead.

We are looking forward to another great week and hope you all have one too.  Isn't life wonderful!!