Happy Sunday Everyone,

    It has been a pretty normal week here.  It is the rainy season so we have rain everyday, sometimes more than once.  We had a real thunderstorm the other day while we were at work. We heard a crack, our lights went out and then we heard the thunder, it must have been very close.  Luckily we have a generator at the Clinic. It looks a lot like a chest type freezer. The guys got it going and we were able to finish our patients for the day. Then we locked up and went home.  We found out later the power was out until about 9:00 that night.  In Cache Valley that isn't a real problem because it is light until about 9:00, but here where it is dark at about 6:30 each night, a lot of people just went to bed early. So glad we had that generator!!

    I have been trying for a while to get a picture of this statue but they usually have water spraying on all side of it while makes it look a little fuzzy when you try to take a picture.  We see it everyday on the way to work, Larry calls it the Ammon statue.  Can you guess why??

   I am still taking pictures of pickup trucks full of various things.  This one has 10 people in the bed and 2 in the front, though you may not be able to see them all.  They were just heading down the road, no problem.

   This street is so colorful I decided I need to capture a few of them on my camera.  I wouldn't call this graffiti, it is more like art.  I think a lot of time and talent went into this one.  I will send more when I get them.

   Last week I promised some pictures from the little branch we went to last week here they are.  

    You will notice I start with a pickup truck full of people again.  They call them Fletes (flatas), long "a's".  There were two that Sunday delivering people to church and these are all the people who were in the first one.  

The Bishops family was really neat, four boys, this picture is of them and their mother. 

    These two young men with me are working on getting their mission papers completed.  We screened them at the Jornada the day before.

    This Tuesday morning we have a special meeting with all the Elders and Sisters in the city missions.  Elder Renlund is going to speak to the group.  Dad and I were counting up the Apostles that have been here since we came.  Elders Christensen, Rasband and now Renlund and Oaks was here just before we got here.  Pretty amazing in an eight month 

period.

    For all you who knew Kresha Peterson, our dear neighbor who kept horses in our pasture for several years, she passed away yesterday after a pretty long fight with cancer.  We feel so bad about that, she was such a dear person!  She and Brian have three children, oldest daughter has been married for a few years and was living in California.  Their son, Tye has been home from his mission for a few years and youngest Samantha just turned 12.  My heart goes out to her especially.  We are all so blessed to know where she is now.

    Dad and I are eagerly awaiting news of our new granddaughters arrival.  Hope all goes well Tresha and JM!  We love you! 

    May the Lord bless and keep all of you.  We are off to our Break the Fast dinner at the Area Office with the other Senior Missionaries.

Love ya!!  MOM, Grammy